Presentation of Data on Multiple Display Devices Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub

• US 20080066124A1
• Filed: 01/19/2007
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Technology Patents & Licensing Incorporated
• Inventors: Igoe, Patrick T., Ehrlacher, Edward A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,386,269 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/81
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2838 Distribution of signals within a home automation network, e.g. involving splitting/multiplexing signals to/from different paths adaptations of television systems for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution H04N7/106; hybrid transport H04L12/6418; home network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4108 characterised by an identification number or address, e.g. local network address protecting specific internal or external computer components using identification number G06F21/73; network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming H04L61/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440209 for formatting on an optical medium, e.g. DVD
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/602 : for digital sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 : Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/148 : Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 : Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 : Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 : detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 : Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 : Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 : Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 : Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method of presenting program content on multiple display devices using a wireless home entertainment hub includes obtaining a registration of a plurality of devices with the wireless home entertainment hub, where the devices include at least two display devices. A request for program content is received from a user. The program content is caused to be displayed on a primary display device selected from the at least two display devices. Supplemental video content is caused to be displayed on one or more secondary displays devices from the at least two display devices, where the supplemental video content corresponds to the program content.

Claims

1. A method of presenting program content on multiple display devices using a wireless home entertainment hub, the method comprising:

(a) obtaining a registration of a plurality of devices with the wireless home entertainment hub, wherein the devices include at least two display devices;

(b) receiving a request for program content from a user;

(c) causing the program content to be displayed on a primary display device selected from the at least two display devices; and

(d) causing supplemental video content to be displayed on one or more secondary displays devices from the at least two display devices, wherein the supplemental video content corresponds to the program content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental video content includes one or more additional streams of video data in the program content.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more additional streams of video data are displayed on different secondary display devices.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental video content includes an advertisement corresponding to a product or service being presented to the user on the primary display.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein causing the program content to be displayed includes transmitting an instruction to the source device to transmit the program content to the primary display device and transmitting a set of different instructions to the primary display device to receive the program content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein causing the program content to be displayed includes transmitting the program content by the wireless home entertainment hub to the primary display device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein causing the supplemental video content to be displayed includes transmitting an instruction to the source device to transmit the supplemental video content to the one or more secondary devices and transmitting a set of different instructions to one or more secondary display device to receive the supplemental video content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein causing the supplemental video content to be displayed includes transmitting the supplemental content by the wireless home entertainment hub to the one or more secondary display devices.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental video content includes a page on a website where a link to the website is obtained by the wireless home entertainment hub from the program content.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the link to the website is presented to the user on the primary display.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the supplemental content includes still image data obtained from a video frame capture of the program content displayed on the primary display device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein different still image data is presented on each of the one or more secondary display devices.

13. A method of presenting program content containing more than one video stream on multiple display devices using a wireless home entertainment hub, the method comprising:

(a) obtaining a registration of a plurality of devices with the wireless home entertainment hub, wherein the devices include at least two display devices;

(b) receiving a request for program content from a user, wherein the program content includes more than one stream of video data;

(c) determining a set of devices chosen from the at least two display devices used to present the program content to the user;

(d) transmitting an instruction to a source device to present the program content, wherein the source device is registered with the home entertainment hub; and

(e) transmitting a different set of instructions to the a set of devices chosen from the at least two display devices to receive a different stream of the more than one stream of video data included in the program content transmitted from the source device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein one stream of the more than one stream of video data is identified as a primary stream.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein all other streams of the more than one stream of the video data not identified as the primary stream are identified as a secondary stream.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one secondary stream of the more than one stream of video data includes advertisements corresponding to products or services being presented in the primary stream.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least two display devices are located in the same zone of a home entertainment system.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least two display devices are positioned to at least partially encircle a viewing location.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the subset of the at least two display devices is determined based on the number of video streams included in the program content.

20. A method of presenting a program content containing multiple video streams on a display device, the method comprising:

(a) obtaining a registration of a plurality of devices, wherein the plurality of devices include at least one source device and at least one display device;

(b) receiving a request for program content from a user;

(c) determining whether the program content includes more than one stream of video data;

(d) aggregating the more than one stream of video data to form a composite video program stream for presentation on the at least one display device; and

(e) transmitting the composite program stream to the at least one display device for presentation to the user.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein a subset of the more than one stream of video data are aggregated by the wireless home entertainment hub to form the composite video program stream.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the aggregating includes matching the number of streams of video data in the composite video programs stream to the number of display devices available for presentation of the program content.