System and method for using a webpad to control a data stream
AssigneeCallahan Cellular L.L.C.
InventorsCraig M. Janik, Nick Kalayjian, Bruce Edwards, Josh Ferguson
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Abstract
A system and method for using a webpad to select a target device which is to receive from a source device a stream of a digital representation of a media. The webpad is used to send a transmission to the source device to cause the source device to route the stream of the digital representation of the media to the target device where the target device decodes and converts the digital representation of the media into analog signals to thereby allow for a reproduction of the media.
Claims29
A method comprising:
- receiving data at an adapter module of a portable electronic device and from a computer system via wireless transmission;
- and
- rendering the data on the portable electronic device during a time period in which primary streamed content is being rendered on an audiovisual device, wherein the primary streamed content being rendered on the audiovisual device is received from the computer system, wherein the data includes an ancillary content link related to the primary streamed content, and wherein the audiovisual device is different from the portable electronic device.
A method of transferring ancillary data, the method comprising:
- determining, at a computer system, information about primary streamed content being rendered on an audiovisual device;
- sending, from the computer system, the primary streamed content to the audiovisual device;
- obtaining, at the computer system, ancillary data relating to the primary streamed content based on the information;
- and
- automatically sending the ancillary data from the computer system to a portable electronic device for access therefrom as the primary streamed content is being rendered on the audiovisual device, wherein the ancillary data includes an ancillary content link related to the primary streamed content, and wherein the audiovisual device is different from the portable electronic device.
A system comprising:
- a local area network (LAN);
- a portable electronic device coupled to the LAN and including an adapter module attached to a personal digital assistant;
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- a computer system coupled to the LAN, wherein the computer system is configured to stream data to the adapter module via a wireless transmission, wherein the computer system includes a system control application configured to determine information about primary streamed content being rendered on an audiovisual device, wherein the computer system is configured to send the primary streamed content to the audiovisual device, wherein the audiovisual device is different from the portable electronic device, and wherein the computer system is further configured to send to the portable electronic device an ancillary content link related to the primary streamed content.
A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:
- instructions to receive data at an adapter module of a portable electronic device and from a computer system via wireless transmission;
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- instructions to render the data on the portable electronic device during a time period in which primary streamed content is being rendered on an audiovisual device, wherein the primary streamed content being rendered on the audiovisual device is received from the computer system, wherein the data includes an ancillary content link related to the primary streamed content being rendered on an audiovisual device, and wherein the audiovisual device is different from the portable electronic device.
A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:
- instructions to determine information about primary streamed content being rendered on an audiovisual device;
- instructions to send the primary streamed content to the audiovisual device;
- instructions to obtain ancillary data relating to the primary streamed content based on the information;
- and
- instructions to automatically send the ancillary data to a portable electronic device for access therefrom as the primary streamed content is being rendered on the audiovisual device, wherein the ancillary data includes an ancillary content link related to the primary streamed content, and wherein the audiovisual device is different from the portable electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.