SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING THE REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY OF A PORTABLE DEVICE

• US 20140337879A1
• Filed: 05/20/2014
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2006
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Universal Electronics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Universal Electronics, Inc.
• Inventors: Arling, Paul D., Hayes, Patrick H., Hatambeiki, Arsham
• Application Number:
  US14/282,785
• Publication Number:
  US 20140337879A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/28 using pulse code
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/21 Programming remote control devices via third means
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/30 User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/40 Remote control systems using repeaters, converters, gateways
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/92 Universal remote control
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/654 Transmission by server directed to the client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

A system and method used to displaying advertising content. A first app installed on a first device functions to retrieve the advertising content and to then provide the advertising content to a second app installed on a second device. The second app installed on the second device will cause the advertising content to be displayed as an overlay in a display associated with the second device.

Claims

1. A method for displaying advertising content, comprising:

using a first app installed on a first device to retrieve advertising content; and

causing the advertising content to be provided from the first app installed on the first device to a second app installed on a second device whereupon the second app installed on the second device will function to display the advertising content as an overlay in a display associated with the second device.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, comprising causing the first app installed on the first device to retrieve advertising content from a network server.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, comprising causing the first app installed on the first device to provide to the network server information for use by the network server in retrieving the advertising content.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein the information provided to the network server by the first app installed on the first device is first provided to the first app installed on the first device by the second app installed on the second device.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the information provided to the network server comprises information that functions to identify the second device.

6. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the information provided to the network server comprises information that functions to identify media content that the second device is causing to be displayed in the display.

7. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein the information provided to the network server comprises information that functions to identify media content that the first device is providing to the second device for display in the display.

8. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the second app instructs the first app to initiate a retrieval of the advertising content from the network server.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the information provided to the network server comprises information that functions to identify media content that the second device is causing to be displayed in the display.

10. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the first app retrieves advertising content from the network server at predetermined times.

11. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the first device stores the advertising content in memory for later provision by the first app to the second app.

12. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first device comprises a media streaming device and the second device comprises a television.

13. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first device comprises a smart phone and the second device comprises a television.

14. The method as recited in claim 1, comprising data-synchronizing the first app installed on the first device and the second app installed on the second device.

15. The method as recited in claim 1, comprising using a wireless network to provide the advertising content from the first app to the second app.

16. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the wireless network comprises an RF network.