System, device and method for viewing and controlling audio video content in a home network
AssigneeStartimes Communication Network Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsJiangtao Wen, Yi Pang, Min Wang, Chao Zhang, Libo Jiao, Zhenyu Wang
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Abstract
An audio/video device may determine that a UI is displayed in a first AV signal, and may capture a frame of the UI in order to provide UI information to a UI generation component that generates a second UI. The AV device may then provide the second UI for display in place of the first UI. The AV device may act as a virtual controller device capable of controlling multiple devices and streaming content from multiple devices to multiple displays.
Claims27
An audio/video (AV) device comprising:
- a plurality of AV inputs for receiving respective AV signals from a plurality of AV source devices;
- a plurality of AV outputs for providing AV content to one or more display devices to be displayed;
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- a processor for executing instructions stored in a memory, which when executed configure the AV device to:
- determine that a first user interface (UI) is displayed by a first AV signal comprising one of the received AV signals;
- capture a frame of the first UI from the first AV signal when it is determined that the first UI is displayed by the first AV signal;
- provide UI information from the captured frame to a user interface (UI) generation component for generating a second UI;
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- provide a second AV signal of the generated second UI to one or more of the plurality of the AV outputs,
- wherein the instructions to determine that the first UI is displayed comprise instructions to receive a control command for the first AV source to display the first UI, and
- wherein the instructions to determine that the first UI is displayed further comprise instructions to provide the received control command to the first AV source device to display the first UI.
A method for providing a user interface by an audio/video (AV) device, the method comprising:
- determining at the AV device that a first user interface (UI) is displayed by a first AV signal from a first AV source device of a plurality of AV source devices connected to the AV device;
- capturing a frame of the first UI from the first AV signal when it is determined that the first UI is displayed by the first AV signal;
- providing UI information from the captured frame to a user interface (UI) generation component for generating a second UI;
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- providing a second AV signal of the generated second UI to an AV output of a plurality of AV outputs providing AV content to one or more display devices,
- wherein the determining that the first UI is displayed comprises receiving a control command for the first AV source to display the first UI, and
- wherein determining that the first UI is displayed further comprises providing the received control command to the first AV source device to display the first UI.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.