US 10,122,955 B2Granted

Interfacing a television with a second device

AssigneeGoogle Inc.

InventorsEric H C Liu, Haywai Hayward Chan

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Abstract

A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method for interfacing devices, comprising:

detecting, by a mobile device including a hardware processor and a mobile display, a display device that is proximal to the mobile device over a communications network, wherein the display device is presenting media content;
causing, using the hardware processor, the mobile device to be communicatively coupled to the display device;
receiving, using the hardware processor, at the mobile device from a server, a first card interface that relates to the media content currently being presented on the display device and that includes a first set of interactive functions associated with the first card interface;
storing, using the hardware processor, the first card interface in a local memory of the mobile device;
transmitting, using the hardware processor, the first card interface and the associated first set of interactive functions to the display device for presentation on the display device over the communications network;
receiving, using the hardware processor, at the mobile device from the server, a second card interface that relates to the media content being presented on the display device and that includes a second set of interactive functions associated with the second card interface;
transmitting, using the hardware processor, the second card interface and the associated second set of interactive functions to the display device for presentation on the display device over the communications network, wherein the first card interface is no longer presented on the display device and the second card interface replaces the first card interface for presentation on the display device;
receiving, using the hardware processor, an input on the mobile display of the mobile device that corresponds to a request to present the previously presented first card interface and the associated first set of interactive functions for a second time on the display device;
in response to receiving the input on the mobile display of the mobile device, retrieving, using the hardware processor, the previously presented first card interface from the local memory of the mobile device;
and
causing, using the hardware processor, the first card interface and the associated first set of interactive functions to be presented for the second time on the display device.

8 more elements

A system for interfacing devices, the system comprising:

a hardware processor that is programmed to:
detect, by a mobile device including a mobile display, a display device that is proximal to the mobile device over a communications network, wherein the display device is presenting media content;
cause the mobile device to be communicatively coupled to the display device;
receive, at the mobile device from a server, a first card interface that relates to the media content currently being presented on the display device and that includes a first set of interactive functions associated with the first card interface;
store the first card interface in a local memory of the mobile device;
transmit the first card interface and the associated first set of interactive functions to the display device for presentation on the display device over the communications network;
receive, at the mobile device from the server, a second card interface that relates to the media content being presented on the display device and that includes a second set of interactive functions associated with the second card interface;
transmit the second card interface and the associated second set of interactive functions to the display device for presentation on the display device over the communications network, wherein the first card interface is no longer presented on the display device and the second card interface replaces the first card interface for presentation on the display device;
receive an input on the mobile display of the mobile device that corresponds to a request to present the previously presented first card interface and the associated first set of interactive functions for a second time on the display device;
in response to receiving the input on the mobile display of the mobile device, retrieve the previously presented first card interface from the local memory of the mobile device;
and
cause the first card interface and the associated first set of interactive functions to be presented for the second time on the display device.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute a method for interfacing devices, the method comprising:

detecting, by a mobile device including a mobile display, a display device that is proximal to the mobile device over a communications network, wherein the display device is presenting media content;
causing the mobile device to be communicatively coupled to the display device;
receiving, at the mobile device from a server, a first card interface that relates to the media content currently being presented on the display device and that includes a first set of interactive functions associated with the first card interface;
storing the first card interface in a local memory of the mobile device;
transmitting the first card interface and the associated first set of interactive functions to the display device for presentation on the display device over the communications network;
receiving, at the mobile device from the server, a second card interface that relates to the media content being presented on the display device and that includes a second set of interactive functions associated with the second card interface;
transmitting the second card interface and the associated second set of interactive functions to the display device for presentation on the display device over the communications network, wherein the first card interface is no longer presented on the display device and the second card interface replaces the first card interface for presentation on the display device;
receiving an input on the mobile display of the mobile device that corresponds to a request to present the previously presented first card interface for a second time on the display device;
in response to receiving the input the mobile display of on the mobile device, retrieving the previously presented first card interface and the associated first set of interactive functions from the local memory of the mobile device;
and
causing the first card interface and the associated first set of interactive functions to be presented for the second time on the display device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/625,505Filed 16 Jun 2017 · continuation
Priority: 15 Mar 2013
Published: US 2017/0289603 A15 Oct 2017
Granted: 6 Nov 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04N 21/41265
The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones: having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote…
H04N 21/4122
Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices: additional display device, e.g. video projector
H04N 21/42204
Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]: user interfaces…
H04N 21/43615
Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home: interfacing a…

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Application13/842,809Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Mar 2013
US 2017/0289603 A1Pre-grant publication · published 5 Oct 2017
US 9,712,776 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2014/0267909 A1Published application
US 10,122,955 B2This patent

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