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Web browser proxy-client video system and method

OwnerMillind Mittalinventor

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Abstract

Method of controlling playback of Internet web page video on remote or high quality video displays using a remote control device, such as a smart phone. The method runs a first client browser on the remote control device, which in turn sends commands to a proxy browser with a data buffer. In response to user commands from the remote control device, the proxy browser retrieves and buffers video and non-video web page data from Internet servers, and sends this data to the remote control device. Upon user command, the proxy browser also sends selected buffered data to a second client browser that is connected to the remote or high quality video display. Media player playback commands on the remote control are echoed to a second media player on the second client browser, resulting in good synchronization between devices. Various compression, IP address adjustment, and public key methods are also discussed.

Claims33

Dependent claims

A method of implementing a video display using a web browser proxy, a control browser client, and a video browser client, said method comprising:

using a web browser proxy to obtain HTML code from an Internet web page server;
said HTML code comprising non-video elements and video objects;
wherein said web browser proxy is remotely controlled by a control browser client with a graphical user interface in a separate hardware platform, said control browser client being capable of taking control commands from a user, and sending said control commands to said web browser proxy;
using said control browser client to request said web browser proxy to request and receive said HTML code from said Internet web page server;
using said web browser proxy to process said non-video elements using a first non-video elements processing protocol, and to process said video objects using a first video objects processing protocol, producing processed non-video elements and processed video objects;
sending said processed non-video elements and said processed video objects to said control browser client;
rendering said processed non-video elements and said processed video objects on the graphical user interface of said control browser client;
using said control browser client to accept user commands to select at least some of said non-video elements or video objects and transmit said selection to said web browser proxy;
using said web browser proxy to process the selected non-video elements or video objects using a second non-video elements processing protocol for the said selected non-video elements, and a second video objects processing protocol for said selected video objects;
wherein said web browser proxy stores at least one of said non-video elements or said video objects in a memory storage buffer;
said web browser proxy sends said selection to a video browser client;
said video browser client requests said selection from said memory storage buffer;
and said video browser client renders said selected processed non-video elements or said selected processed video objects on said video display.

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A method of implementing a video display using a web browser proxy, video browser client and control browser client, said method comprising:

using a web browser proxy to obtain HTML code from an Internet web page server;
said HTML code comprising non-video elements and video objects;
wherein said web browser proxy is controlled by a control browser client with a graphical user interface, said control browser client being capable of taking control commands from a user, and sending said control commands to said web browser proxy;
using said control browser client to request said web browser proxy to request and receive said HTML code from said Internet web page server;
using said web browser proxy to process said non-video elements using a first non-video elements processing protocol, and to process said video objects using a first video objects processing protocol, producing processed non-video elements and processed video objects;
sending said processed non-video elements and said processed video objects to said control browser client;
rendering said processed non-video elements and said processed video objects on the graphical user interface of said control browser client;
using said control browser client to accept user commands to select at least some of said non-video elements or video objects and transmit said selection to said web browser proxy;
using said web browser proxy to process the selected non-video elements or video objects using a second non-video elements processing protocol for the said selected non-video elements, and a second video objects processing protocol for said selected video objects;
sending said selected said processed non-video elements and said processed video objects to a remote said video browser client in a separate hardware platform;
and
resulting in said video browser client rendering said selected processed non-video elements or said selected processed video objects on said video display.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/007,025Filed 14 Jan 2011 · us provisional application
Priority: 31 Aug 2010
Published: US 2012/0054616 A11 Mar 2012
Granted: 8 Oct 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04L 67/02
Protocols: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
G06F 16/957
Retrieval from the web: browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
H04N 21/41407
Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance: embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile…
H04N 21/42209
Display device provided on the remote control: for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic programme guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or…