Media sink device input identification
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsParag Kumar Garg, Kevin Thomas Weston, Jr.
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Abstract
Described herein are systems and methods for identifying which input of a sink device a source device is coupled to. The source devices provide content and are coupled to the sink devices which present at least a portion of the content. The source device provides a predetermined reference signal to the sink device. Selection of a plurality of inputs on the sink device is initiated until an emitted signal from the sink device which is based on the reference signal is detected by a sensor coupled to the source device. Once detected, the selected input may be associated with the source device. The source device may then use the associated input for automatic configuration of the sink device during future presentation of content.
Claims22
A system, comprising:
- a device interface configured to couple to a media output device;
- a microphone;
- at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- couple to the device interface and the microphone, access the at least one memory, and execute the computer-executable instructions to:
- determine that a media output device having a plurality of inputs is coupled to the device interface;
- initiate selection of one of the plurality of inputs of the media output device by causing presentation of a user prompt to change the input of the media output device;
- send a reference signal to the media output device using the device interface, wherein the reference signal is configured to cause the media output device to generate an emitted signal comprising one or more sounds;
- receive audio data from the microphone which is indicative of sounds detected by the microphone;
- analyze the received audio data to detect at least a portion of the emitted signal from the media output device, wherein the emitted signal is based on the reference signal;
- when no emitted signal is determined as present in the received audio data:
- initiate selection of another input of the media output device;
- and
- analyze the received audio data to detect at least a portion of the emitted signal from the media output device which is based on the reference signal;
- when the emitted signal is determined as present in the received audio data:
- designate the selected input of the media output device as coupled to the device interface;
- and
- store the designation as input association data.
A computer-implemented method for utilizing a computerized system, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- causing presentation of a user prompt to select an input of a sink device;
- sending a reference signal to the sink device using a device interface, wherein the reference signal is configured to cause the sink device to generate an emitted signal;
- receiving data which is indicative of input received by an input device;
- analyzing the received data to determine presence of at least a portion of the emitted signal;
- and
- when at least a portion of the emitted signal is determined as present in the received data:
- designating a selected input of the sink device as coupled to the device interface.
A computer-implemented method for utilizing processing resource devices of a computerized system, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a request to send content to a sink device using a device interface;
- accessing input association data comprising one or more relationships between a particular sink device and a particular input of that sink device;
- determining availability of input association data for the sink device;
- based at least in part on available input association data:
- determining an input of the sink device;
- initiating selection of the determined input of the sink device by causing presentation of a user prompt to change the input of the sink device;
- and
- sending the content to the sink device using the device interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.