METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A REMOTE USER INTERFACE

• US 20120151327A1
• Filed: 06/08/2009
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jin, Ho, Sohn, Young-Chul
• Granted Patent: US 9,420,350 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/748 Hypervideo linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object in the context of video distribution systems H04N21/858
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/00 Data switching networks interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units G06F13/00
• 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 65/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] H04L51/04; selective video distribution H04N21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23614 Multiplexing of additional data and video streams arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information H04H20/28
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

A method of providing a remote user interface (RUI) includes receiving a RUI request including first preference format information, second preference format information, and transmission option information, the first preference format information being related to a format preferred by a client device with respect to the RUI, the second preference format information being related to a format preferred by the client device with respect to a video included in the RUI, and the transmission option information indicating whether to consider the second preference format information when transmission of the RUI is decided; comparing a format of the RUI with only the first preference format information, or comparing the format of the RUI and the format of the video comprised in the RUI with the first preference format information and the second preference format information, respectively, based on the transmission option information; and selectively transmitting the RUI to the client.

Claims

1. A method of providing a remote user interface (RUI) with respect to a service provided by a server to a client device, the method comprising:

receiving a RUI request comprising first preference format information, second preference format information, and transmission option information, wherein the first preference format information is related to a format preferred by the client device with respect to the RUI, the second preference format information is related to a format preferred by the client device with respect to a video comprised in the RUI, and the transmission option information indicates whether to consider the second preference format information when transmission of the RUI is decided;

comparing a format of the RUI with only the first preference format information, or comparing the format of the RUI and the format of the video comprised in the RUI with the first preference format information and the second preference format information, respectively, based on the transmission option information; and

selectively transmitting the RUI to the client device based on a result of the comparing.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting information regarding a service to be provided by the server and a uniform resource locator (URL) to connect the service to the client device,

wherein the RUI request is transmitted from the client device to the server via the URL.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the RUI request further comprises control UI option information for requesting transmission of the RUI in which a user interface for controlling reproduction of the video comprised in the RUI is removed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the RUI comprises transmitting a hyper text markup language (HTML) document indicating the RUI to the client device, and

the HTML document further comprises link information comprising format information regarding another RUI corresponding to a URL in the form of a link comprised in the HTML document, and format information regarding a video comprised in the other RUI.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the RUI comprises transmitting a hyper text markup language (HTML) document indicating the RUI to the client device, and

the HTML document further comprises subtitle display information indicating whether to display subtitles with respect to the video comprised in the RUI.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the comparing comprises only comparing the format of the RUI with the first preference format information, the transmitting of the RUI comprises transmitting the RUI to the client device when the format of the RUI matches with the first preference format information, and

if the comparing comprises comparing the format of the RUI and the format of the video comprised in the RUI with the first preference format information and the second preference format information, respectively, the transmitting of the RUI comprises transmitting the RUI to the client device when the format of the RUI matches with the first preference format information, and the format of the video comprised in the RUI matches with the second preference format information.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1.

7. A method of providing a remote user interface (RUI), the method comprising:

transmitting UI profile information to a client device, wherein the UI profile information comprises a plurality of uniform resource locators (URLs) for providing a plurality of RUIs having different formats with respect to a service provided by a server, and information regarding a format type of each of the plurality of RUIs with respect to the service;

receiving a RUI request from the client device, wherein the RUI request comprises a request for transmission of one of the plurality of RUIs based on one of the plurality of URLs; and

transmitting a RUI from among the plurality of RUIs, which corresponds to the RUI request, to the client device.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 7.

8. A remote user interface (RUI) providing apparatus for providing a RUI with respect to a service provided by a server to a client device, the RUI providing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit to receive a RUI request comprising first preference format information, second preference format information, and transmission option information, wherein the first preference format information is related to a format preferred by the client device with respect to the RUI, the second preference format information is related to a format preferred by the client device with respect to a video comprised in the RUI, and the transmission option information indicates whether to consider the second preference format information when transmission of the RUI is decided;

a comparing unit to compare a format of the RUI with only the first preference format information, or to compare the format of the RUI and the format of the video comprised in the RUI with the first preference format information and the second preference format information, respectively, based on the transmission option information; and

a transmitting unit to selectively transmit the RUI to the client device, according to a result of the comparing.

9. The RUI providing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the transmitting unit further transmits information regarding a service to be provided by the server and a uniform resource locator (URL) to connect the service to the client device, and

the RUI request is transmitted from the client device to the server via the URL.

10. The RUI providing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the RUI request further comprises control UI option information to request transmission of the RUI in which a user interface to control reproduction of the video comprised in the RUI is removed.

11. The RUI providing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the transmitting unit transmits a hyper text markup language (HTML) document indicating the RUI to the client device, and

the HTML document further comprises link information comprising format information regarding another RUI corresponding to a URL in the form of a link comprised in the HTML document, and format information regarding a video comprised in the other RUI.

12. The RUI providing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the transmitting unit transmits a hyper text markup language (HTML) document indicating the RUI to the client device, and

the HTML document further comprises subtitle display information indicating whether to display subtitles with respect to the video comprised in the RUI.

13. The RUI providing apparatus of claim 8, wherein, if the comparing unit only compares the format of the RUI with the first preference format information, the transmitting unit transmits the RUI to the client device when the format of the RUI matches the first preference format information, and

if the comparing unit compares the format of the RUI and the format of the video comprised in the RUI with the first preference format information and the second preference format information, respectively, the comparing unit transmits the RUI to the client device when the format of the RUI matches the first preference format information, and the format of the video comprised in the RUI matches the second preference format information.

14. A remote user interface (RUI) providing apparatus comprising:

a transmitting unit to transmit UI profile information to a client device, wherein the UI profile information comprises a plurality of uniform resource locators (URLs) for providing a plurality of RUIs having different formats with respect to a service provided by a server, and information regarding a format type of each of the plurality of RUIs with respect to the service; and

a receiving unit to receive a RUI request from the client device, wherein the RUI request comprises a request for transmission of one of the plurality of RUIs based on one of the plurality of URLs,

wherein the transmitting unit transmits a RUI from among the plurality of RUIs, which corresponds to the RUI request, to the client device.