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UPnP™ Forum and UPnP Implementers Corporation Launch Standard for Remote User Interfaces
New UPnP technology enables standardization of advanced remote controls for a wide variety of products
SAN RAMON, Calif. - October 26, 2004 - The UPnP™ Implementers Corporation (UIC) announced today that its device certification program now includes support for new functionality for UPnP enabled products. The Remote User Interface (UI) standard will allow users to control a variety of products via wireless or wired networks.
"The Remote UI (RUI) standard delivers a key piece of UPnP technology functionality that allows a server to deliver a user interface application to a remote client for display and user interaction", said Toby Nixon, chair of the UPnP Forum Steering Committee. "For example, using the RUI standard, the user interface for a home security, lighting or climate control system running on a PC or a dedicated box could be discovered, connected to and utilized on a Remote UI client connected to (or imbedded in) a television set. A mobile phone or a cordless handset could discover and connect to the programming interface for a digital video recorder (DVR) or settop box. Similar kinds of uses for a multitude of other types of RUI client display devices will be enabled."
Like all UPnP standards, the Remote UI Device Class Protocol (DCP) standard was developed by members of the UPnP Forum and ratified by a vote of the UPnP Forum Steering Committee. Remote UI is the 10th group of DCP standards released by the UPnP Forum. The first UPnP standard DCP was released in September 2001. Since that time, the list of standards has grown to include most aspects of the connected-home experience.
While there is generally a lead-time between release of a UPnP standard and the availability of enabled products to customers, Intel announced plans during the Fall 2004 Intel Developer Forum to enable the development of new products and services utilizing the UPnP Remote UI standard as described in the Intel® Networked Media Product Requirements Version 2.0 (Intel® NMPR v2.0 guidelines - available at http://developer.intel.com/technology/dhdevnet/) beginning in Q1 2005.
About the UPnP™ Technology
UPnP technology makes home networking simple and affordable so the connected home experience becomes a mainstream experience for users and a great opportunity for the industry. UPnP device and service standards have been defined and published for Internet gateways/routers, audio-video media devices, printers, scanners, climate control, lighting and wireless LAN access points.
During the past 3 years, millions of UPnP™ enabled products were shipped throughout the world. Many of these products have been certified by the UIC. UPnP certification creates the foundation for interoperability and authorizes products to display the UPnP certification mark. This makes it easy for consumers and retailers to recognize products that correctly implement the UPnP device standards.
The UPnP architecture offers pervasive network connectivity between PCs of all form factors, intelligent appliances, and wireless devices. UPnP architecture leverages TCP/IP and the Web technologies to enable seamless proximity networking in addition to control and data transfer among networked devices in the home, office, and everywhere in between. UPnP technology can be supported on essentially any operating system and works with essentially any type of physical networking media - wired or wireless - providing maximum user and developer choice and great economics.
About the UPnP™ Forum
The UPnP Forum is a group of companies and individuals across multiple industries that play a leading role in the authoring of specifications for UPnP devices and services. Formed in June 1999, the Forum is an unincorporated entity of more than 700 consumer electronics, computing, home automation, home security, appliances, printing, photography, computer networking, mobile products and other leading companies working together to design schema and protocol standards for the UPnP initiative.
For more information about the UPnP Forum, visit: http://www.upnp.org.
About the UPnP™ Implementers Corporation
The UIC is a non-profit corporation that administers the UPnP device certification process and the UPnP mark licensing. UIC members certify devices that implement standards that are written and approved by the UPnP Forum. The UIC has also filed for certification mark protection in 24 countries worldwide.
For more information about certifying your product with the UIC, visit: http://www.upnp-ic.org.
Join the UIC for the 2004 Fall "Connect with UPnP Technology" Informational Summits in China and Taiwan. For more information visit www.upnp-ic.org/events.
Contacts:
Karen Reff
Administrator, UPnP Forum
kreff@vtm-inc.com
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