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US 2015/0040170 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for communicating media between communication devices
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsMarc Sullivan, James Pratt
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a display device having a controller to wirelessly receive media; wirelessly receive control signals for presentation of the media from a mobile communication device; and selectively disable control by the display device over presentation of the media on the display device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A media processing device comprising:
- a memory to store instructions;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the instructions, performs operations comprising:
- wirelessly receiving a detection signal from a communication device;
- wirelessly providing a presence signal for detection by the communication device;
- determining whether a mode of communication of the processor is compatible with a mode of communication utilized by the communication device, thereby determining whether the processor and the communication device can communicate wirelessly;
- in accordance with a determination that the processor and the communication device can communicate wirelessly, determining whether to relinquish control to the communication device over presentation of media at a presentation device;
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- in accordance with a determination to relinquish control,
- wirelessly receiving a control signal from the communication device for control of the presentation of the media;
- wirelessly receiving the media, and
- presenting the media at the presentation device,
- wherein the determination to relinquish control is based on an identity of the communication device.
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A method comprising:
- detecting, by a communication device comprising a processor, a media processing device, the communication device being remote from the media processing device;
- determining, by the communication device, whether any of a plurality of modes of communication available to the communication device upon detecting the media processing device is compatible with a mode of communication utilized by the media processing device;
- presenting, by the communication device, an icon according to the determining;
- wirelessly transmitting, by the communication device, control signals to the media processing device, subsequent to the detecting of the media processing device, for control of presentation of media at a presentation device by the communication device, wherein the control signals are wirelessly transmitted according to one of the plurality of modes of communication;
- wirelessly transmitting, by the communication device, a disable signal to the media processing device to cause the media processing device to disable other control functions regarding the presentation of the media at the presentation device while allowing the communication device to continue controlling presentation of the media via the control signals;
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- displaying, by the communication device, an emulator to facilitate remote control over the presentation of the media at the presentation device, the emulator comprising selectable keys corresponding to the other control functions, wherein the other control functions include playing, pausing, rewinding, and fast forwarding of the presentation of the media.
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A machine-readable storage device comprising instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor of a communication device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- detecting a media processing device, wherein the media processing device includes a presentation device, the communication device being remote from the media processing device;
- determining whether any of a plurality of modes of communication available to the communication device upon detecting the media processing device is compatible with a mode of communication utilized by the media processing device;
- wirelessly transmitting control signals to the media processing device for control of presentation of media at the presentation device by the communication device;
- wirelessly transmitting a disable signal to the media processing device to cause the media processing device to disable other control functions regarding the presentation of the media at the presentation device while allowing the communication device to continue controlling presentation of the media via the control signals;
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- displaying an emulator to facilitate remote control over the presentation of the media at the presentation device, the emulator comprising selectable keys corresponding to the other control functions, wherein the other control functions include playing, pausing, rewinding, and fast forwarding of the presentation of the media.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.