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US 9,288,524 B2Granted
Using TV over VPN to present remote device application graphics
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorLy-Kao Nhiayi
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Abstract
A wireless device such as an Android-based smart phone or tablet computer can establish a VPN connection with an Android-based TV to cause the TV to run an application and provide graphics from the wireless device and be controlled from the wireless device.
Claims7
System comprising:
- TV, comprising:
- TV display;
- TV processor configured for controlling the display;
- TV communication interface (TVCI) through which the TV processor can communicate;
- TV computer readable storage medium (TVCRSM) accessible to the TV processor and bearing an operating system (OS) executable by the TV processor;
- and
- a wireless device, comprising:
- wireless device (WD) processor;
- wireless device communication interface (WDCI) through Which the WD processor can communicate with the TV processor via the TVCI;
- WD computer readable storage medium (WDCRSM) accessible to the WD processor and bearing at operating system (OS) executable by the WD processor, wherein the WD and TV are configured to communicate through a virtual private network (VPN) link to cause an application to be executed by the TV processor for presentation of images demanded by the application on the TV display according to control signals received from the WD through the VPN link, wherein the WD is configured to send the application to the TV for execution thereof by the TV processor according to user commands input to the WD.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.