Apple patent puts iPhone in control of your Mac – remotely…
Jonny Evans, 9to5Mac, 12/16/2009
Apple’s latest patent puts your iPhone in control of your Mac’s desktop – remotely.
As revealed by the eagle-eyed patent people at Patently Apple, the US Patent and Trademark Office has published a unique granted patent which involves using an iPhone to control a home computer remotely while on the road, at the office or elsewhere.
An iPhone user will theoretically be able to remotely control the movements of a cursor on a Mac to select a software application from a menu or desktop icon, launch applications, control a printer or any other peripheral. The iPhone could even have a keypad that is mapped to specific functions, while the patent continues to suggest expanded Voice Controls – speech-control your Mac remotely using an iPhone? Cool.
The patent describes the communication link-up between the devices, the manner in which control signals are sent and more. “For example, a client application can be configured to receive telephony information from a telephony server running on the controlled device.”
Keys on the virtual iPhone keyboard could be mapped to specific functions for specific applications run remotely on your Mac (so if you forget to batch convert a bunch of images before you leave the office you can set the operation up while you travel home, for example).
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