PARALLEL TELEVISION BASED VIDEO SEARCHING
First Claim
1. A control device for interacting with a video source and a television having a video display, the control device comprising:
- a user input interface adapted to receive a video selection;
a communication interface; and
at least one module adapted to;
search for a video element corresponding to the video selection in the video source using the communication interface;
send a control signal directing delivery of the video element to the television for display on the video display if the at least one module locates the video element; and
trigger display of an indicator on a video display if the at least one module does not locate the video element in the video source.
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Abstract
A control device for interacting with a television system. At least one module is adapted to receive a user input identifying a video selection. The at least one module may also be adapted to search for video information corresponding to the video selection. The at least one module may, for example, be adapted to search in any or all media sources to which the control device is directly or indirectly communicatively coupled. The control device may be adapted to interact with the Internet. In such case, the at least one module may, for example, be adapted to browse the Internet using any standard Internet browsing tool. The at least one module may further be adapted to transmit a control signal adapted to cause display of the video information on the television system. The at least one module may additionally be adapted to display the video information.
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20 Claims
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1. A control device for interacting with a video source and a television having a video display, the control device comprising:
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a user input interface adapted to receive a video selection;
a communication interface; and
at least one module adapted to;
search for a video element corresponding to the video selection in the video source using the communication interface;
send a control signal directing delivery of the video element to the television for display on the video display if the at least one module locates the video element; and
trigger display of an indicator on a video display if the at least one module does not locate the video element in the video source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A control device for use with a television, the television having a first screen, the control device comprising:
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a second screen;
a user input interface adapted to present a video browsing interface to a user on the second screen and receive a video selection;
a communication interface; and
at least one module adapted to;
search for a first video element and a second video element in a plurality of media sources, the first video element and the second video element correspond to the video selection; and
direct display of the first video element on the first screen and display of the second video element on the second screen if the at least one module locates the first video element and the second video element. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A control device for interacting with an entertainment system and a multimedia sourcing system, where the multimedia sourcing system provides multimedia information to the entertainment system, the control device comprising:
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at least one module adapted to search for media guide information, the media guide information identifying a plurality of media elements available with the multimedia sourcing system;
a communication interface adapted to receive the media guide information if the media guide information is available; and
a user interface adapted to;
present the received media guide information to a user; and
receive a user input identifying a selected media element of the plurality of media elements;
wherein the at least one module is further adapted to transmit a control signal via the communication interface, where the control signal is adapted to trigger delivery of the selected media element from the multimedia sourcing system to the entertainment system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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