Remote Diagnostics for In-Home Audio Video Gear
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsRobert C. Leichner, Daniel A. Simms, David S. Moberly
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Abstract
A first station (12, 16) at least sends audio/visual content to audio/visual devices (50, 92). A user interface (50) displays audio/visual content received from the first station (12, 16) when the audio/visual devices (50, 92) are properly configured. A control device (52, 120) communicates with the audio/visual devices (50, 92) to adjust the audio/visual devices configurations to display the received audio/visual content on the user interface (50).
Claims20
An audio/visual management system (10) comprising:
- a first station (12, 16) which at least sends audio/visual content to audio/visual devices (50, 92), which include:
- a user interface (50) which at least displays audio/visual content received from the first station (12, 16) when the audio/visual devices (50, 92) are properly configured;
- and
- a control device (52, 120) which communicates with the audio/visual devices and adjusts configurations of the audio/visual devices (50, 92) to display the received audio/visual content on the user interface (50).
A method comprising:
- transmitting audio/visual content to audio/visual devices (50, 92) of a home station (14);
- and
- controlling configuration of the audio/visual devices to display the audio/visual content, which is received from the first station, on a user interface.
The method as set forth in claim 16, wherein the execution of the maintenance sequence is initiated by at least one of:
- a patient input,
- an automatic trigger,
- a predetermined timer, and
- a remote input.
A control apparatus comprising:
- a control module (52, 120) which communicates to user interface (50) and related audio/visual devices (92) and generates configuration commands to configure the user interface (50) and related audio/visual devices (92) based on predetermined parameters to receive and display on the user interface (50) audio/visual content which is transmitted from a first station (12, 16).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.