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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Other;
Abstract
A command pass-through mechanism for allowing a set of pre-defined user command codes to be passed directly to the target device. By using the command pass-through mechanisms of the present invention, cumbersome control and manipulation of the user interface of the panel subunit can be avoided. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, commands that are not represented as control objects on the user interface can be easily communicated to the target device. Furthermore, Command pass-through can be used to communicate the focus navigation commands to the target. In this way, additional control flexibility is provided to the panel subunit. Further, command pass-through is also useful for communicating commands from specialized keys associated with the controller, such as dedicated remote control buttons (e.g., guide key, selection up, selection down, selection right, selection left, etc.). The command pass-through mechanism of the present invention may also be used in conjunction with an exact bitmap image transfer mechanism to create a more advanced graphical user interface for the panel subunit.