Method and system for providing input in home network using UPnP
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSe-Hee Han, Joo-Yeol Lee, Dong-Shin Jung, Je-Young Maeng, Fei-Fei Feng
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Abstract
A method is provided for providing input in a home network using Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). A control point sends a request for information about input capabilities to an electronic device existing in the home network, and receives the information about the input capabilities in response to the request. The control point sets an input client and an input server based on the received information about the input capabilities. The control point transmits input data received through the set input client to the set input server.
Claims24
A method for providing input in a home network using Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), comprising:
- sending, by a control point to an electronic device existing in the home network after completion of a discovery operation with respect to the electronic device, a request for information about user interface input capabilities, and receiving the information about the user interface input capabilities in response to the request;
- setting, by the control point, an input client and an input server based on the received information about the user interface input capabilities;
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- transmitting, by the control point, input data received through the set input client to the set input server,
- wherein the information about the user interface input capabilities includes information about an available input mode representing a type of input means equipped with the input client and information about an available role of the electronic device indicating whether the electronic device is available as an input server or an input client.
A control point for providing input in a home network using Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), comprising:
- an input device discoverer for performing a UPnP discovery operation to search for an input device existing in a UPnP network;
- a supportability determinator for receiving the information about user interface input capabilities of a discovered input device, and setting an input client and an input server based on the received information about the user interface input capabilities;
- a supportable device information storage for storing information about the user interface input capabilities of an input device available for the input server;
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- a display for displaying information about an input client available for the input server,
- wherein the information about the user interface input capabilities includes information about an available input mode representing a type of input means equipped with the input client and information about an available role of the electronic device indicating whether the electronic device is available as an input server or an input client.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.