Method for rendering data in a network and associated mobile device

• US 9,733,888 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Colmagro, Jean-Claude, Philouze, Jean-Luc, Dumail, Julien, Roche, Xavier, Leyendecker, Philippe, Bergot, Sebastien, Colard, Marcellin, Planchon, Cyril
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Sonny
• Application Number:
  US14/655,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20150378664A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,334 Days
• Field of Search: 709232, 709234, 709204, 455 301, 455 306, 4554141, 4554521, 455500, 455 412
• 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: 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 2370/025 LAN communication management
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/04 Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances

Abstract

A method for rendering data in a network is disclosed. The network comprises at least one rendering device and a mobile device. This method, known as a “follow-me” method, comprises a detection of a rendering device by the mobile device thanks to a capture by the mobile device of at least an image of the rendering device; an identification of the detected rendering device by the mobile device from among the at least one rendering device; and a rendering of data on the identified rendering device. An associated mobile device configured to render data on a display device of a network and network device implementing the rendering method are further disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for rendering data in a network, said network comprising at least one rendering device and a mobile device, the method comprising:

detecting a rendering device by said mobile device by capturing at least an image of said rendering device;

identifying the detected rendering device by the mobile device among the at least one rendering device for rendering the data; and

transmitting to a device of the network, by the mobile device, an item of information representative of said identified rendering device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the capturing of the image of the rendering device further comprises detecting a first user action on the mobile device or detecting a first motion gesture of the mobile device to initiate the capturing.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identification of the rendering device comprises an object recognition associating a determined rendering device with said image of said rendering device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein each rendering device comprises an identifier representative of said rendering device, wherein said image of said rendering device comprises said identifier and wherein the identification of the rendering device comprises a recognition of said identifier associating a determined rendering device with said image.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

storing data displayed on said detected rendering device by said mobile device.

6. The method according to claim 5 wherein the capturing of the image by the mobile device for preliminary storing further comprises detecting a second user action on the mobile device or detecting a second motion gesture of the mobile device.

7. The method according to claim 5 wherein the preliminary storing of said data to be displayed comprises stopping the rendering of said data on said detected rendering device.

8. The method according to claim 5 wherein said mobile device comprises a mobile rendering device and wherein the preliminary storing of said data to be displayed comprises the rendering of said data on said mobile rendering device.

9. The method according to claim 1 further comprising iterating the detecting, the identifying, and the transmitting.

10. A mobile device configured to render data in a network, said network comprising at least one rendering device and said mobile device;

said mobile device comprising;

a camera configured to detect a rendering device and configured to capture at least an image of said rendering device;

a processor configured to identify the detected rendering device for rendering the data among the at least one rendering device; and

a transmitter configured to transmit to a device of the network an item of information representative of said identified rendering device.

11. The mobile device according to claim 10, wherein camera configured to capture the image is initiated upon detection of a first user action on the mobile device or upon detection of a first motion gesture of the mobile device.

12. The mobile device according to claim 10, further comprising a mobile rendering device configured to render said data.

13. The mobile device according to claim 10 wherein the mobile device is further configured to preliminary store said data to be rendered, when a capture of an image of said rendering device is initiated by detection of a second user action on the mobile device or by detection of a second motion gesture of the mobile device.

14. A network device for rendering data in a network, said network comprising at least one rendering device and a mobile device;

said network device comprising a processor configured to;

detect a rendering device from a capture of at least an image of said rendering device by said mobile device;

identify the detected rendering device for rendering the data among the least one rendering device; and

transmit through the network of an item of information representative of said identified rendering device.