Patent ID: 8909378

Claim:
A mobile wireless device that remotely controls a set of wirelessly controllable functions of a control box of an adjustable bed, the device comprising: a processor disposed within the mobile wireless device; a touch-sensitive display disposed within the mobile wireless device and operatively coupled to the processor; and a wireless transceiver disposed within the mobile wireless device, the wireless transceiver operatively coupled to the processor and, through wireless communication, to said control box of said adjustable bed, wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of: directing the wireless transceiver to receive data from said control box wherein said data describes current state information of a set of wirelessly controllable functions of the adjustable bed, the current state information comprises frame position information of the adjustable bed, and the set of wirelessly controllable functions comprises a frame position of the adjustable bed; displaying on the touch-sensitive display graphical information of the current state information for at least one of the set of wirelessly controllable functions of the adjustable bed, the current state information comprising the frame position information; receiving user input on the touch-sensitive display wherein said user input directs the processor to change at least one of the set of wirelessly controllable functions of the adjustable bed into a user-selected state, the at least one of the set of wirelessly controllable functions comprising the frame position, and the user-selected state comprising a new frame position; responding to the user input by causing the wireless transceiver to communicate a wireless control signal that is received by and provided to said control box to change the at least one of the set of wirelessly controllable functions and activate the adjustable bed into accord with the user-selected state; repeatedly receiving the frame position information and the current state information from the adjustable bed at least when the adjustable bed is activated into accord with the user-selected state; and repeatedly updating the graphical information of the frame position information according to the received frame position information at least when the adjustable bed is activated into accord with the user-selected state; wherein: the mobile wireless device is communication matched with the control box of the adjustable bed with a code key permitting commands to be received from the mobile wireless device and executed by the control box of the adjustable bed, such that the processor of the mobile wireless device is configured to perform the further step of: directing the wireless transceiver to transmit the code key to the control box of the adjustable bed, the code key indicating that the control box is permitted to receive and execute commands from the mobile wireless device, and receiving from the control box of the adjustable bed an indication that the code key has been received and accepted.