Back to results
US 9,288,527 B2Granted
Multimedia presentation through an extended connectivity apparatus configured via near-field communication (NFC)
OwnerRobin Duainventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Device-descriptive data of a multimedia device are obtained by a remote control through a near-field communication (NFC) data exchange. The device-descriptive data of the multimedia device are received by an extended connectivity device through its wireless communication interface. A wireless link is established between the extended connectivity device and the multimedia device using connection parameters in the device-descriptive data. Multimedia data are transmitted to or received from the multimedia device over the wireless link established in accordance with the connection parameters received in the device-descriptive data.
Claims26
A remotely-controlled extended connectivity apparatus for a multimedia presentation device comprising:
- a remote control comprising:
- user controls disposed thereon and configured to accept commands from a user;
- a near-field communication (NFC) interface;
- a wireless interface;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- obtain device-descriptive data of a multimedia device in an NFC data exchange with the multimedia device through the NFC interface;
- and
- transmit the device-descriptive data through the wireless interface;
- and
- an extended connectivity device comprising:
- an electrical connector to mechanically couple with and be selectively separable from a complementary electrical connector on the multimedia presentation device and to provide thereby an electrical communication path to the multimedia presentation device;
- a wireless communication interface selectively separable from the multimedia presentation device at the electrical connector, the wireless communication interface having a plurality of wireless transceivers supporting their respective wireless signaling protocols;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- encode multimedia data received through the wireless communication interface into a multimedia format selected from a plurality of multimedia formats that is compatible with the presentation capabilities of the multimedia presentation device;
- convey the encoded multimedia data over the communication path through the electrical connector for presentation on the multimedia presentation device;
- receive, through the wireless communication interface, the device-descriptive data of the multimedia device transmitted from the remote control;
- establish a wireless link with the multimedia device through the wireless communication interface using connection parameters in the received device-descriptive data;
- and
- transmit or receive the multimedia data to or from the multimedia device over the established wireless link.
18 more elements
A multimedia presentation system comprising:
- a multimedia presentation device to present encoded multimedia data received through an electrical connector disposed thereon;
- a remote control comprising:
- user controls configured to accept commands from a user;
- a near-field communication (NFC) interface;
- a wireless interface;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- obtain device-descriptive data of a multimedia device in an NFC data exchange with the multimedia device through the NFC interface;
- and
- transmit the device-descriptive data through the wireless interface;
- and
- an extended connectivity device comprising:
- an electrical connector to mechanically couple with and be selectively separable from the electrical connector on the multimedia presentation device and to provide thereby an electrical communication path to the multimedia presentation device;
- a wireless communication interface selectively separable from the multimedia presentation device at the electrical connector, the wireless communication interface having a plurality of wireless transceivers supporting their respective wireless signaling protocols;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- encode the multimedia data received through the wireless communication interface into a multimedia format selected from a plurality of multimedia formats that is compatible with presentation capabilities of the multimedia presentation device;
- convey the encoded multimedia data over the communication path through the electrical connector for presentation on the multimedia presentation device;
- receive the device-descriptive data of the multimedia device from the remote control in accordance with a signaling protocol of the wireless communication interface common to the wireless interface of the remote control;
- establish a wireless link with the multimedia device using connection parameters in the received device-descriptive data;
- and
- transmit or receive the multimedia data to or from the multimedia device over the wireless link established in accordance with the connection parameters received in the device-descriptive data.
19 more elements
A method of presenting multimedia data on a multimedia presentation device, the method comprising:
- establishing a communication path through an electrical connector selectively separable from the multimedia presentation device over which encoded multimedia data are conveyed to the multimedia presentation device;
- encoding, by an extended connectivity device, multimedia data received through a wireless communication interface into a multimedia format selected from a plurality of multimedia formats that is compatible with presentation capabilities of the multimedia presentation device, the wireless communication interface being selectively separable from the multimedia presentation device at the electrical connector;
- conveying the encoded multimedia data over the communication path through the electrical connector for presentation on the multimedia presentation device;
- obtaining, by a remote control, device-descriptive data of a multimedia device through a near-field communication (NFC) data exchange;
- receiving, by the extended connectivity device through the wireless communication interface, the device-descriptive data of the multimedia device;
- establishing a wireless link between the extended connectivity device and the multimedia device using connection parameters in the device-descriptive data received by the extended connectivity device;
- and
- transmitting or receiving the multimedia data to or from the multimedia device over the wireless link established in accordance with the connection parameters received in the device-descriptive data.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.