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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Graham Clift, Poway, CA (US);
Jenke Wu Kuo, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/4227 (2011.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/472 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/4227 (2013.01); G06F 9/4445 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01);
Abstract
A server sends to a video device such as a TV a remote user interface (RUI) that is presented on the TV and manipulable to send control commands back to the server. A companion device such as a tablet computer discovers the RUI session and is provided by the server with its own RUI, which mirrors that on the TV, modified as appropriate for the screen of the companion device. The server maintains the two RUIs synchronized such that the RUI on the companion mirrors the RUI on the TV.