Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140253801 | Managing Extra Space on Ultra High Definition Display Presenting High Definition Video - A UHD display presents multiple video windows and a control device enables a user to establish the layout of the windows, either by selecting from templates of predetermined layouts or by constructing a custom layout. The UHD display can communicate messages to the control device if a particular layout fails to conform to predetermined rules depending on the types of applications to be presented in the various windows. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253814 | Managing Extra Space on Ultra High Definition Display Presenting High Definition Visual Content - A UHD display presents multiple visual content windows and a control device enables a user to select which window on the TV to present visual content from the control device. The reverse may be provided for, i.e., the control device may present a user interface (UI) that the user can operate to cause visual content from a TV region selected using the control device to be sent from the TV to the control device for presentation thereon. | 09-11-2014 |
20150200876 | COMPUTER ECOSYSTEM WITH CONTEXT-SPECIFIC RESPONSES - An attempt to contact a recipient while the recipient is engaged in a media event is received from a sender, and an importance of the attempt to contact is determined. Based at least in part on the importance of the attempt to contact, a reply message indicating an activity of the recipient is automatically sent to the sender. | 07-16-2015 |
20150200891 | COMPUTER ECOSYSTEM WITH CONTEXT-SPECIFIC MESSAGING - Contextual (situational) information is gathered automatically by a device, from external sensors, and/or from direct user input, and provided to contacts of the user to enable the contacts to know what the user is doing, so as to tailor their conduct toward the sharing user as appropriate for the user's temporary context. | 07-16-2015 |
20150205969 | COMPUTER ECOSYSTEM PROVIDING A PROCESS FOR DETERMINING TRUST IN CONTENT SHARING - A user can assign a level of trust to other users to manage what content they may access or share. The user also assigns to each level of trust content type that may be accessed by users having that level of trust. The user then sends tags to his contacts indicating their level if trust, which are then presented by the contacts to gain access to the user-defined content. | 07-23-2015 |
20150207687 | COMPUTER ECOSYSTEM PROVIDING DEVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SESSION NEEDS AND RULE-BASED ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK SHARING BASED THEREON - A home network can be dynamically reconfigured when IP connected or wireless devices are requesting network access makes it easier for consumers to keep their current viewing, listening, or Internet sessions alive and functioning properly. Home network use can be managed by any device on the home network if desired, not just a central home router, through series of messages that are exchanged by each device updating its priority status. | 07-23-2015 |
20150208187 | DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS SPEAKER SYSTEM - A user is guided through various setup routines to optimize speaker parameters and/or positions and/or frequency assignations for the particular space in which the speaker system is located and intended to be used. This can be done using an application downloaded from a cloud server to a smart phone or tablet computer, which is then employed by the user to optimize speaker configurations for various speaker locations in the room. | 07-23-2015 |
20150208188 | DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS SPEAKER SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION DETERMINATION WHEN NEW SPEAKERS ARE ADDED - In an audio speaker network, setup of speaker location, sound track or channel assignation, and speaker parameters is facilitated by an application detecting speaker locations and prompting a user to input rough room boundaries and a desired listener location in the room. Based on this, optimum speaker locations/frequency assignations/speaker parameters may be determined and output. | 07-23-2015 |