Method for controlling an electronic device with aid of user input back channel, and associated apparatus and associated computer program product
AssigneeMediatek Inc.
InventorKuo-Hsiung Huang
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Abstract
A method for controlling an electronic device with aid of user input back channel (UIBC), an associated apparatus, and an associated computer program product are provided, where the method includes the steps of: outputting video information of a UIBC user interface (UI) to an external display device, to display the UIBC UI on a display area of the external display device, wherein the external display device is positioned outside the electronic device; and receiving from a user of the electronic device through the external display device a user input applied to the UIBC UI, and controlling the electronic device to operate in response to the user input applied to the UIBC UI.
Claims20
A method for controlling an electronic device with aid of user input back channel (UIBC), the method comprising the steps of:
- outputting video information of a UIBC user interface (UI) to an external display device, to display the UIBC UI on a display area of the external display device, wherein the external display device is positioned outside the electronic device;
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- receiving from a user of the electronic device through the external display device a user input applied to the UIBC UI, and controlling the electronic device to operate in response to the user input applied to the UIBC UI.
A computer program product, having program instructions for instructing a processing circuit of an electronic device to perform a method comprising the steps of:
- outputting video information of a user input back channel (UIBC) user interface (UI) to an external display device, to display the UIBC UI on a display area of the external display device, wherein the external display device is positioned outside the electronic device;
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- receiving from a user of the electronic device through the external display device a user input applied to the UIBC UI, and controlling the electronic device to operate in response to the user input applied to the UIBC UI.
An apparatus for controlling an electronic device with aid of user input back channel (UIBC), the apparatus comprising at least one portion of the electronic device, the apparatus comprising:
- a transceiver, arranged for transmitting or receiving information for the electronic device;
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- a processing circuit, coupled to the transceiver, arranged for outputting, through the transceiver, video information of a UIBC user interface (UI) to an external display device, to display the UIBC UI on a display area of the external display device, receiving from a user of the electronic device through the external display device a user input applied to the UIBC UI, and controlling the electronic device to operate in response to the user input applied to the UIBC UI, wherein the external display device is positioned outside the electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.