US 12,445,513 B2
Method and system for controlling future behavior of devices
Oliver Wendel Gamble, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Oliver Wendel Gamble, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/168,792.
Application 16/168,792 is a continuation of application No. 12/658,000, filed on Feb. 1, 2010, granted, now 10,313,530.
Prior Publication US 2019/0141111 A1, May 9, 2019
Int. Cl. H04L 67/025 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 67/06 (2022.01); H04L 67/133 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01)
CPC H04L 67/025 (2013.01) [H04L 67/133 (2022.05); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/44224 (2020.08); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable code for controlling at least one remote targeted device via a communication network, the code comprising:
(a) code for enabling a remotely located computer at a processing center to monitor the communication network for network activity;
(b) code for enabling said computer to determine whether incoming data from a variety of input terminals contain inputted instructions for controlling a device situated at a location remote to the computer at the processing center, said inputted instructions identifying a specific activity depicted in a media file;
(c) code for enabling the computer at the processing center to accept, process, and store the inputted instructions, and to generate code for instructing the targeted device; and
(d) code for the computer to determine when to transmit to the targeted device the code for instructing the targeted device;
wherein said code for instructing the targeted device controls the future behavior of said targeted device by enabling said targeted device to modify the display of a downloaded or streaming media file by skipping a selected section of frames of the media file during said display, said skipped selections being selected on the basis of the depiction of the specific activity identified in said inputted instructions.
 
5. A method for transmitting instructions to control the future behavior of a targeted device at location remote to a centrally located computer, the method comprising:
(a) in the centrally located computer, accepting and processing incoming instructions for a remote targeted device, received from any one of a plurality of remote information input terminals capable of establishing a temporary connection to the centrally located computer, said incoming instructions identifying a specific activity depicted in a media file;
(b) in the centrally located computer, storing for future use the processed instructions for the targeted device; and
(c) in the centrally located computer, transmitting the processed instructions to the targeted device;
wherein the processed instructions affect the future behavior of the targeted device in accordance with the instructions entered at the remote information input terminal, by enabling said targeted device to modify the display of a downloaded or streaming media file by skipping a selected section of frames of the media file during said display, said skipped selections being selected on the basis of the depiction of the specific activity identified in said incoming instructions.