Patent ID: 7890887

Claim:
A system for controlling functionality of local interactive equipment from a location that is remote from the equipment, comprising: a remote user interface that accepts inputs from a remote user and provides corresponding user input signals; a control processor, in communication with the remote user interface, that receives the user input signals and formats the user input signals for transmission; an equipment processor, in communication with the local interactive equipment, that receives the formatted user input signals and controls the local interactive equipment based on at least some of the formatted user input signals; and a communications channel that provides a communications capability between the control processor and the equipment processor, such that the formatted user input signals can be transmitted from the control processor to the equipment processor; wherein the local interactive equipment is one of medical diagnostic equipment and medical screening equipment; and wherein the equipment processor includes a proxy server that receives the formatted user input signals and controls the local interactive equipment based on at least some of the formatted user input signals.