# US 10,319,217 B2 · Method for controlling video system including a plurality of display apparatuses > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,319,217 B2 - Document ID: US10319217B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/530,252 - Filed: 2014-10-31 - Published: 2015-02-26 - Granted: 2019-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2010-02-12 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hyung-rae Cho; Hyun-joo Oh; Sun-ae Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10319217B2 ## CPC - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - H04M 1/72415: for remote control of appliances - H04N 21/4122: {additional display device, e.g. video projector (digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423)} - H04N 21/41265: {having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204)} - H04N 21/42204: {User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor (constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205)} - H04N 21/4222: {Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy (remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415)} - H04N 21/42222: {Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device} - 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)} - H04N 21/44222: {Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programmes or purchase activity (monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33)} - H04N 21/485: End-user interface for client configuration - G08C 2201/70: Device selection - G08C 2201/91: Remote control based on location and proximity - G08C 2201/93: Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop - H04N 21/42221: {Transmission circuitry, e.g. infrared [IR] or radio frequency [RF]} - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A method for controlling a video system wherein the nearest display apparatus is selected by detecting a distance to each of a plurality of display apparatuses and information regarding the nearest display apparatus is transmitted to another video apparatus allowing a user apparatus to select the nearest display apparatus without additional input. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for controlling content reproduction in a user apparatus, the method comprising: displaying a content; in response to a user command being input, detecting a distance between each of a plurality of display apparatuses and the user apparatus based on an intensity of a signal received from each of the plurality of display apparatuses; identifying a display apparatus which is closest to the user apparatus among the plurality of display apparatuses, based on the detected distances; and in response to identifying the closest display apparatus, transmitting information regarding the content being displayed in the user apparatus and control information for reproducing the content to the identified closest display apparatus. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the user apparatus is communicably connected to the plurality of display apparatuses through a video apparatus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein transmitting the information regarding the content being displayed in the user apparatus and the control information for reproducing the content comprises: generating a transmission command to transmit the information regarding the content being displayed in the user apparatus and the control information for reproducing the content to the display apparatus; and transmitting the transmission command and information regarding the display apparatus to the video apparatus. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising controlling, through the video apparatus, the display apparatus to reproduce the content being displayed in the user apparatus using the information regarding content being displayed in the user apparatus, the control information for reproducing the content, and the information regarding the display apparatus according to the transmission command. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein transmitting the information regarding the content being displayed in the user apparatus and the control information for reproducing the content further comprises transmitting, through the video apparatus, the content being displayed in the user apparatus to the display apparatus and the control information for reproducing the content using the information regarding the content being displayed in the user apparatus and the information regarding the display apparatus. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein controlling the display apparatus to reproduce the content being displayed in the user apparatus comprises controlling, through the video apparatus, the display apparatus to change a broadcast channel of the display apparatus to a broadcast channel of the user apparatus using the information regarding the content being displayed in the user apparatus, the control information for reproducing the content, and the information regarding the display apparatus. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a specific input is entered by a user, commanding the user apparatus to detect the distance to each of the plurality of display apparatuses. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising controlling the display apparatus to reproduce the content being displayed in the user apparatus using the information regarding the content being displayed in the user apparatus and the control information for reproducing the content. ### Claim 9 A video system, comprising: a user apparatus configured to display a content; and a plurality of display apparatuses, wherein the user apparatus is configured to, in response to a user command being input, detect a distance between each of the plurality of display apparatuses and the user apparatus based on an intensity of a signal received from each of the plurality of display apparatuses, identify a display apparatus which is closest to the user apparatus among the plurality of display apparatuses, based on the detected distances, and in response to identifying the closest display apparatus, transmits information regarding the content being displayed in the user apparatus and the control information for reproducing the content to the identified closest display apparatus. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The video system of claim 9, further comprising a video apparatus communicably connected to the user apparatus and the plurality of display apparatuses. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The video system of claim 10, wherein the user apparatus generates a transmission command to transmit the information regarding the content being displayed in the user apparatus and the control information for reproducing the content to the display apparatus and transmits, to the video apparatus, the transmission command, the information regarding the content being displayed in the user apparatus, the control information for reproducing the content, and information regarding the display apparatus. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The video system of claim 11, wherein the video apparatus controls the display apparatus to reproduce the content being displayed in the user apparatus using the information regarding the content being displayed in the user apparatus, the control information for reproducing the content, and the information regarding the display apparatus according to the transmission command. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The video system of claim 12, wherein the video apparatus transmits the content being displayed in the user apparatus to the display apparatus using the information regarding the content being displayed in the user apparatus, the control information for reproducing the content, and the information regarding the display apparatus. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The video system of claim 12, wherein the video apparatus changes a broadcast channel of the display apparatus to a broadcast channel of the user apparatus using the information regarding the content being displayed in the user apparatus, the control information for reproducing the content, and the information regarding the display apparatus.