Universal Remote Control on Smartphone

This paper proposes a context-aware plug and play universal remote control. User can control appliance easily which is recognized by NFC, download appliance's specific description through Bluetooth. And then generate dynamic graphical user control interface of the appliance. Because of it depends on different context, including the permission level, personal styles (colors, text, etc.), and location. The smart phone, which is getting more and more powerful, always beside us, be online, and personal. As a result, the extension of smart phone, our system made up with it. We provide simple and intuitive graphic user interface, rather than the many buttons of the universal remote control we have seen before.