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iRemote

[kreme]kreme (apparently) - 02:18pm Apr 16, 2007 PST
via email - kreme@kreme.com

<http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/04/12/patent.iphone.remote/>
> Apple has filed for a patent titled "Techniques for pairing remote
> controllers with host devices" that mentions using a "mobile phone"
> to serve as a remote controller for a Mac computer.

...

> "Once the software is installed, the mobile phone can be used to
> control popular programs such as iTunes media management program
> from Apple Computer, Inc. For example, in controlling iTunes media
> management program using this solution, the user can use the
> directional controls on the mobile phone to change listing volume,
> skip forward and backward, play/pause, etc."

So, there's the end to lots of speculation about iPhone as remote




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quentin - Apr 24, 2007 12:11 pm (#1 Total: 1)  

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Re: iRemote

I think Salling Clicker was there quite a bit before Apple, so I would suggest that this will fail on prior art.



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