Set top box browser control via a wireless handset

摘要

A system and method for providing Internet access via a set top box may include operating, on the set top box, a browser configured to display data associated with a website. A command may be received from a wireless communications device via a communications network. The command may include a network address of the website. In response to receiving the command, the website data may be displayed on a television to which the set top box is in communication.

主权项

1. A method for providing Internet access via a set top box, said method comprising:
operating, on the set top box, a browser configured to display data associated with a website; receiving, at a proxy server and via a communications network, a request from a wireless communications device to communicate with the set top box, the request comprising an identifier of the wireless communications device; querying, with the proxy server, independent of a user input, a database to identify the set top box as being associated with the wireless communications device; determining, with the proxy server, independent of a user input, that the wireless communications device is authorized to communicate with the set top box; establishing a communications link between the wireless communications device and the set top box, in response to determining that the wireless communications device is authorized to communicate with the set top box; receiving, at the set top box, a command from a wireless communications device via a communications network, the command including a network address of the website; in response to receiving the command, displaying the website data on a television to which the set top box is in communication; and enabling a user to control a curser on the television in substantially real time through a touch screen of the wireless communications device.