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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1998
Seppo Reino Keronen, New South Wales, AU;
Philip Keith Robertson, New South Wales, AU;
Other;
Abstract
A remote control apparatus (,) for accessing a desired resource (,) on a network system (,) is disclosed. The network system (,) typically has a plurality of node sites of which at least one node site includes the desired resource which is uniquely identifiable by a resource identifier (,). The remote control apparatus includes input means (,) for inputting the resource identifier into the remote control apparatus, storage means (,) for storing the entered resource identifier; transmission means (,) and authentication means (,). The transmission means provides for wireless transmission of the resource identifier to an output arrangement (,) to enable the output arrangement to receive the resource identifier and thereby access the desired resource at the network system node identified by the resource identifier for reproduction of the desired resource by the output arrangement. The authentication means provides for verifying that a user of remote control apparatus is a predetermined user thereof and for enabling or disabling the operation of the remote control apparatus accordingly.