System and method for controlling media rendering in a network using a mobile device
First Claim
1. A method for controlling media rendering in a network wherein a first media rendering device and a first media server are connected to the network and further wherein a first multimedia file is available from the first media server wherein metadata is associated with the first multimedia file, the method comprising the steps of:
- connecting a first control element to the network;
connecting a first mobile device to the first control element;
transmitting a first message wherein the first message is transmitted from the first mobile device to the first control element;
transmitting a second message wherein the second message is transmitted from the first control element to the first mobile device and further wherein the second message corresponds to the first message wherein the second message has the metadata associated with the first multimedia file;
transmitting a third message wherein the third message is transmitted from the first mobile device to the first control element;
transmitting a fourth message wherein the fourth message is transmitted from the first control element to the first media rendering device and further wherein the fourth message corresponds to the third message; and
rendering the first multimedia file from the first media server wherein the first media rendering device renders the first multimedia file from the first media server and further wherein receipt of the fourth message by the first media rendering device directs the first media rendering device to render the first multimedia file.
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Abstract
A system and a method control media rendering in a network using a mobile device. The system and the method manage, control and/or render media in a home network using remote access and/or a remote user interface. The system and the method enable a user to control media rendering from multiple storage devices and/or multiple servers connected to the home network using the mobile device. The system and the method enable a user to control media rendering on multiple rendering devices connected to the home network using the mobile device. The system and the method have a control element hosted on a fixed, non-mobile device connected directly to the home network or connected to the home network as a stand-alone device.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for controlling media rendering in a network wherein a first media rendering device and a first media server are connected to the network and further wherein a first multimedia file is available from the first media server wherein metadata is associated with the first multimedia file, the method comprising the steps of:
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connecting a first control element to the network; connecting a first mobile device to the first control element; transmitting a first message wherein the first message is transmitted from the first mobile device to the first control element; transmitting a second message wherein the second message is transmitted from the first control element to the first mobile device and further wherein the second message corresponds to the first message wherein the second message has the metadata associated with the first multimedia file; transmitting a third message wherein the third message is transmitted from the first mobile device to the first control element; transmitting a fourth message wherein the fourth message is transmitted from the first control element to the first media rendering device and further wherein the fourth message corresponds to the third message; and rendering the first multimedia file from the first media server wherein the first media rendering device renders the first multimedia file from the first media server and further wherein receipt of the fourth message by the first media rendering device directs the first media rendering device to render the first multimedia file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for managing media rendering in a network using a first mobile device wherein a first media rendering device is connected to the network and further wherein the first media rendering device renders a first queue of multimedia files wherein a second media rendering device is connected to the network and further wherein the second media rendering device renders a second queue of multimedia files, the system comprising:
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a first control interface connected to the first mobile device; a core component connected to the first control interface wherein the first mobile device transmits first queue rendering instructions to the core component via the first control interface; a storage component connected to the core component wherein the storage component stores information about the first queue and the second queue; and a control point component connected to the core component and the network wherein the control point component transmits a first message to the first media rendering device and further wherein the first message is based on the first queue rendering instructions wherein the first media rendering device renders the first queue of multimedia files based on the first message wherein the control point component transmits a second message to the second media rendering device and further wherein the second message is based on the first queue rendering instructions and further wherein the second media rendering device renders the second queue of multimedia content files based on the second message. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method for managing media rendering in a network wherein a first media rendering device and a first media server are connected to the network and further wherein a first multimedia file and a second multimedia file are available from the first media server wherein the first multimedia file is associated with first metadata and the second multimedia file is associated with second metadata, the method comprising the steps of:
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connecting a control element to the network; connecting a first mobile device and a second mobile device to the first control element; transmitting a first message wherein the first message is transmitted from the first mobile device to the control element; creating a first device queue having the first metadata and the second metadata wherein the first device queue is created based on the first message; and rendering the first device queue on the first media rendering device wherein the first mobile device and the second mobile device control rendering of the first device queue. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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