# US 2012/0084653 A1 · System and method for content rendering control > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2012/0084653 A1 - Document ID: US20120084653A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/896,777 - Filed: 2010-10-01 - Published: 2012-04-05 - Earliest claimed: 2010-10-01 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Kalyana Kota; Guru Balasubramanian; Tanmay Agnihotri - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20120084653A1 ## CPC - H04N 21/4113: {PC} - G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} - 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 21/4325: {by playing back content from the storage medium (reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79)} - H04N 21/47: End-user applications - H04N 21/47217: {for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks (specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312)} - G09G 2370/025: LAN communication management - G09G 2370/04: Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller - H04N 21/42228: {the reprogrammable keys being displayed on a display screen in order to reduce the number of keys on the remote control device itself} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A system and method for controlling content rendering. The method includes rendering at a display device a content signal received on a predetermined input and sourced from a computer system and receiving at the display device a content rendering control command from a remote control device. The method further includes translating the content rendering control command to a media player control command recognizable by a media playback application of the computer system and sending the media player command to the computer system over a communication network to alter the content signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of controlling content rendering comprising: rendering at a display device a content signal received on a predetermined input and sourced from a computer system; receiving at said display device a content rendering control command from a remote control device; translating said content rendering control command to a media player control command recognizable by a media playback application of said computer system; and sending said media player command to said computer system over a communication network to alter said content signal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined input is a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) input. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined input is a Video Graphics Array (VGA) input. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein said predetermined input is a S-video input. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the content rendering control command comprises a remote control command code. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein said content rendering control command comprises at least one of a stop, play, pause, fast-forward, and rewind command. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein said content rendering control command comprises a full screen command. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein said content rendering control command comprises at least one of a next playlist item command and a previous playlist item command. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: receiving an acknowledgment signal indicating that said media playback application performed said media player command. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: displaying a notification if the media player control command was not successful. ### Claim 11 A system for remote media player control comprising: a media player detection module operable to detect an active media player application; a command receiving module operable to receive a media player control command from a display device which originated from a remote control device; a command translation module operable to translate said media player control command to a control command for said active media player application; and a media player signaling module operable to send said control command to said active media player application for execution thereof. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A system as described in claim 11 wherein said command receiving module is operable to receive said media player control command via at least one of a wired computer network and a wireless computer network. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) A system as described in claim 11 further comprising: an operating system signaling module operable to send said control command to an operating system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) A system as described in claim 11 wherein said media player signaling module is operable to send said control command to said active media player application via an operating system call. ### Claim 15 A computer readable media comprising instructions that when executed by an electronic system implement a method of remote control of content rendering, said method comprising: detecting, within a display device, a content signal received on a predetermined input and sourced from a computer system; receiving a content rendering control command from a remote control device; translating said content rendering control command to a media player control command recognizable by a media playback application of the computer system; and sending said media player command to the computer system over a network to alter said content signal. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer readable media of claim 15 wherein said predetermined input is a Video Graphics Array (VGA) input. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The computer readable media of claim 15 wherein said predetermined input a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) input. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The computer readable media of claim 15 wherein said network is at least one of a wireless network and a wired network. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The computer readable media of claim 15 wherein said content rendering control command comprises at least one of a stop, play, pause, fast-forward, and rewind command. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The computer readable media of claim 15 wherein said content rendering control command comprises a full screen command.