METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING AN OUTPUT DEVICE BETWEEN MULTIMEDIA DEVICES TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE DATA

• US 20140136978A1
• Filed: 11/12/2013
• Published: 05/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: VERMA, Sagar Kumar
• Granted Patent: US 10,581,933 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/212 using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/25 Output arrangements for video game devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/428 involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5255 according to dedicated instructions from a player, e.g. using a secondary joystick to rotate the camera around a player's character
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0261 in the context of movement of objects on the screen or movement of the observer relative to the screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing

Abstract

A method and system for sharing an output device between multimedia devices to transmit and receive data, is provided. The method includes operations of automatically discovering one or more second multimedia devices, when a first multimedia device is positioned within communication range of the one or more second multimedia devices that transmit a low power signal; and transmitting data of the first multimedia device to the one or more second multimedia devices, when the one or more second multimedia devices are discovered.

Claims

1. A method of using, by a first multimedia device, output devices of one or more second multimedia devices, the method comprising;

automatically discovering the one or more second multimedia devices when the first multimedia device is positioned within communication range of the one or more second multimedia devices that transmit a low power signal; and

transmitting data related to the first multimedia device to the one or more second multimedia devices when the one or more second multimedia devices are discovered.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the low power signal is periodically transmitted from the one or more second multimedia devices.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a parameter used to establish a link between the first multimedia device and the one or more second multimedia devices prior to transmitting the data,

wherein the data is transmitted from the first multimedia device to the one or more second multimedia devices via the link established based on the determined parameter.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting notice information via an output device of the first multimedia device when the one or more second multimedia devices are discovered.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a list of the one or more second multimedia devices on a display of the first multimedia device; and

selecting a second multimedia device to receive the data, based on a user input with respect to the list of the one or more second multimedia devices.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying a list of output devices of the selected second multimedia device on the display of the first multimedia device; and

determining a parameter used to establish a link between the first multimedia device and the selected second multimedia device according to an attribute of the selected output device when an output device is selected based on a user input with respect to the list of the output devices,

wherein the data is transmitted from the first multimedia device to the selected second multimedia device via the link established based on the determined parameter.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising displaying, on the display of the first multimedia device, an option to match an output device of the selected second multimedia device with the data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the data comprises streaming the data of the first multimedia device from the first multimedia device to the one or more second multimedia devices.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a default operation is previously set in the first multimedia device so as to allow the first multimedia device to automatically transmit the data when the one or more second multimedia devices are discovered.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program, wherein the program, when executed by a processor of a computer, causes the computer to execute the method of claim 1.

10. A method of outputting, by a first multimedia device, data provided from one or more second multimedia devices, the method comprising:

transmitting a low power signal, wherein the transmitting is performed by a first multimedia device;

receiving a request from the one or more second multimedia devices so as to receive the data from the one or more second multimedia devices when the first multimedia device is discovered by the one or more second multimedia devices, based on the low power signal;

receiving the data from the one or more second multimedia devices, in response to the request; and

outputting the data via an output device of the first multimedia device,

wherein the first multimedia device is automatically discovered when the first multimedia device is positioned within communication range of the one or more second multimedia devices.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying, on a display of the first multimedia device, a list of the one or more second multimedia devices which discover the first multimedia device; and

selecting a second multimedia device from among the one or more second multimedia devices, based on a user input with respect to the list, wherein the receiving of the data comprises receiving the data from the selected second multimedia device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying, on the display of the first multimedia device, an option to match the data of the selected second multimedia device with the output device of the first multimedia device.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying a list of output devices of the first multimedia device on a display of the first multimedia device; and

determining a parameter used to establish a link between the first multimedia device and the one or more second multimedia devices according to an attribute of the selected output device when an output device of the first multimedia device is selected based on a user input with respect to the list of the output devices of the first multimedia device, wherein the data is transmitted from the one or more second multimedia devices to the first multimedia device via the link established based on the determined parameter.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program, wherein the program, when executed by a processor of a computer, causes the computer to execute the method of claim 10.

14. A first multimedia device using output devices of one or more second multimedia devices, the first multimedia device comprising:

at least one memory; and

a processor configured to execute at least one computer program stored in the at least one memory,

wherein the at least one computer program comprises commands for performing a process comprising;

automatically discovering the one or more second multimedia devices when the first multimedia device is positioned within communication range of the one or more second multimedia devices that transmit a low power signal; and

transmitting data of the first multimedia device to the one or more second multimedia devices when the one or more second multimedia devices are discovered.

15. The first multimedia device of claim 14, wherein the low power signal is periodically transmitted from the one or more second multimedia devices.

16. The first multimedia device of claim 14, further comprising commands for performing a process comprising, prior to transmitting the data, determining a parameter used to establish a link between the first multimedia device and the one or more second multimedia devices, and

wherein the data is transmitted from the first multimedia device to the one or more second multimedia devices via the link established based on the determined parameter.

17. The first multimedia device of claim 14, further comprising commands for performing a process comprising, when the one or more second multimedia devices are discovered, outputting notice information via an output device of the first multimedia device.

18. The first multimedia device of claim 14, further comprising commands for performing a process comprising:

displaying on a display of the first multimedia device a list of the one or more second multimedia devices; and

selecting a second multimedia device to receive the data, based on a user input with respect to the list of the one or more second multimedia devices.

19. The first multimedia device of claim 18, further comprising commands for performing a process comprising:

displaying a list of output devices of the selected second multimedia device on the display of the first multimedia device; and

determining a parameter used to establish a link between the first multimedia device and the selected second multimedia device according to an attribute of the selected output device when an output device is selected based on a user input with respect to the list of the output devices, and

wherein the data is transmitted from the first multimedia device to the selected second multimedia device via the link established based on the determined parameter.

20. The first multimedia device of claim 18, further comprising commands for performing a process comprising displaying, on the display of the first multimedia device, an option to match an output device of the selected second multimedia device with the data.

21. A first multimedia device outputting data provided from one or more second multimedia devices, the first multimedia device comprising:

at least one memory; and

a processor configured to execute at least one computer program stored in the at least one memory,

wherein the at least one computer program comprises commands for performing a process comprising;

by the first multimedia device, transmitting a low power signal;

receiving a request from the one or more second multimedia devices so as to receive the data from the one or more second multimedia devices when the first multimedia device is discovered by the one or more second multimedia devices, based on the low power signal;

receiving the data from the one or more second multimedia devices, in response to the request from the one or more second multimedia devices; and

outputting the data via an output device of the first multimedia device, and

wherein the first multimedia device is automatically discovered when the first multimedia device is positioned within communication ranges of the one or more second multimedia devices.

22. The first multimedia device of claim 21, further comprising commands for performing a process comprising:

displaying, on a display of the first multimedia device, a list of the one or more second multimedia devices that discover the first multimedia device; and

selecting a second multimedia device from among the one or more second multimedia devices, based on a user input with respect to the list of the one or more second multimedia devices, and

wherein the receiving of the data comprises receiving the data from the selected second multimedia device.

23. The first multimedia device of claim 21, further comprising commands for performing a process comprising displaying, on the display of the first multimedia device, an option for matching the data of the selected second multimedia device with the output device of the first multimedia device.

24. The first multimedia device of claim 21, further comprising commands for performing a process comprising:

displaying on a display of the first multimedia device a list of output devices of the first multimedia device; and

determining a parameter used to establish a link between the first multimedia device and the one or more second multimedia devices according to an attribute of the selected output device when an output device of the first multimedia device is selected based on a user input with respect to the list of the output devices, wherein the data is transmitted from the one or more second multimedia devices to the first multimedia device via the link established based on the determined parameter.

27. An apparatus configured to share an output device between a plurality of multimedia devices in order to transmit and receive data, the apparatus comprising:

first and second multimedia devices having a plurality of output devices, wherein the first multimedia device is configured to discover the second multimedia device through a low power signal transmitted by the second multimedia device and to select the second multimedia device and share an output device of the discovered second multimedia device,

wherein the first multimedia device is configured to stream data to the shared output device of the selected second multimedia device.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, further comprising discovering the second multimedia device when the first multimedia device is positioned within communication range of the second multimedia devices.

29. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the first multimedia device is configured to display a list of output devices of the selected second multimedia device on the display of the first multimedia device.

30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the first multimedia device is configured to determine a parameter used to establish a link between the first multimedia device and the selected second multimedia device according to an attribute of the shared output device when an output device is selected based on a user input with respect to the list of the output devices of the selected second multimedia device.