Method and system for presenting a single view of content in a home network
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsPraveen Kumar, Victor Zhu, Alan Messer
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Abstract
A system for providing single view of content in a network of devices includes a communication module that detects devices connected to the network, a directory module that discovers content in each detected device via the communication module and maintains a directory of such available content providing a single view of the discovered content for access thereto, and a content manager that provides access to the single view.
Claims36
A system for providing a single view of content in a network of devices, comprising:
- a communication module that detects devices connected to the network;
- a directory module that discovers content in each detected device via the communication module and maintains a directory of such available content metadata, providing a single view of the discovered contents for access thereto;
- and
- a content manager that provides access to the single view.
A method of providing a single view of content in a network of devices, comprising the steps of:
- detecting devices connected to the network;
- discovering content in each detected device;
- in case of multiple content among the discovered devices, designating a single copy as a primary copy;
- and
- providing a single view of the discovered content for access to that content.
A method of providing a single view of content in a network of devices, comprising the steps of:
- detecting devices connected to the network;
- discovering content in each detected device;
- maintaining a directory of such available content metadata;
- providing a single view of the discovered content using the directory;
- and
- providing access to the single view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.