Camera capture for connected devices
AssigneeMobiTV, Inc.
InventorRahul Iyengar
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Abstract
Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the capture and coordination of audio and/or video data across connected devices in a communications system. The communications system may include at least two media devices in communication via a network. One of the media devices may be a media application device configured to provide one or more media applications. Another of the media devices may be a media input device configured to capture video and/or audio data. Coordination between a media application and a media input device may be facilitated by a driver layer configured to communicate with the applications.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a communications network;
- a media input device configured to capture media input data;
- and
- a media application device including a device driver and a first media application, wherein the media application device is configured to communicate with the media input device via the network, wherein the connected device driver is configured to mediate communications between the first media application and the media input device, and wherein the first media application is configured to employ the media input data.
A method comprising:
- at a media application device, receiving a request for media input data from a first media application;
- designating a media input device configured to capture the media input data, the media input device being accessible via a communications network;
- and
- providing the media input data to the first media application via a device driver at the media application, wherein the connected device driver is configured to mediate communications between the first media application and the media input device.
One or more computer readable media having instructions stored thereon for performing a method, the method comprising:
- at a media application device, receiving a request for media input data from a first media application;
- designating a media input device configured to capture the media input data, the media input device being accessible via a network;
- and
- providing the media input data to the first media application via a device driver at the media application, wherein the connected device driver is configured to mediate communications between the first media application and the media input device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.