Virtual Remote Control

Hi,
I want to paint a Remote Control to the TV screen (like the one on XleTView) and use the real Remote Control as a "mouse" pointer to press the desired keys..
Basically, I'll use only the directional keys and the OK/Enter key on real Remote Control, and when focused and selected some key of the virtual Remote Control, emulate the key press to the Set Top Box, or other applications..
It's possible? Does anyone can help me on what classes and methods do I need to use?
Thanks,
Alemao, from Brazil
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alemao

Some years ago, faced with the situation that the minimum MHP system would not have a pointer device and that the end user would not have access to Java mouse events, I thought of the idea of the Astrolabe Channel Numerical Pointer. I wrote about the idea.
More recently I have refined the idea and the Accessibility Computing Numerical Pointer is described in the following web page.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Accessibility_Computing_Numerical_Pointer
I have not implemented it as I do not have the facilities.
You are welcome to implement it for interactive television if you so wish.
Other readers are also welcome to implement it for interactive television if they so wish.
William Overington
27 September 2007

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ONT
|
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|
Netgear Switch
|           |
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WayfarerII wrote:
... DVR ... remote ... freezing ... TV ... whether ... locally recorded, pulled from another DVR ...
... tech ... unplugged my gigabit switch from the Fios router ... and ... everything started running perfectly ...
... config:
75/35 Fios ... via ethernet from ONT ... Set-top boxes connect to Fios router via powered splitter ...
ONT
|
| cat5
|
Fios Router ---------Cable Splitter---------Set Top Boxes
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