REMOTE AUDIO

• US 20130005324A1
• Filed: 07/03/2012
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tahoe Research Limited (f/k/a Learndale Limited) (Vector Capital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bryan Y. Roe, Nelson F. Kidd, Ylian Saint-Hilaire
• Inventors: Saint-Hilaire, Ylian, Roe, Bryan Y., Kidd, Nelson F.
• Granted Patent: US 9,667,435 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/420
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

Various embodiments for remote presentation of an interface of a computing device, such as a PC, are described herein. In particular, in various illustrated embodiments, a local device such as a Digital Media Adapter (DMA), mobile device, cellular telephone, etc. may be used to receive input from a remote control, where the local device provides human perceptible feedback, such as a sound, visual response, etc., responsive to use of the remote control. In some embodiments, the local device may contain a memory or cache for locally storing particular feedback data for human perceptible feedback. In various embodiments, a communication protocol is provided for storing, triggering, deleting, etc. feedback data in the memory cache. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.

Claims

1-16. -16. (canceled)

17. A method comprising:

using a remote control to issue a command to remotely control a first computing device, the remote control being responsive to user input to control a first user interface that is displayed remotely from the first computing device and that is to be used in controlling the first computing device, the first user interface being displayed on a cellular telephone display, the first computing device having a second user interface that is to be displayed remotely from the first user interface and providing a clip to be played in response to the command.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the remote control communicates via packet-based wireless communication.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the clip is an audio clip provided via wireless communication.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein:

the wireless communication is via a local area network in a home environment.

21. An apparatus comprising:

a remote control to issue a command to remotely control a first computing device, the remote control to be responsive to user input to control a first user interface that is to be displayed remotely from the first computing device and that is to be used in controlling the first computing device, the first user interface to be displayed on a cellular telephone display, the first computing device to have a second user interface that is to be displayed remotely from the first user interface and also to provide a clip that is to be played in response to the command.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein:

the remote control is to communicate via packet-based wireless communication.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein:

the clip is an audio clip to be provided via wireless communication.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein:

the wireless communication is via a local area network in a home environment.

25. Machine-accessible memory that includes data that when accessed by a machine results in the machine performing operations comprising:

issuing a command from a remote control to remotely control a first computing device, the remote control being responsive to user input to control a first user interface that is displayed remotely from the first computing device and that is to be used in controlling the first computing device, the first user interface being displayed on a cellular telephone display, the first computing device having a second user interface that is to be displayed remotely from the first user interface and providing a clip to be played in response to the command.

26. The memory of claim 25, wherein:

the remote control communicates via packet-based wireless communication.

27. The memory of claim 25, wherein:

the clip is an audio clip provided via wireless communication.

28. The memory of claim 27, wherein:

the wireless communication is via a local area network in a home environment.

29. A method comprising:

providing, from a first computing device, in response to a command from a remote control, a clip to be played, the remote control being responsive to user input to control a first user interface that is displayed remotely from the first computing device and that is to be used in controlling the first computing device, the first user interface being displayed on a cellular telephone display, the first computing device having a second user interface that is to be displayed remotely from the first user interface.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein:

the remote control communicates via packet-based wireless communication.

31. The method of claim 29, wherein:

the clip is an audio clip provided via wireless communication.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein:

the wireless communication is via a local area network in a home environment.

33. An apparatus comprising:

a first computing device to provide, in response to a command from a remote control, a clip to be played, the remote control to be responsive to user input to control a first user interface that is to be displayed remotely from the first computing device and that is to be used in controlling the first computing device, the first user interface to be displayed on a cellular telephone display, the first computing device to have a second user interface that is to be displayed remotely from the first user interface.

34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein:

the remote control is to communicate via packet-based wireless communication.

35. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein:

the clip is an audio clip to be provided via wireless communication.

36. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein:

the wireless communication is via a local area network in a home environment.

37. Machine-accessible memory that includes data that when accessed by a machine results in the machine performing operations comprising:

providing, from a first computing device, in response to a command from a remote control, a clip to be played, the remote control being responsive to user input to control a first user interface that is displayed remotely from the first computing device and that is to be used in controlling the first computing device, the first user interface being displayed on a cellular telephone display, the first computing device having a second user interface that is to be displayed remotely from the first user interface.

38. The memory of claim 37, wherein:

the remote control communicates via packet-based wireless communication.

39. The memory of claim 37, wherein:

the clip is an audio clip provided via wireless communication.

40. The memory of claim 39, wherein:

the wireless communication is via a local area network in a home environment.