# US 2013/0159753 A1 · Apparatus, systems and methods for modifying operating states based on monitored hdmi cec communications > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0159753 A1 - Document ID: US20130159753A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/707,191 - Filed: 2012-12-06 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-14 - Assignees: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. - Inventors: Jon Richardson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130159753A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/325: {Power saving in peripheral device} - G06F 1/3209: Monitoring remote activity, e.g. over telephone lines or network connections - G06F 13/4068: {Electrical coupling} - H04N 21/43635: {HDMI} - H04N 21/442: Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk {(arrangements for monitoring broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/29; arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information H04H60/35; monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; monitoring in wireless networks H04W24/00)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Systems and methods provide control of operating states of an electronic device. A first exemplary electronic device detects a consumer electronic control (CEC) communication sent from a second electronic device to a third electronic device, the CEC communication communicated over high-definition multimedia (HDMI) connectors communicatively coupling the first electronic device, the second electronic device and the third electronic device; determines, based on information in the CEC communication, whether the CEC communication is one of a first kind of CEC communication or a second kind of CEC communication; in response to determining that the CEC communication is one of the first kind of CEC communication, transitions the first electronic device to a predefined operating state; and in response to determining that the CEC communication is one of the second kind of CEC communication, maintains the first electronic device in a current operating state. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: detecting, at a first electronic device, a consumer electronic control (CEC) communication sent from a second electronic device to a third electronic device, the CEC communication communicated over high-definition multimedia (HDMI) connectors communicatively coupling the first electronic device, the second electronic device and the third electronic device; determining, based on information in the CEC communication, whether the CEC communication is one of a first kind of CEC communication or a second kind of CEC communication; in response to determining that the CEC communication is one of the first kind of CEC communication, transitioning the first electronic device to a predefined operating state; and in response to determining that the CEC communication is one of the second kind of CEC communication, maintaining the first electronic device in a current operating state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, where in response to determining that the CEC communication is the first kind of CEC communication, the method further comprising: communicating information from a first processor system residing in the first electronic device to a second processor system residing in the first electronic device, wherein the first processor is processing the detected CEC communication to determine whether the CEC communication is one of the first kind of CEC communication or the second kind of CEC communication, and wherein the information communicated from the first processor system to the second processor system causes the second processor system to transition the first electronic device to the predefined operating state. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, where in response to determining that the CEC communication is the second kind of CEC communication, the method further comprising: refraining from communicating the information from the first processor system to the second processor system, wherein the second processor system maintains the first electronic device in the current operating state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined operating state is a deep sleep state wherein one or more of the components of the first electronic device are not powered and are not ready for immediate operation, the transitioning to the predefined operating state comprising: transitioning from the deep sleep state to a standby state wherein one or more of the components of the first electronic device are fully powered and ready for immediate operation, and wherein at least one other of the components of the first electronic device are not ready for immediate operation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined operating state is a deep sleep state wherein one or more of the components of the first electronic device are not powered and are not ready for immediate operation, the transitioning to the predefined operating state comprising: transitioning from the deep sleep state to a fully operational state wherein the first electronic device is fully operational for its intended function. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined operating state is a standby state wherein one or more of the components of the first electronic device are fully powered and ready for immediate operation, and wherein at least one other of the components of the first electronic device are not ready for immediate operation, the transitioning to the predefined operating state comprising: transitioning from the standby state to a fully operational state wherein the first electronic device is fully operational for its intended function. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein detecting, at the first electronic device, the CEC communication sent from the second electronic device to the third electronic device further comprises: detecting the CEC communication on a CEC bus of a HDMI connector coupled to the first electronic device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the CEC communication is the first kind of CEC communication or the second kind of CEC communication comprises: determining that the detected CEC communication is associated with a routine maintenance command that controls operation of the third electronic device, wherein the detected CEC communication is determined to be the second kind of CEC communication when the detected CEC communication is associated with the routine maintenance command. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the CEC communication is the first kind of CEC communication or the second kind of CEC communication comprises: determining that the detected CEC communication is associated with a user command that controls operation of the third electronic device, wherein the detected CEC communication is determined to be the first kind of CEC communication when the detected CEC communication is associated with the user command. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the CEC communication is the first kind of CEC communication or the second kind of CEC communication comprises: determining that the detected CEC communication is an acknowledgement CEC communication communicated in response to receiving a prior CEC communication by the second electronic device from the third electronic device, and determining that the prior CEC communication is associated with a user command that controls operation of the second electronic device, wherein the detected acknowledgement CEC communication is determined to be the first kind of CEC communication when the detected acknowledgement CEC communication is associated with the user command. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, where in response to determining that the CEC communication is the first kind of CEC communication, the method further comprising: communicating information from the first electronic device to a fourth electronic device, wherein the fourth electronic device transitions to at least one of a standby state and a fully operational state in response to receiving the communicated information from the first electronic device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the CEC communication is the first kind of CEC communication or the second kind of CEC communication comprises: determining an identity of the second electronic device, wherein the detected CEC communication includes an originating device address identifying the second electronic device, wherein the detected CEC communication is determined to be the first kind of CEC communication based on the identity of the second electronic device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the CEC communication is the first kind of CEC communication or the second kind of CEC communication comprises: determining an identity of the third electronic device, wherein the detected CEC communication includes a destination device address identifying the third electronic device, wherein the detected CEC communication is determined to be the first kind of CEC communication based on the identity of the third electronic device. ### Claim 14 A first electronic device, comprising: a high-definition multimedia (HDMI) interface communicatively coupling the first electronic device to at least one HDMI connector that includes a consumer electronic control (CEC) bus, wherein a CEC communication sent from a second electronic device to a third electronic device is received at the first electronic device via the HDMI connector; a memory that stores operating state logic that operates the first electronic device in at least one of a first operating state and a second operating state; and a processor system communicatively coupled to the HDMI interface and the memory, wherein the processor, in response to determining that the CEC communication is one of a first kind of CEC communication, transitions the first electronic device from the first operating state to the second operating state based upon the operating state logic retrieved from the memory, and wherein the processor, in response to determining that the CEC communication is one of a second kind of CEC communication, maintains the first electronic device in the first operating state based upon the operating state logic retrieved from the memory. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The first electronic device of claim 14, wherein the HDMI connector coupled to the first electronic device is a first HDMI connector, and further comprising: a HDMI system that comprises the first HDMI connector coupled to the first electronic device, a second HDMI connector coupled to the second electronic device, and a third HDMI connector coupled to the third electronic device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The first electronic device of claim 14, further comprising: a non-HDMI device interface communicatively coupled to the processor system and configured to communicatively couple the first electronic device to a non-HDMI enabled electronic device, wherein the processor system communicates information to the non-HDMI enabled electronic device in response to determining that the CEC communication is one of the first kind of CEC communication, and wherein the communicated information causes the non-HDMI enabled electronic device to transition from a deep sleep state to at least one of a standby state and a fully operational state. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The first electronic device of claim 14, further comprising: a CEC communication monitoring system that monitors CEC communications that are communicated on the HDMI connector, and that determines that the CEC communication is the first kind of CEC communication or the second kind of CEC communication, wherein the CEC communication monitoring system communicates information to the processor system in response to determining that the CEC communication is the first kind of CEC communication, wherein the communicated information causes the processor system to transition the first electronic device from the first operating state to the second operating state, and wherein the CEC communication monitoring system refrains from communicating the information to the processor system so that the processor system maintains the first electronic device in the first operating state. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein the processor system is a first processor system, and wherein the CEC communication monitoring system comprises: a second processor system; a power interface that provides power for operation of at least the second processor system; a monitoring system HDMI interface that monitors CEC communications that are communicated on the HDMI connector; and a processor system interface that communicatively couples the first processor system and the second processor system, wherein the second processor system generates the information that is communicated to the first processor system via the processor system interface. ### Claim 19 A method, comprising: transitioning a first electronic device into a deep sleep state of operation, wherein one or more of the components of the first electronic device are not powered and are not ready for immediate operation; monitoring, at the first electronic device, a consumer electronic control (CEC) communication sent from a second electronic device to a third electronic device, the CEC communication communicated over high-definition multimedia (HDMI) connectors communicatively coupling the first electronic device, the second electronic device and the third electronic device; and determining, at the first electronic device and based on information in the CEC communication, whether the CEC communication is one of a first kind of CEC communication or a second kind of CEC communication; in response to determining that the CEC communication is the first kind of CEC communication, transitioning the first electronic device from the deep sleep state to at least one of a standby state and a fully operational state; and in response to determining that the CEC communication is the second kind of CEC communication, maintaining the first electronic device in the deep sleep state. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the transition into the deep sleep state is controlled by a first processor residing in the first electronic device, and wherein determining that the CEC communication is the first kind of CEC communication or the second kind of CEC communication is determined by a second processor residing in the first electronic device, and further comprising: communicating information from the second processor system to the first processor system when the CEC communication is the first kind of CEC communication, wherein the information communicated from the second processor system to the first processor system causes the second processor system to transition the first electronic device from the deep sleep state.