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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2011
Russell A. Berkoff, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Russell A. Berkoff, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for operating a user agent on a first device is provided, comprising: discovering, using a home networking protocol, a second device, wherein the second device includes a user input mechanism; retrieving information regarding the user input mechanism from the second device using the home networking protocol; determining whether to accept the connection based on the information regarding the user input mechanism; when it is determined to accept the connection, negotiating an out-of-band connection in a protocol other than the home networking protocol with the second device; receiving input command events from the second device via the out-of-band connection; and executing the input command events at the user agent to control an aspect of the first device.