Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Remote data accessing
Patent
1996-10-22
1999-07-13
Ramirez, Ellis B.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Remote data accessing
G06F 1700
Patent
active
059220473
ABSTRACT:
A multimedia control apparatus (101, 201) provides for control over a plurality of media (145), including telephony, video conferencing, video display, home automation and control, and other communication systems such as voice mail. The multimedia control apparatus includes a network interface (110) coupleable to a network communication channel (103) for communication with a network (104); a user interface (120) responsive to receive a first control signal of a plurality of control signals; a plurality of media application modules (140), each media application module of the plurality of media application modules coupleable to a corresponding medium of a plurality of corresponding media (145); and a processor arrangement (130) having a plurality of operating modes. The processor arrangement (130) is responsive, through a set of program instructions and in response to the first control signal, to select a first media application module of the plurality of media application modules, to enter a first operating mode of the plurality of operating modes, the first operating mode corresponding to the first media application module, and with the processor arrangement being further responsive, in conjunction with the first media application module, to control the corresponding medium.
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Gamburd Nancy R.
Gulliver Gregory B.
Motorola Inc.
Ramirez Ellis B.
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