Remote control device signal distribution

摘要

Signals from a remote control device may be received in a first viewing area and retransmitted to a second viewing area to control customer premises equipment (CPE) devices in the second viewing area. In some embodiments, signals are translated for compatibility with the CPE devices in the second viewing area. A repeater in the first viewing area may receive infrared signals encoded with a remote control command and retransmit the remote control command with an RF signal to a receiver in the second viewing area. The repeater may be incorporated into a multimedia processing resource such as a set-top box.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium including processor executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, to cause the processor to perform operations comprising: responsive to receiving, at a first multimedia presentation resource, a first signal from a remote control device the first infrared signal indicative of a first remote control command, initiating a wireless broadcast of an outgoing radio-frequency repeater signal, by the first multimedia presentation resource, wherein the outgoing radio-frequency repeater signal is suitable for reception by a second multimedia presentation resource and includes information indicative of the first remote control command, wherein the first multimedia presentation resource includes a video decoder, and wherein the video decoder processes a multimedia content stream to generate a video stream formatted for presentation to a display device; and responsive to receiving, at the first multimedia presentation resource, an incoming radio-frequency repeater signal, executing a second remote control command indicated by the incoming radio-frequency repeater signal.