Media exchange network supporting local and remote personalized media overlay

• US 20140129654A1
• Filed: 01/10/2014
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Karaoguz, Jeyhan, Bennett, James D.
• Application Number:
  US14/152,749
• Publication Number:
  US 20140129654A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• 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 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6583 Acknowledgement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/814 comprising emergency warnings arrangements specially adapted for emergency or urgency in broadcast systems H04H20/59; arrangements for providing alarms, notifications, alerts to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8146 involving graphical data, e.g. 3D object, 2D graphics

Abstract

Certain aspects of the invention for displaying alerts in a communication network may comprise receiving an alert from a first device coupled to the communication network. A message corresponding to the received alert may be generated within a home and displayed on a television screen within the home. The generated message may be displayed along with a media broadcast on the television screen and an acknowledgment of the displayed message may be received via a user selection. The acknowledgement may be received from a remote control that controls various functions of the television screen. Displaying of the generated message may be terminated upon receiving the acknowledgement or the generated message may be displayed for a predetermined or specified period of time. The alert, which may be received via a wireless and/or a wired connection, may indicate a status of the first and/or a second device.

Claims

1. A method of indicating an alert from a media peripheral operating within a media exchange network having peer-to-peer media content transfer capability, comprising:

utilizing a media processing system, which has media management capability to exchange media content among a plurality of devices selected to form a media exchange network for exchanging the media content within a closed and secure network environment formed by the media exchange network and in which the media content includes personally captured non-broadcast media content, to receive an alert from a media peripheral that is one of the plurality of devices of the media exchange network;

utilizing the media processing system to communicate the alert to a second device in the media exchange network; and

indicating the alert at the second device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the alert is generated to indicate a low battery condition for the media peripheral.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the media peripheral is an image capturing device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the media peripheral is a camera.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the media exchange network includes a computing device as one of the plurality of devices and wherein the computing device receives emails, further including utilizing the media processing system to receive an email alert from the computing device and communicating the email alert to the second device for indicating the email alert at the second device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the media exchange network includes a computing device as one of the plurality of devices and wherein the computing device receives social notifications about a person, further including utilizing the media processing system to receive a social notification alert from the computing device and communicating the social notification alert to the second device for indicating the social notification alert at the second device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the media exchange network includes a phone call receiving device as one of the plurality of devices and wherein the phone call receiving device receives phone calls, further including utilizing the media processing system to receive a phone call alert from the phone call receiving device and communicating the phone call alert to the second device for indicating the phone call alert at the second device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the media exchange network includes an appliance as one of the plurality of devices, further including utilizing the media processing system to receive an appliance alert from the appliance and communicating the appliance alert to the second device for indicating the appliance alert at the second device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein when indicating the alert at the second device, the alert is shown on a display for viewing.

10. The method of claim 1, further including testing the media peripheral by the media processing system and generating the alert based on the testing of the media peripheral.

11. An apparatus for indicating an alert from a media peripheral operating within a media exchange network having peer-to-peer media content transfer capability, comprising:

a media processing system, which has media management capability to exchange media content among a plurality of devices selected to form a media exchange network for exchanging the media content within a closed and secure network environment formed by the media exchange network and in which the media content includes personally captured non-broadcast media content, to receive an alert from a media peripheral that is one of the plurality of devices of the media exchange network, the media processing system to communicate the alert to a second device in the media exchange network, and the media processing system to cause an indication of the alert at the second device; and

a communication interface configured to communicate with the plurality of devices of the media exchange network.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the media processing system is included within a set-top-box, a personal computer or a television.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the media processing system also performs a test of the media peripheral and the alert is in response to the test.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the test checks a battery power of the media peripheral and the alert notifies a low battery condition.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the media processing system also includes a storage to store the media content.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the media processing system also causes the media content to be distributed to other locations within the media exchange network, in which the media content is represented in a guide simulating a broadcast schedule guide.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the media processing system causes the alert to be displayed on the second device.

18. A method of indicating an alert from a media peripheral operating within a media exchange network having peer-to-peer media content transfer capability, comprising:

utilizing a media processing system, which has media management capability to exchange media content among a plurality of devices selected to form a media exchange network for exchanging the media content within a closed and secure network environment formed by the media exchange network and in which the media content includes personally captured non-broadcast media content, to receive an alert from a media peripheral that is one of the plurality of devices of the media exchange network;

utilizing the media processing system to cause the media content to be distributed to other locations within the media exchange network, in which the media content is represented in a guide simulating a broadcast schedule guide;

utilizing the media processing system to communicate the alert to a second device in the media exchange network; and

causing the alert to be displayed at the second device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein when utilizing the media processing system to cause the media content to be distributed to other locations, the media content is distributed in a peer-to-peer transfer.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the media exchange network includes an appliance as one of the plurality of devices, further including utilizing the media processing system to receive an appliance alert from the appliance and communicating the appliance alert to the second device for causing the appliance alert to be displayed at the second device.