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US 8,433,778 B1Granted
Device configuration
AssigneeMarvell International Ltd.
InventorsVasanth Shreesha, Sarma V. Kolluru, Vasudev Bhaskaran
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Abstract
Devices, systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with configuring devices are described. One example apparatus is configured with an interface logic and a control logic. The interface logic is to detect a remote device. When a remote device is detected, the interface logic transmits an interface to the remote device that converts the remote device to be a remote control device. The remote control device provides selected configuration information for controlling an image device. The control logic is to provide control signals for reconfiguring the image device based, at least in part, on the selected configuration information received from the remote device.
Claims21
An apparatus, comprising:
- interface logic configured to detect a remote device, and to transmit a user interface including at least a search menu to the remote device that converts the remote device to be a remote control device for controlling an image device, wherein the interface logic is configured to transmit the user interface to the remote device using a wireless connection to the remote device;
- a search engine configured to search for at least one operating attribute for controlling the image device in response to a search request received from the search menu of the remote device, where the search request includes at least one parameter associated with changing the at least one operating attribute, wherein the search engine is configured to search for and to retrieve the at least one operating attribute for configuring the image device based, at least in part, on the at least one parameter, and wherein the search engine is configured to provide the at least one parameter to the remote device;
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- a control logic configured to provide control signals for reconfiguring the image device based, at least in part, on the at least one operating attribute returned in response to the search request, wherein the control signals configure the image device based, at least in part, on an input value received from the remote device, and wherein the input value is received in response to the at least one parameter.
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A method, comprising:
- establishing a wireless communication link with a remote device;
- transmitting, from a display device to the remote device via the wireless communication link, a user interface including at least a search menu that converts the remote device to be a remote control device for controlling the display device;
- searching, in the display device, for at least one parameter based, at least in part, on a search request from the remote device, wherein the at least one parameter is an operating configuration attribute for the display device, wherein the searching includes searching for and retrieving the operating configuration attribute based, at least in part, on the at least one parameter;
- providing the at least one parameter to the remote device to cause the remote device to display a control associated with the at least one parameter in response to receiving the at least one parameter in a result of the search request;
- accepting, in the display device, an input parameter value from the control;
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- configuring the display device based, at least in part, on the input parameter value to change the operating configuration attribute in the display device causing content to be displayed on the display device with different display values.
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A chip with a search engine, comprising:
- an interface logic configured to detect a remote device, and to transmit a user interface including at least a search menu to the remote device that converts the remote device to be a remote control device for controlling a television, wherein the interface logic is configured to transmit the user interface to the remote device using a wireless connection to the remote device;
- a display logic configured to display a television control menu on a television screen of a television, where the television control menu is to accept a search input from the user interface on the remote device;
- a television search engine configured to search for at least one television adjustment parameter based, at least in part, on the search input, wherein the at least one television adjustment parameter is one of a related group of television adjustment parameters, wherein the television search engine is to provide the at least one television adjustment parameter to the remote device, and wherein the television control menu is to accept a television adjustment parameter value based, at least in part, on the at least one television adjustment parameter from the remote device;
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- a television control logic configured to control the television based, at least in part, on the television adjustment parameter value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.