APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOPERATIVELY PRESENTING MULTIPLE MEDIA SIGNALS VIA MULTIPLE MEDIA OUTPUTS

• US 20140267908A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hagenbuch, Matthew Lloyd, Bowser, Robert A., Locker, Howard
• Granted Patent: US 9,230,513 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/552
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1431 using a single graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1438 using more than one graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• 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 21/440272 for performing aspect ratio conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for cooperatively presenting multiple media signals via multiple presentation devices. Disclosed are apparatuses, systems and methods that integrate portions of multiple media signals and cooperatively present the portions via multiple media output devices.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a memory storing machine readable code; and

a processor executing the machine readable code, the machine readable code comprising a media manager, the media manager comprising;

an integration module for integrating portions of more than one media signal for presentation via one or more media outputs;

a transmission module for cooperatively transmitting integrated media signals to one or more of the media outputs, respective integrated media signals comprising different portions of the more than one media signals; and

a receiver module for receiving configuration parameters for dynamically adjusting the integrated portions of the media signals and the transmitted portions of the media signals.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the media signals originate from different media devices.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein one of the more than one media signals originates at a television device, another one of the media signals originates at a gaming console, the one media signal and the another media signal being integrated for one media output.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the receiver module receives configuration parameters via one of a USB connection, an Ethernet connection, a wireless connection, and a connection with a gesture motion sensor.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the dynamically adjusting includes the media manager modifying a property of one or more of the more than one media signals.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the dynamically adjusting includes the media manager affecting a media generator to modify a property of one or more of the more than one media signals.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the dynamically adjusting includes adding a media signal for integration into one or more of the integrated media signals.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein one or more of the media signals are encrypted.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein there is a one-to-one correlation between the media signals and the media outputs.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein media signals are received via one of HDMI, DisplayPort, RGB video with dual channel audio, Miracast®

, and WiGig®

WDE.

11. A method comprising:

receiving a plurality of configuration parameters for determining how a plurality of media signals are presented via a plurality of media outputs;

receiving a plurality of media signals; and

integrating portions of more than one of the plurality of media signals dynamically for cooperative presentation via one or more media outputs and based on the configuration parameters.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the receiving a plurality of media signals comprises receiving respective media signals from different media devices.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the integrating comprises combining a media signal from a television device and a media signal from a gaming console into one side-by-side integrated media signal.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the cooperative presentation comprises dividing one of the plurality of media signals into one or more portions, and transmitting respective portions to different media outputs.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving another media signal; and

adjusting one or more integrated media signals dynamically to integrate a portion of the received another media signal.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the adjusting comprises overlaying the received another media signal into a portion of one of the integrated media signals and muting an audio portion of another of the plurality of received media signals.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the adjusting comprises modifying one or more of the integrated media signals to additionally include the received signal in a format selected from the group:

side-by-side, top-bottom, and picture-in-picture.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

before the adjusting one or more media outputs,

receiving additional configuration parameters via communication with a body gesture sensor, wherein the adjusting is based on the additional configuration parameters.

19. A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing machine readable code executable by a processor to perform the operations of:

receiving a plurality of configuration parameters for determining how a plurality of media signals are presented via a plurality of media outputs;

receiving a plurality of media signals; and

integrating portions of more than one of the plurality of media signals dynamically for cooperative presentation via one or more media outputs and based on the configuration parameters.

20. The program product of claim 19, further comprising receiving another media signal, and adjusting one or more integrated media signals dynamically to integrate a portion of the received another media signal.

21. A system comprising:

a plurality of media devices for generating a plurality of respective media signals;

a plurality of media output devices for cooperatively presenting integrated portions of the media signals; and

a media manager comprising;

an integration module for integrating portions of more than one of the respective media signals to generate one or more integrated media signals;

a transmission module for transmitting portions of the integrated media signals to respective media outputs; and

a receiver module for receiving configuration parameters to dynamically adjust the integrated portions and the transmitted portions.