Addressable distributed wireless remote control system

DETAILED DESCRIPTION According to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for use in a system includes a receiver operative to receive a request from an unidentified remote control device via a wireless communication medium.
The apparatus also includes a storage medium to store an identifier which identifies the receiver in the system, and transmit logic, coupled to the receiver and the storage medium, operative to transmit both the request and the identifier to a system controller.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for use in a system includes a receiver to receive both a request and an identifier of a device from the device in the system.
The apparatus also includes transmit logic to transmit commands to one or more components of the system and a storage medium to store a correspondence between the identifier and the one or more components.
The apparatus also includes control logic, coupled to the receiver, the transmit logic, and the storage medium, to identify a component of the one or more components of the system based on the identifier of the device and to control the transmit logic to transmit a command corresponding to the request to the identified component.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a request and an identifier of a receiver of the request are received from the receiver.
A command is then issued corresponding to the request to a component based on the identifier of the receiver.