Multiple focus control
AssigneeSony Electronics Inc.
InventorStephane Lejeune
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention includes a technique to provide multiple focus controls. First and second focus managers manage first and second focus owners, respectively. The first and second focus owners correspond to components of media planes displayable on at least one of a plurality of output display devices. The first and second focus managers associate first and second key events generated by first and second input devices, respectively, to the respective first and second focus owners. A router has a routing table that stores information of association between first and second connections and the first and second focus managers, respectively. The router routes one of the first and second key events originating from the respective connection to a corresponding focus manager using the routing table.
Claims33
An apparatus comprising:
- first and second focus managers to manage first and second focus owners, respectively, the first and second focus owners corresponding to components of media planes displayable on at least one of a plurality of output display devices, the first and second focus managers associating first and second key events generated by first and second input devices, respectively, to the respective first and second focus owners;
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- a router coupled to the first and second focus managers, the router having a routing table that stores information of association between first and second connections and the first and second focus managers, respectively, the router routing one of the first and second key events originating from the respective connection to a corresponding focus manager using the routing table.
A method comprising:
- managing first and second focus owners by first and second focus managers, respectively, the first and second focus owners corresponding to components of media planes displayable on at least one of a plurality of output display devices, the first and second focus managers associating first and second key events generated by first and second input devices, respectively, to the respective first and second focus owners;
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- routing one of the first and second key events originating from one of first and second connections to a corresponding focus manager using a routing table, the routing table storing information of association between the first and second connections and the first and second focus managers, respectively.
The method of claim 13 wherein the association is temporary or permanent.
A system comprising:
- first and second display devices to display media data;
- first and second input devices to generate first and second key events, respectively;
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- a multiple focus controller coupled to a plurality of output display devices, the multiple focus controller comprising:
- first and second focus managers to manage first and second focus owners, respectively, the first and second focus owners corresponding to components of media planes displayable on at least one of the first and second display devices, the first and second focus managers associating the first and second key events to the respective first and second focus owners, and
- a router coupled to the first and second focus managers, the router having a routing table that stores information of association between first and second connections and the first and second focus managers, respectively, the router routing one of the first and second key events originating from the respective connection to a corresponding focus manager using the routing table.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a machine-accessible medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, causes the machine to perform operations comprising:
- managing first and second focus owners by first and second focus managers, respectively, the first and second focus owners corresponding to components of media planes displayable on at least one of a plurality of output display devices, the first and second focus managers associating first and second key events generated by first and second input devices, respectively, to the respective first and second focus owners;
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- routing one of the first and second key events originating from one of first and second connections to a corresponding focus manager using a routing table, the routing table storing information of association between the first and second connections and the first and second focus managers, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.