Server Device, User Interface Appliance, and Media Processing Network

• US 20110055354A1
• Filed: 06/27/2010
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FotoNation Limited (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Tessera Technologies Ireland Limited (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Steinberg, Eran, Bigioi, Petronel, Corcoran, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 8,156,095 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• 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 12/281 indicating a format for calling an appliance service function in a home automation network for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators

Abstract

Components for a control and data processing infrastructure for multiple networked media peripherals are based on chained device connections using a transport-layer independent asymmetric control protocol such as PTP. These components provide a user interface which mirrors the chain of device connections, provides remote access to the media data distributed across said connected devices, can respond to events originating from members of the device chain and enables control and management of the underlying media processing capabilities of the connected devices.

Claims

1. A method of operation of a server device connected within a network of media processing devices, comprising:

initiating respective connections with one or more media processing devices;

receiving and responding to a connection request from an initiating media processing device by providing a list of said connections between said initiating media processing device and one or more responder media processing devices; and

requesting and receiving device information from each connected media processing device, said device information defining a user interface for said each media processing device.