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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Tp Vision Holding B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Inventor:
Gyana Ranjan Senapati, Karnataka, IN;
Assignee:
TP VISION HOLDING B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 5/63 (2006.01); H04N 7/01 (2006.01); H04N 7/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44513 (2013.01); H04N 5/63 (2013.01); H04N 7/015 (2013.01); H04N 2005/44521 (2013.01); H04N 2005/44534 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for notifying a user of a television to save power consumption by a plurality of multimedia devices connected to the television is proposed. When the television presents desired multimedia content based on signals provided by one of the multimedia device, the television detects whether the other multimedia device(s) is (are) providing signals of multimedia content at the same time. Upon detecting that any one of the other multimedia device(s) is providing signals of multimedia content, the television outputs a user-perceivable notification accordingly.