Video processing apparatus which can respond to non-native remote commands and method of operation thereof
View Patent ↗A recorder, method, device, and interpretation apparatus for executing code commands. The invention is a device which functions in response to code commands comprising: means to execute a function in response to a code command having a format for the device; and means to execute the function in response to a code command having a format for a different device. The invention is also a recorder comprising means to execute a first type of recorder function corresponding to a second type of recorder commands. In another aspect, the invention is a method of controlling a recorder comprising: receiving a second type of recorder command; mapping the second type of recorder command into a corresponding first type of recorder function; and executing the corresponding first type of recorder function. In yet another aspect, the invention is an interpretation apparatus for receiving a second type of recorder command and outputting a corresponding first type of recorder.
1. An interpretation apparatus comprising:
a receiver adapted to receive a first type of recorder command and a second type of recorder command, wherein the first type of recorder command is used to control a first type of video recorder and the second type of video recorder command is used to control a second type of recorder;
means to map the second type of video recorder command into a corresponding first type of video recorder command; and
means to output the corresponding first type of video recorder command.
2. The interpretation apparatus of claim 1 wherein the second type of recorder command is VCR code command.
3. The interpretation apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first type of recorder command is a digital video recorder code command.
4. The interpretation apparatus of claim 1 wherein the receiver comprises an IR sensor.
5. The interpretation apparatus of claim 1 wherein the output means comprises an IR blaster.
6. The interpretation apparatus of claim 1 wherein the mapping means is a programmed processor.
7. The interpretation apparatus of claim 1 wherein the mapping means is a command interpreter.