METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING REMOTE USER INTERFACE SERVICE

• US 20110113088A1
• Filed: 04/29/2010
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Jong-baek, SEO, Ju-hee, SOHN, Young-chul
• Application Number:
  US12/770,049
• Publication Number:
  US 20110113088A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/545 Gui
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• 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

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for providing a remote user interface (UI) service are provided. The method includes receiving an event message including a uniform resource locator (URL) for accessing a UI resource from a remote UI server device; obtaining the UI resource from the remote UI server device using the URL; receiving text input for controlling the remote UI server device using the UI resource; and transmitting the text to the remote UI server device.

Claims

1. A method of providing a remote user interface (UI) service to a remote UI client device, the method comprising:

receiving an event message including a uniform resource locator (URL) for accessing a UI resource from a remote UI server device;

obtaining the UI resource from the remote UI server device by using the URL;

receiving text input for controlling the remote UI server device by using the UI resource; and

transmitting the text input to the remote UI server device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the UI resource comprises a web page or bitmaps of an application, and provides a UI for the text input.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the web page comprises either a text inputting module within the web page or a module for activating a text inputting application existing within the remote UI client device.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising outputting the UI resource.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the outputting of the UI resource comprises outputting the web page by using a web browser or outputting the bitmaps of the UI application by using a bitmap browser.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining capability information with respect to the UI resource from the remote UI server device,

wherein the capability information comprises resolution information and codec information with respect to the UI resource.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

transmitting capability information with respect to the UI resource that can be processed by the remote UI client device to a negotiating device; and

receiving negotiated capability information negotiated between the remote UI server device and the remote UI client device from the negotiating device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein, during the transmitting of the text input to the remote UI server device, the text is transmitted in an unit of a consonant and a vowel, in an unit of a character, or in an unit of a sentence, and

the text is transmitted by using either a same session as a session for obtaining the UI resource or an asynchronous session independent from the session for obtaining the UI resource.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the event message is provided according to an universal plug and play (UPnP) RemoteUI standard or a consumer electronics association (CEA) 2014 standard.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing a control function related to the text.

35. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method of claim 1.

10. A method of providing a remote user interface (UI) service to a remote UI server device, the method comprising:

receiving a selection of a UI resource for requesting text input for controlling the remote UI server device;

transmitting an event message comprising a uniform resource locator (URL) for accessing the UI resource to a remote UI client device;

transmitting the UI resource to the remote UI client device in response to a request by the remote UI client device;

receiving the text input from the remote UI client device; and

outputting the text.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the UI resource comprises a web page or bitmaps of an application, and provides a UI for the text input.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the web page comprises either a text inputting module within the web page or a module for activating a text inputting application existing within the remote UI client device.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting capability information with respect to the UI resource to the remote UI client device,

wherein the capability information comprises resolution information and codec information with respect to the UI resource.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

transmitting the capability information with respect to the UI resource to a negotiating device; and

receiving negotiated capability information negotiated between the remote UI server device and the remote UI client device from the negotiating device.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein, during the receiving of the text input, the text is received in an unit of a consonant and a vowel, in an unit of a character, or in an unit of a sentence, and

the text is received by using either a same session as a session for transmitting the UI resource or an asynchronous session independent from the session for transmitting the UI resource.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the event message is provided according to a universal plug-n-play (UPnP) RemoteUI standard or a consumer electronics association (CEA) 2014 standard.

36. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method of claim 10.

18. A remote user interface (UI) client device comprising:

an event handling unit that receives an event message including a URL for accessing a UI resource from a remote UI server device;

a UI resource obtaining unit that obtains the UI resource from the remote UI server device by using the URL;

a text inputting unit that receives an input of text for controlling the remote UI server device by using the UI resource; and

a text transmitting unit that transmits the input text to the remote UI server device.

19. The remote UI client device of claim 18, wherein the UI resource comprises a web page or bitmaps of an application, and provides a user UI for the input of the text.

20. The remote UI client device of claim 19, wherein the web page comprises either a text inputting module within the web page or a module for activating a text inputting application existing within the remote UI client device.

21. The remote UI client device of claim 20, further comprising an outputting unit that outputs the UI resource.

22. The remote UI client device of claim 21, wherein the outputting unit either outputs a web page by using a web browser or outputs the bitmaps of the UI application by using a bitmap browser.

23. The remote UI client device of claim 18, further comprising a capability matching unit that obtains capability information with respect to the UI resource from the remote UI server device,

wherein the capability information comprises resolution information and codec information with respect to the UI resource.

24. The remote UI client device of claim 23, wherein the capability matching unit transmits capability information with respect to the UI resource that can be processed by the remote UI client device to a negotiating device and obtains the capability information negotiated between the remote UI server device and the remote UI client device from the negotiating device.

25. The remote UI client device of claim 18, wherein the text transmitting unit transmits the text in an unit of a consonant and a vowel, in an unit of a character, or in an unit of a sentence, and

the text is transmitted by using either a same session as a session for obtaining the UI resource or an asynchronous session independent from the session for obtaining the UI resource.

26. The remote UI client device of claim 18, wherein the event message is provided according to universal plug and play (UPnP) RemoteUI standard or a consumer electronics association (CEA) 2014 standard.

27. A remote user interface (UI) server device comprising:

a UI selecting unit that receives a selection of a UI resource for requesting an input of text for controlling the remote UI server device;

an event handling unit that transmits an event message including a uniform resource locator (URL) for accessing the UI resource to a remote UI client device;

a UI resource transmitting unit that transmits the UI resource to the remote UI client device in response to a request by the remote UI client device;

a text receiving unit that receives the text from the remote UI client device; and

an outputting unit that outputs the text.

28. The remote UI server device of claim 27, further comprising a control unit that performs a control function related to the text.

29. The remote UI server device of claim 27, wherein the UI resource comprises a web page or bitmaps of an application, and provides a UI for the input of the text.

30. The remote UI server device of claim 29, wherein the web page comprises either a text inputting module provided within the web page or a module for activating a text inputting application existing within the remote UI client device.

31. The remote UI server device of claim 27, further comprising a capability matching unit that transmits capability information with respect to the UI resource to the remote UI client device,

wherein the capability information comprises resolution information and codec information with respect to the UI resource.

32. The remote UI server device of claim 31, wherein the capability matching unit transmits capability information with respect to the UI resource to a negotiating device and obtains the capability information negotiated between the remote UI server device and the remote UI client device from the negotiating device.

33. The remote UI server device of claim 27, wherein the text receiving unit receives the text in an unit of a consonant and a vowel, in an unit of a character, or in an unit of a sentence, and

the text is received by using either a same session as a session for transmitting the UI resource or an asynchronous session independent from the session for transmitting the UI resource.

34. The remote UI server device of claim 27, wherein the event message is provided according to an universal plug-n-play (UPnP) RemoteUI standard or a consumer electronics association (CEA) 2014 standard.

37. A method of providing a remote user interface (UI) service performed on a remote UI client device, the method comprising:

receiving an event message including a uniform resource locator (URL) for accessing a UI resource;

obtaining the UI resource using the URL;

receiving text input using the UI resource; and

transmitting the text.

38. The method of claim 37, further comprising obtaining capability information with respect to the UI resource,

wherein the capability information comprises resolution information and codec information with respect to the UI resource.

39. The method of claim 38, further comprising:

transmitting capability information with respect to the UI resource that can be processed; and

receiving negotiated capability information.

40. A method of providing a remote user interface (UI) service performed on a remote UI server device, the method comprising:

receiving a selection of a UI resource that uses text input for control;

transmitting an event message comprising a uniform resource locator (URL) for accessing the UI resource;

transmitting the UI resource in response to a request that is received;

receiving text; and

outputting the text.

41. The method of claim 40, further comprising transmitting capability information with respect to the UI resource,

wherein the capability information comprises resolution information and codec information with respect to the UI resource.

42. The method of claim 41, further comprising:

transmitting the capability information with respect to the UI resource; and

receiving negotiated capability information.