sending ir remote control data directly to a linux pc

[art51go]

Using a Leonardo it is easy to use Arduino library IRRemote to receive a remote control signal and send commands like MEDIA_VOLUME_MUTE to a pc using your Keyboard library.

Can it be done too, sending just the decoded information from IRRemote like protocol (e.g. RC5, NEC) and the raw data (some bytes) telling the receiving Linux pc that "I am a ir remote control (not a keyboard)". So the received data could be received using ir-keytable -c -p all -t? A functionality like on a raspberry pi where you connect the ir receiver ic to port and decoding of the signal is done by a kernel module.

So a universally usable multiprotocol IR-USB-receiver could be created.