Smartphone control of electrical devices

Abstract

A wireless mobile device controls at least one controllable electrical device from audio speech, by receiving the audio speech that is associated with the at least one controllable electrical device at a microphone of the wireless mobile device, generating speech data that is associated with a vocabulary set of the at least one controllable electrical device from the audio speech, converting the speech data to an ASCII string that is associated with the at least one controllable electrical device at the wireless mobile device, the ASCII string representing control data of the at least one controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech, establishing a WIFI communication path with a WIFI wireless router that is associated with the at least one controllable electrical device at the wireless mobile device, and sending the ASCII string from the wireless mobile device to the WIFI wireless router that is associated with the at least one controllable electrical device through the WIFI communication path.

1 . A system that is operable to control a RF controllable electrical device from audio speech, the system operable to control the RF controllable electrical device through a wireless communication path, and the system being operable to:
 receive the audio speech that is associated with the RF controllable electrical device at a microphone of a wireless mobile device;   generate speech data that is associated with a vocabulary set of the RF controllable electrical device from the audio speech at the wireless mobile device;   convert the speech data to an ASCII string that is associated with the RF controllable electrical device at the wireless mobile device, the ASCII string representing control data of the RF controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;   establish a WIFI communication path with a WIFI wireless router that is associated with the RF controllable electrical device at the wireless mobile device;   send the ASCII string from the wireless mobile device to the WIFI wireless router that is associated with the RF controllable electrical device through the WIFI communication path, the ASCII string representing control data of the RF controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;   receive the ASCII string at the WIFI wireless router through the WIFI communication path, the ASCII string representing control data of the RF controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;   determine that the RF controllable electrical device of the ASCII string is controlled through an infrared interface, yielding an associated infrared interface, the ASCII string representing control data of the RF controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;   determine a proprietary processor that is associated with the associated infrared interface, yielding an associated proprietary processor;   send the ASCII string from the WIFI wireless router to the associated proprietary processor, the ASCII string representing control data of the RF controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;   receive from the WIFI wireless router the ASCII string at the associated proprietary processor;   create a socket packet from the ASCII string at the associated proprietary processor, the socket packet representing control data of the RF controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;   send the socket packet from the associated proprietary processor to the WIFI wireless router that is associated with the RF controllable electrical device, the socket packet having a destination address of an IP-to-IR controller;   receive the socket packet at the WIFI wireless router that is associated with the RF controllable electrical device from the proprietary processor, the socket packet representing control data of the RF controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;   send the socket packet from the WIFI wireless router that is associated with the RF controllable electrical device to the IP-to-IR controller;   receive the socket packet at the IP-to-IR controller and from the WIFI wireless router that is associated with the RF controllable electrical device, the socket packet representing control data of the RF controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;   send an infrared signal in accordance with the socket packet from the IP-to-IR controller to the infrared interface of the RF controllable electrical device, the infrared signal representing control data of the RF controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech;   receive the infrared signal from the IP-to-IR controller at the infrared interface of the RF controllable electrical device, the infrared signal representing control data of the RF controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech; and   perform a function in accordance with the infrared signal at the RF controllable electrical device, providing control of the RF controllable electrical device in accordance with the audio speech.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a second socket packet, the second socket packet comprising:
 the socket packet; and   the destination address of the IP-to-IR controller.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , further comprising a third socket packet, the third socket packet comprising:
 the second socket packet; and   a destination IP address of the WIFI wireless router.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the RF controllable electrical device further comprises:
 an RF controllable door.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the RF controllable electrical device further comprises:
 an RF controllable television.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the RF controllable electrical device further comprises:
 an RF controllable DVD player.   
     
     
         7 . A wireless mobile device comprising:
 a microphone generating a signal carrying audio speech;   a speech data generator that is operable to generate speech data from the signal carrying the audio speech in reference to a vocabulary set of a controllable electrical device, the speech data generator being operably coupled to the microphone;   a speech data converter that is operable to convert the speech data to an ASCII string, the ASCII string being associated with the controllable electrical device, the ASCII string representing control data of the controllable electrical device that is indicated by the audio speech, the speech data converter being operably coupled to the speech data generator;   a WIFI communication component that is operable to establish a WIFI communication path with a WIFI wireless router, the WIFI wireless router being associated with the controllable electrical device, the WIFI communication component being operably coupled to the speech data converter; and   a sender of the ASCII string from the WIFI communication component through the WIFI communication path to the WIFI wireless router.   
     
     
         8 . The wireless mobile device of  claim 7 , wherein controllable electrical device further comprises:
 a controllable door.   
     
     
         9 . The wireless mobile device of  claim 7 , wherein the controllable electrical device further comprises:
 a controllable television.   
     
     
         10 . The wireless mobile device of  claim 7 , wherein the controllable electrical device further comprises:
 a controllable DVD player.   
     
     
         11 . An apparatus comprising:
 a WIFI wireless router comprising a baseband processor and a wireless controller:
 the baseband processor being operable to:
 establish a WIFI wireless communication path with a wireless mobile device; 
 receive through the WIFI wireless communication path an ASCII string that represents speech data that is associated with a vocabulary set of an RF controllable electrical device; and 
 
 the wireless controller being coupled to the baseband processor and being operable to:
 determine that the RF controllable electrical device of the ASCII string is controlled through an infrared interface, yielding an associated infrared interface; 
 determine a proprietary processor that is associated with the associated infrared interface, yielding an associated proprietary processor; and 
 send the ASCII string from a wireless WIFI wireless router to the associated proprietary processor; and 
 
   the associated proprietary processor coupled to the WIFI wireless router, the associated proprietary processor operable to:
 receive the ASCII string from the WIFI wireless router; 
 create a socket packet from the ASCII string; 
 send the socket packet the WIFI wireless router, the socket packet having a destination address of an IP-to-IR controller; and 
   the WIFI wireless router further comprising:
 the wireless controller further operable to:
 receive the socket packet from the proprietary processor; and 
 send the socket packet from the wireless WIFI wireless router to the IP-to-IR controller. 
 
   
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , further comprising a second socket packet, the second socket packet comprising:
 the socket packet; and   the destination address of the IP-to-IR controller.   
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , further comprising a third socket packet, the third socket packet comprising:
 the second socket packet; and   a destination IP address of the WIFI wireless router.   
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the RF controllable electrical device further comprises:
 an RF controllable door.   
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the RF controllable electrical device further comprises:
 an RF controllable television.   
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the RF controllable electrical device further comprises:
 an RF controllable DVD player.