US 2014/0229518 A1 · System and Method for Determining a Display Device's Behavior Based on a Dynamically-Changing Event Associated with Another Display Device

Abstract

Systems and methods for determining a display device's behavior based on a dynamically-changing event associated with another display device are disclosed. In one example, a peer-to-peer distributed data network system comprises a first display device that operates a peer-to-peer distributed system application, which detects a dynamically-changing event associated with a second display device to either maintain or change the first display device's current behavior. In one example, the dynamically-changing event is a change of display content, new sensory information, or another new event for the second display device. If the peer-to-peer distributed system application determines that the dynamically-changing event of the second display device merits a change in the first display device's current behavior, the first display device's current behavior may be replaced by a new device behavior, such as switching from a currently-shown content or a user interface menu to a different content or a different menu.

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Dependent claims

A peer-to-peer distributed data network system for a plurality of display devices, the peer-to-peer distributed data network system comprising:

a first display device comprising a first display panel, a first central processing unit (CPU), a first memory unit, a first graphics unit, a first power management unit, a first external communication interface, and a first input sensor interface, wherein the first CPU and the first memory unit execute a first peer-to-peer distributed system application configured to detect a second dynamically-changing event associated with a second display device to either maintain or change the first display device's current behavior;
and
a second display device comprising a second display panel, a second central processing unit (CPU), a second memory unit, a second graphics unit, a second power management unit, a second external communication interface, and a second input sensor interface, wherein the second CPU and the second memory unit execute a second peer-to-peer distributed system application configured to detect a first dynamically-changing event associated with the first display device to either maintain or change the second display device's current behavior.

A method for determining a first display device's behavior based on a dynamically-changing event associated with a second display device, the method comprising the steps of:

executing a first peer-to-peer distributed system application program on a first CPU and a first memory unit of the first display device, wherein the first peer-to-peer distributed system application program is configured to keep track of which other display devices are currently and operatively connected to the first display device for peer-to-peer communication;
executing a second peer-to-peer distributed system application program on a second CPU and a second memory unit of the second display device, wherein the second peer-to-peer distributed system application program is configured to keep track of which other display devices are currently and operatively connected to the second display device for the peer-to-peer communication;
detecting the dynamically-changing event from the second display device using the first peer-to-peer distributed system application program of the first display device and the second peer-to-peer distributed system application program of the second display device;
determining whether the dynamically-changing event from the second display device merits a change in the first display device's behavior using the first peer-to-peer distributed system application program of the first display device;
and
if the dynamically-changing event from the second display device merits the change in the first display device's behavior:
changing the first display device's behavior to a new behavior;
updating a status for the first peer-to-peer distributed system application program;
and
communicating to the second display device and any other connected display devices regarding the updated status of the first display device.

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System and Method for Determining a Display Device's Behavior Based on a Dynamically-Changing Event Associated with Another Display Device

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