MEDIA OUT INTERFACE

• US 20090061841A1
• Filed: 09/04/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: DeMarco, Vincenzo, Christie, Gregory N., Forstall, Scott, Chaudhri, Imran A., Herz, Scott
• Granted Patent: US 10,091,345 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/420
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium for providing a media out interface. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes, at a host device, detecting a mobile device coupled to the host device, and displaying on a display device coupled to the host device an interface including interface elements, which can be manipulated by commands received from the mobile device or another device, wherein the interface enables control of the display of content received from the mobile device and displayed on the display device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at a host device;

detecting a mobile device coupled to the host device; and

displaying on a display device coupled to the host device an interface including interface elements, which can be manipulated by commands received from the mobile device or another device, wherein the interface enables control of the display of content received from the mobile device and displayed on the display device.

2. The method of claim 1, where the interface is displayed as an overlay over the received content displayed on the display device.

3. The method of claim 1, where the received content is media content, and the interface elements allow one or more of changing a volume level, pausing, stopping, skipping to another point in the media content, or skipping to other media content.

4. A method comprising:

at a mobile device;

detecting a host device coupled to the mobile device, the host device coupled to a display device;

transmitting content playing on the mobile device to the host device for display on the display device; and

transmitting a command to the host device to control the display of the transmitted content displayed on the display device.

5. The method of claim 4, where the mobile device is coupled to the host device through a docking device.

6. The method of claim 4, where the mobile device includes a multi-touch-sensitive display.

7. A method comprising:

at a mobile device;

detecting a host device coupled to the mobile device, the mobile device including telephony functions, a display device being coupled to the host device;

transmitting media content playing on the mobile device to the host device for display on the display device; and

receiving a command for controlling the media content playing on the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7, where the mobile device is coupled to the host device through a docking device.

9. The method of claim 8, where the command is sent from the host device, the host device being in wireless communication with a remote control.

10. The method of claim 8, where the command is sent by wireless communication from a remote control.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying on the mobile device an interface for controlling the media content playing on the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 7, where the mobile device includes a multi-touch-sensitive display.

13. A method comprising:

while playing media content on a display device coupled to a docking device coupled to a mobile device, receiving notice of an event occurring on the mobile device;

pausing the playing of the media content on the display device; and

displaying information associated with the event on the display device.

14. The method of claim 13, where the event occurring on the mobile device is the receipt of a call from a caller on the mobile device, and the information associated with the event is information associated with the caller.

15. The method of claim 14, where displaying information further comprises:

displaying information in one or more overlays over the media content on the display device.

16. The method of claim 15, where the one or more overlays are partially transparent.

17. The method of claim 14, where the information associated with the caller includes one or more of a name, a phone number, a type of phone number, an image, or a graphic.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

displaying an interface that includes an interface element for answering the call and an interface element for declining the call.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

while the media content is paused and the information is displayed, receiving first input requesting that the call be declined; and

in response to the first input, continuing the playing of the media content on the display device.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

while the media content is paused and the information is displayed, receiving first input requesting that the call be answered; and

after the call is connected in response to the first input, displaying an interface that includes an interface element for ending the call and an interface element for increasing the volume of the call.

21. The method of claim 20, where the first input is received at the mobile device.

22. The method of claim 20, where the first input is received at a remote control, the remote control transmitting a signal by wireless communication to the display device, the signal associated with the first input.

23. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

while the call is connected, receiving second input requesting that the call be disconnected; and

after the call is disconnected in response to the second input, continuing the playing of the media content on the display device.

24. A system comprising:

a docking device;

a mobile device coupled to the docking device; and

a host device coupled to the docking device, wherein the host device is configured to receive commands from the mobile device or another device for controlling displaying of content playing on the mobile device.

25. The system of claim 24, further comprising:

a display device coupled to the host device, wherein the display device is configured to display content playing on the mobile device.