System and method for configuring input elements of a controlling device
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorsThomas Hascher, Menno Koopmans
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Abstract
A configurable input element of a controlling device is configured by using a data representative of an over-the-top (OTT) media app determined to be installed on an OTT device and a data representative of the OTT device to identify at least one command that is required to be transmitted to cause the OTT device to launch the OTT media app. The at least one command is provisioned to the controlling device and assigned to the configurable input element. When the input element is subsequently activated, the controlling device will transmit the at least one command to cause the OTT device to launch the OTT media app.
Claims22
A smart device, comprising:
- a processing device;
- a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processing device, cause the smart device to perform steps for configuring a controlling device application, the steps comprising:
- determining a presence of an over-the-top (OTT) media streaming device within an ecosystem which includes the smart device;
- determining a presence of a first OTT app usable to stream a media installed on the OTT media streaming device;
- using the determined presence of the first OTT app usable to stream a media and the determined presence of the OTT media streaming device to identify at least one command that is required to be transmitted to the OTT media streaming device to cause the OTT media streaming device to launch the first OTT app usable to stream a media installed on the OTT media streaming device;
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- causing the controlling device application to assign the at least one command to a configurable input element of a user interface associated with the controlling device application whereupon the controlling device application will respond to an activation of the configurable input element by causing the at least one command to be transmitted to the OTT device to cause the OTT media streaming device to launch the first OTT app usable to stream a media installed on the OTT media streaming device.
A non-transitory, computer-readable media having stored thereon instruction executable by a smart device, the instructions cause the smart device to perform steps comprising:
- determining a presence of an over-the-top (OTT) media streaming device within an ecosystem which includes the smart device;
- determining a presence of a first OTT app usable to stream a media installed on the OTT media streaming device;
- using the determined presence of the first OTT app usable to stream a media and the determined presence of the OTT media streaming device to identify at least one command that is required to be transmitted to the OTT media streaming device to cause the OTT media streaming device to launch the first OTT app usable to stream a media installed on the OTT media streaming device;
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- causing the controlling device application to assign the at least one command to a configurable input element of a user interface associated with the controlling device application whereupon the controlling device application will respond to an activation of the configurable input element by causing the at least one command to be transmitted to the OTT device to cause the OTT media streaming device to launch the first OTT app usable to stream a media installed on the OTT media streaming device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.