Apparatus and method for providing remote user interface service
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorChe-uk Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing Remote User Interface (RUI) service are provided. The apparatus includes a service browser module and a virtual RUI server module. The service browser module communicates with a service registry, which is located outside a home network, and provides a service search User Interface (UI) to allow an RUI client, which is located inside a home network, to search for services that are present outside the home network. The virtual RUI server module is responsible for intermediation so that the services present outside the home network can be used through a service UI.
Claims7
An apparatus for providing Remote User Interface (RUI) service, the apparatus comprising:
- a service browser module which provides a service search user interface (UI) to allow an RUI client located inside a home network to search for services that are present outside the home network;
- and
- a virtual RUI server module which performs intermediation so that the services present outside the home network can be used through a service UI, and receives events from a service provider outside the home network and transmits the received events to an RUI control point inside the home network,
- wherein the service browser module comprises a management module that downloads a virtual RUI server bundle from the service provider and installs the virtual RUI server bundle on an Open Service Gateway Initiative (OSGi) gateway, if a desired service is selected through the service search UI, and
- wherein the virtual RUI server bundle is constructed using set details of user preference information, and wherein the home network comprises a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network.
A method of providing a Remote User Interface (RUI) service, the method comprising:
- providing a service search a user interface (UI) to allow an RUI client located inside a home network to search for services present outside the home network;
- downloading a virtual RUI server bundle from a service provider outside the home network and installing the virtual RUI server bundle on an Open Service Gateway Initiative (OSGi) gateway if a desired service is selected through the service search UI;
- performing intermediation so that the services present outside the home network can be used through a service UI;
- and
- receiving events from the service provider and transmitting the received events to an RUI control point inside the home network,
- wherein the virtual RUI server bundle is constructed using set details of user preference information, and wherein the home network comprises a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.