System and method for remote control of media devices

摘要

The techniques described transmit messages from a mobile device to a digital television (or other media) appliance. One technique associates a mobile unit with a customer premise equipment (CPE) device where the CPE device is a media device at a first location and the mobile unit is at a second location distant from the first location. The technique further receives a download code from the mobile unit where the download code corresponds to selectable content and communicates commands to download the selectable content to the CPE device based on the received download code