Home network controller with remote user interface wrapper of discovered multimedia content
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1. A controller comprising:
- at least one computer usable memory that is not a signal and having instructions which instructions when executed by at least one processor configure the processor to;
adapt different sources of content to a client device on a network through a single user interface (UI) provided by the controller to the client device to transparently enable the client device to also receive content for playback that was initially presented without a remote UI, wherein at least a first source of content provides no remote UI and provides only AV content, and the instructions when executed by the processor configure the processor to;
store the remote UI;
discover the AV content on the first source of content, andwrap at least a content list representing the content in the remote UI prior to providing the remote UI along with the content list wrapped therein to the client device.
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Abstract
A home networked controller device leverages discovery and control services to improve interoperability between devices that share multimedia content by re-serving the content wrapped in a remote user interface to enable client devices that have the capability to play the content but that require a remote user interface to be present.
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1. A controller comprising:
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at least one computer usable memory that is not a signal and having instructions which instructions when executed by at least one processor configure the processor to; adapt different sources of content to a client device on a network through a single user interface (UI) provided by the controller to the client device to transparently enable the client device to also receive content for playback that was initially presented without a remote UI, wherein at least a first source of content provides no remote UI and provides only AV content, and the instructions when executed by the processor configure the processor to; store the remote UI; discover the AV content on the first source of content, and wrap at least a content list representing the content in the remote UI prior to providing the remote UI along with the content list wrapped therein to the client device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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