System and methods for remote control of multiple display and devices
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1. A method comprising:
- pointing a handheld controller at a source device to select media data, the handheld controller producing controller position and orientation information sufficient to determine the source device;
wherein the orientation information includes information from a six- degrees-of-freedom sensor on the handheld controller about the orientation of the controller so that the direction that the handheld controller is pointing can be determined;
pointing the handheld controller at a sink device to send a paste signal, the handheld controller producing controller position and orientation information sufficient to determine the sink device;
in response to the selecting and pasting, transferring the media data from the source device to the sink device;
wherein the information from six-degrees-of-freedom sensor on the handheld controller is used to calculate a ray coincident with the handheld controller; and
wherein the source and sink devices are associated with respective control windows and the determination of a source or sink device is done by calculating whether the calculated ray would intersect one of the respective control windows.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for transferring media between media source devices and media sink devices are disclosed. Remote control units are used to indicate the media sink and media source devices for transferring media data between these elements.
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1. A method comprising:
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pointing a handheld controller at a source device to select media data, the handheld controller producing controller position and orientation information sufficient to determine the source device; wherein the orientation information includes information from a six- degrees-of-freedom sensor on the handheld controller about the orientation of the controller so that the direction that the handheld controller is pointing can be determined; pointing the handheld controller at a sink device to send a paste signal, the handheld controller producing controller position and orientation information sufficient to determine the sink device; in response to the selecting and pasting, transferring the media data from the source device to the sink device; wherein the information from six-degrees-of-freedom sensor on the handheld controller is used to calculate a ray coincident with the handheld controller; and wherein the source and sink devices are associated with respective control windows and the determination of a source or sink device is done by calculating whether the calculated ray would intersect one of the respective control windows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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a handheld controller to produce controller position and orientation information for selecting source and sink devices; wherein the orientation information includes information from a six- degrees-of-freedom sensor on the handheld controller about the orientation of the controller so that the direction that the handheld controller is pointing can be determined; logic adapted to transfer media data from a selected source device to a selected sink device in response to the selecting of the source and sink device with the handheld computer; wherein the information from six-degrees-of-freedom sensor on the handheld controller is used to calculate a ray coincident with the handheld controller; and wherein the source and sink devices are associated with respective control windows and the determination of a source or sink device is done by calculating whether the calculated ray would intersect one of the respective control windows. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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