Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
386234000 | With remote control | 39 |
20110033167 | MEDIA RETURN SYSTEM - A system includes a consumer electronic device adapted to render a media content and a hand-held, portable device having a touch screen display, a transmitter, a receiver, and a processing unit. The processing unit of the hand-held, portable device uses data related to the media content received via the receiver to cause command icons related to rendering of the media content to be defined and displayed in the touch screen display and to cause the transmitter to transmit one or more commands for controlling a functional operation related to rendering of the media content by the consumer electronic device in response to a user interaction with one or more of the command icons caused to displayed in the touch screen display. | 02-10-2011 |
20110129196 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS - A display-control apparatus includes: an acquisition portion acquiring contents; a display controller displaying the contents on a display-portion; a user-detection portion detecting whether or not a user viewing the contents exist in the surrounding area; a communication controller controlling communication with a different display-control apparatus displaying the contents; and a controller configured so that, in the case where the contents are displayed by the different display-control apparatus, when the user does not exist in a surrounding area of the different display-control apparatus, after absence information indicating that the user does not exist, which is transmitted from the different display-control apparatus, is received by the communication controller, in the case where it is detected by the user-detection portion that the user exists, the controller allows the acquisition-portion to acquire the contents displayed by the different display-control apparatus which transmits the absence information and displays the contents on the display portion. | 06-02-2011 |
20110129197 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MEDIA PLAY - The present invention discloses a method, a system, and a device for controlling media play. The method includes: detecting Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) input; and exercising media play control for the detected DTMF input according to mapping information between media play control and the DTMF input. The system includes a controlling device and a processing device. The processing device receives the mapping information between media play control and the DTMF input, and learns which media play control operation maps to the DTMF input of the user according to the mapping information between media play control and the DTMF input after detecting the DTMF key codes input by the user. Therefore, the processing device controls media play independently, without involving control operation performed by the controlling device. | 06-02-2011 |
20110142413 | DIGITAL DATA REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An digital data reproducing apparatus and a method for controlling the same are discussed. The method includes obtaining, by the digital data reproducing apparatus, emotion information associated with at least one of a user and a content, modifying at least one of audio and video characteristics of a content for reproduction based on at least the emotion information, and reproducing the content based on the modified at least one of audio and video characteristics of the content. | 06-16-2011 |
20110164856 | PORTABLE RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A portable recording/reproducing apparatus has a function of a remote controller and a function of controlling a recording medium. The portable recording/reproducing apparatus includes an operation unit on which an operation relating to reproduction of a video content is performed, a video content reproducing unit configured to reproduce the video content in response to the operation relating to the reproduction performed on the operation unit, and a transmission processor configured to wirelessly send a display apparatus the video content reproduced by the video content reproducing unit as a control signal. | 07-07-2011 |
20110211808 | VIDEO INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD, VIDEO INFORMATION PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM AND VIDEO CONTENT - Provided is a video information playback method of reducing a wait time until playback is resumed when resume playback of a content whose video playback can be controlled by a program operating in a virtual machine. After playback of the content is stopped in the resume playback, the program operating in the virtual machine determines whether or not the content to be playback-resumed is a content whose playback is possible either when the program operating in the virtual machine is activated or deactivated. The information of the determining indicating whether the playback is enabled or disabled is recorded in a nonvolatile memory. When a playback resume instruction is inputted, the information of the determining related to the content to be playback-resumed is read out. When the content is determined to be playback-enabled, playback is resumed from the playback stop position without activating the program operating in the virtual machine. Otherwise, the program operating in the virtual machine is activated, and then the playback is resumed. | 09-01-2011 |
20110243525 | Multimedia control center - Techniques and systems for centralized access to multimedia content stored on or available to a computing device are disclosed. The centralized access can be provided by a media control interface that receives user inputs and interacts with media programs resident on the computing device to produce graphical user interfaces that can be presented on a display device. | 10-06-2011 |
20120093479 | CAPTURING PLAYBACK KEY EVENTS IN BD PLAYERS - Capturing playback key events to override a default behavior of key strokes during playback, includes: receiving a user operation initiated by a user; receiving a notice that a non-default behavior of the key strokes is being masked; notifying the user that there are adverse consequences of overriding the default behavior of the key strokes; and overriding the default behavior of the key strokes. Keywords include User Operation Mask Table and Playback Key Events. | 04-19-2012 |
20120201509 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING BIDIRECTIONAL OPERATIONS - In order to watch existing contents by using different information apparatus, the contents are converted into formats suitable for respective information apparatus to be implemented, but implementation of interaction for bidirectionality is not solved. In order to implement watching the contents in all information receiving apparatus, a playback/capture content processing device, a content conversion unit, a content analysis processing unit extracting an operation object of a remote controller from converted video information, a distribution processing unit, and an interaction analysis/control unit are provided. The interaction analysis/control unit acquires operation information of a remote controller device in an information receiving apparatus side, preserves matching information with the operation object extracted by the content analysis processing unit in real time on a database, and controls content information of the playback/capture content processing device in real time. | 08-09-2012 |
20120207444 | Transport Controls for a Media Device - A method of scanning content comprises receiving an input signal indicating that content being displayed is to be scanned, sensing a duration of the received input signal, and scanning the content at a rate based at least in part on the sensed duration of the received input. | 08-16-2012 |
20120207445 | METHODS FOR REMOTE ACCESS AND CONTROL OF TELEVISION PROGRAMMING FROM A WIRELESS PORTABLE DEVICE - Methods and systems are provided for controlling an information appliance from a remote location, the information appliance having access to a network and access to receive television programming. The method receives a request from a wireless portable device to access the information appliance, and the request identifies at least a user account. Verifying, based on the user account, whether to grant access to the information appliance from the wireless portable device and providing data to the wireless portable device. At least some of the data used to populate a user interface of the wireless device with information concerning the television programming and selectable options, and receiving selections from the user interface of the wireless portable device. The selections identifying an item of the television programming to record, and communicating instructions to the information appliance to record the item in digital storage buffers associated with the information appliance. | 08-16-2012 |
20130051752 | Remote Control Device with Integrated Display Screen for Controlling a Digital Video Recorder - A remote control for a digital video recorder includes an integrated display screen configured to display a recording list including programs scheduled to be recorded. | 02-28-2013 |
20130058624 | NETWORK CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND NETWORK CONTROL METHOD - A user-operable device and a display device are connected via a network. The user-operable device has a user interface that involves display of user interface images on the display device. A network control device connected to the network stores surrogate user interface image data. Before the user interface of the user-operable device becomes operational, the network control device displays a surrogate user interface on the display device and receives events generated by user operations from the display device. The network control device transfers the received events to the user-operable device after the user interface of the user-operable device becomes operational. | 03-07-2013 |
20130129312 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - The possibility that one who is not accustomed with manipulation may cause inadvertent alteration or deletion by using an easy-remote control is reduced. | 05-23-2013 |
20130148942 | MEDICAL VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A medical communication system includes a plurality of end-user audio/video recording and playback devices ( | 06-13-2013 |
20130251336 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE CONTROL - A method and system for remote control at a client of a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN) enables a user to configure a wireless user device as a remote control device (RCD). The RCD may communicate via a wireless network and an MCDN server to execute remote control commands at the MCDN client. The RCD may implement a remote control interface, including control elements configured for touch operation. The control elements may provide specific interactive functionality for channel selection, volume selection, playback of multimedia content, and other remote control features. The RCD may also receive feedback and status information associated with remote control commands. | 09-26-2013 |
20130259444 | METHOD OF MANAGING MULTIPLE WIRELESS VIDEO TRAFFIC AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method and a playback control device are provided. The method, performed by the playback control device, includes: receiving a first request to playback a first data of a first wireless multimedia data type having a first priority; and playing back the first data if no other data of a wireless multimedia data type having a priority higher than the first priority is received. | 10-03-2013 |
20130294742 | REMOTE CONTROL OF APPARATUS WITH MEDIA PLAYER - An apparatus is disclosed which has a media player, a local user interface, the local user interface being a primary presentation resource for the media player, a wireless communication interface, a media output port for connection to a remote media presentation device as a secondary presentation resource for the media player, and a controller. The controller is configured for receiving a wireless signal via the wireless communication interface from a remote control device designed for controlling an external device other than the apparatus. The controller is also configured for processing the received wireless signal to determine an action of the media player, and causing the media player to perform the determined action and output a result of the action to the media output port for presentation on the remote media presentation device if connected. | 11-07-2013 |
20130322846 | INTELLIGENT REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - An apparatus may include a processor and a device state management module. The device state management module may be operative on the processor to receive a trigger signal from a motion sensor in a remote control, to determine the device state of one or more controlled devices and send state management instructions to be transmitted to the one or more controlled devices. The state management instructions may control a set of initial default operations that comprises altering one or more device states in the one or more controlled devices. The apparatus may further include a memory that is arranged to store the determined device state of one or more controlled devices. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-05-2013 |
20130343718 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLAYBACK OF MEDIA PLAYER - A portable electronic device for controlling playback of a media player includes an image gathering unit, an image analyzing unit, and a communicating unit. The image gathering unit takes an image of the media player, including the current video frame and a background view around the media player. The image analyzing unit analyzes a color difference in the gathered image between the current video frame image and the back ground view image, and generates an image compensation signal based on the color difference. The communication unit transmits an image compensation signal to the media player to adjust the output of the video frames being displayed. | 12-26-2013 |
20140016910 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided are an electronic apparatus based on touch control and a method for using the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a touch sensing module for receiving touch input from a user and generating a touch signal; an indexer for storing an index list of time information and offset information of video frames of video data; and a controller for determining a video frame localization mode according to touch velocity, touch length and touch direction of the touch input, calculating time information of a video frame to be displayed and a frame rate, and outputting control signals of a pusher, a decoder and a frame buffer controller. | 01-16-2014 |
20140016911 | MULTI-LOCATION DVR ACCESS CONTROL - A home multimedia net-work ( | 01-16-2014 |
20140099069 | ACTIVITIES DUPLICATION VIA RECORDED VIDEO - A method, system, and computer program product for activities duplication via recorded video are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A playback is performed of a video with control and input data, which includes a recording of video data of a set of activities performed on a second computer, a recording of a set of control data corresponding to the set of activities, and a recording of a set of input data corresponding to the set of activities. Control data from the set of control data is applied to the computer. Applying the control data to the computer changes a state of a process in the computer. Input data from the set of input data is applied to the computer. Applying the input data provides an attribute of the input data to the process in the computer. | 04-10-2014 |
20140153899 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, METHOD FOR THE SAME, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A playback apparatus loaded with a data recording medium including image data includes a first determining unit configured to determine whether a user stopped playing back the image data, a storage control unit configured to control a storage process so that a first set of information indicating a position where the playback of the image data was stopped is stored when the first determining unit determines that the user stopped playback of the image data, and a display control unit configured to control a screen to display a list of thumbnail images with an icon superposed on a thumbnail image corresponding to the image data stopped on the basis of the first set of information when the first determining unit determines that the user stopped playback of the image data, the icon indicating that playback of the image data is resumed from the position where the playback of the image data was stopped. | 06-05-2014 |
20140186007 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS TO OUTPUT CONTENT WHILE FASTFORWARDING THROUGH CONTENT ON A SEPARATE DISPLAY DEVICE - A remote control device used by a viewer to control content being displayed on a separate display device outputs content in response to instructing the device providing content to the separate display device to begin fast forwarding. The viewer of the separate display device may then be exposed to the content being output by the remote control device while the content to the separate display device is fast forwarding. Thus, the viewer may better perceive the content being output by the remote control device than the content being fast forwarded on the separate display device. The outputting of content may be by the remote control device providing video, a static display, and/or audio. Upon the remote control device instructing the fast forwarding at the display device to stop and return to a play mode, the remote control device terminates the outputting of the content from the remote control device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140233909 | System and method supporting infrared remote control over a network - The present invention relates to a system for wireless control of home media sources that utilizes a home digital network to transport packetized IR transmitter data to a remote location. The system allows for flexible control of multiple devices that accept IR commands without requiring additional wiring, and is independent of any particular IR protocol. | 08-21-2014 |
20140241695 | System and Method for Interacting with Digital Video Recorders through Networking Applications - A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes the steps of providing a web or social networking account within a chat server for a digital video recorder (DVR) of a security system, the DVR receiving a chat message from a person through the chat server and the DVR automatically executing a predetermined instruction corresponding to a content of the received chat message. | 08-28-2014 |
20140248033 | Environment Control Device and Video/Audio Player - An environment control device and a video/audio player are disclosed, wherein the environment control device is electrically connected to a video/audio player and controls at least one environment providing device. The environment control device has a processor, a connector, and a wireless communication module. The connector connects to video/audio player and electrically connects to the processor for receiving a situation signal transmitted from the video/audio player. The wireless communication module electrically connects to the processor for outputting an environment control signal to the at least one environment providing device, wherein the environment control signal is determined according to the situation signal. | 09-04-2014 |
20140270698 | PROXIMITY-BASED CONTROL OF MEDIA DEVICES FOR MEDIA PRESENTATIONS - Embodiments relate generally to electrical/electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, portable, wearable, and stationary media devices. RF transceivers and/or audio system in each media device may be used to wirelessly communicate between media devices and allow configuration and other data to be wirelessly transmitted from one media device to another media device. The proximity detection system may be configured to detect a presence of a user or multiple users and upon detecting presence, access content on a user device, and record the content while also playing back the content on the media device. One or more user devices in proximity of the media device post detection may wirelessly communicate with the media device and the media device may orchestrate handling and/or queuing of content from those devices or from a wirelessly accessible location such as the Cloud, Internet, NAS, Flash memory, or other wireless sources. | 09-18-2014 |
20140301712 | PLAYER INTERATION METHOD AND DEVICE, TELEVISION SET, AND PLAYING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a player interaction method and device, a television, and a playing apparatus. The method includes detecting a trigger event generated through a control button on a remote control or on a player by a user; and determining a current page display status, and according to the trigger event and the page display status, linking to a corresponding display for displaying, and executing a corresponding play event. The device includes a detection module and a determination module. The television and the playing apparatus include the interaction device. According to the invention, a type of a detected trigger event is determined, and a corresponding display is linked to according to a current page display status for displaying, thereby making it easier for a user to perform identification, and reducing the operation complexity. | 10-09-2014 |
20140334795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING UNIVERSAL FOLLOW-ME FUNCTIONALITY - A method and system includes a plurality of video players and a plurality of remote control devices for implementing follow-me functionalities. Each remote control device has a unique ID and can control all the video players. The method and system receives a first control signal from a first remote control device to interrupt playback of a program by a first video player, interrupts playback of the program at the first video player, and stores the ID of the first remote control device and the status of the playback of the program. The method and system then receives a second control signal from a second remote control device to resume playback of the program at a second video player, checks the stored ID and the ID of the second remote control device, and if the two IDs are identical, resumes playback of the program at the second video player according to the status. | 11-13-2014 |
20140369663 | MULTIMEDIA PLAYBACK SYSTEM and CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A multimedia playback system includes a multimedia device, for generating a control interface according to a request and performing an operation according to a control signal; a server, coupled to the multimedia device for storing the control interface generated by the multimedia device and generating the control signal according to an instruction signal; and a hand-held device, coupled to the server for accessing the control interface stored in the server and generating the instruction signal according to the control interface and an input signal. | 12-18-2014 |
20150104146 | DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - One embodiment provides a device including a processor, a detector and a controller. The processor acquires a first operation state of a network-connected device, a second operation state of a video recorder and content information regarding a content playable by the video recorder. The detector detects a movement of a user including a start of a movement of a user away from the video recorder toward the network-connected device. The controller performs a control of an operation of the video recorder by using the second operation state and the movement of the user after a change of the first operation state if the first operation state is changed after a detection of the start of the movement of the user. | 04-16-2015 |
20150125129 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DIVERSIFIED OPERATION METHOD - A media data playback device is capable of simultaneously parsing and decoding two buffered sources of streaming media. The device is operable to provide diversified operation functions including media data reproducing functions, a portable device to portable device wireless communication, cellular communication, and an access point function. | 05-07-2015 |
20150304701 | PLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE - A play control method including: a TV set device receiving a media play request message sent by a mobile device, wherein the media play request message carries indication information of a media program requested to be played, and the indication information of the media program indicates at least a source of the media program, and the indication information of the media program is stored by the mobile device according to the media program played by the TV set device or another TV set device or received from the TV set device or the another TV set device or another mobile device; and the TV set device playing the media program corresponding to the indication information of the media program in response to the media play request message. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304704 | MEDIA RETURN SYSTEM - A system includes a consumer electronic device adapted to render a media content and a hand-held, portable device having a touch screen display, a transmitter, a receiver, and a processing unit. The processing unit of the hand-held, portable device uses data related to the media content received via the receiver to cause command icons related to rendering of the media content to be defined and displayed in the touch screen display and to cause the transmitter to transmit one or more commands for controlling a functional operation related to rendering of the media content by the consumer electronic device in response to a user interaction with one or more of the command icons caused to displayed in the touch screen display. | 10-22-2015 |
20150382066 | CONTEXTUAL REMOTE CONTROL INTERFACE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a contextual remote control interface, which is a companion application that allows a user to use a companion device to control experiences generated by an application running on a primary device. Web browsers, games, and streaming media applications are examples of applications running on a primary device that may be controlled using the companion device. Interfaces associated with each of the media applications on the primary device may be displayed on a television or other device coupled to the primary device. A unique set of virtual controls are included in the remote control interface for each application and may be tailored to the current state of the application. | 12-31-2015 |
20160100210 | VIDEO PLAYING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE VIDEO PLAYING DEVICE, AND VIDEO PLAYING SYSTEM - A video playing device, a method of controlling the video playing device, and a video playing system are provided. The video playing device includes a display configured to display a video and a caption, and a controller configured to set a synchronization period in which the video is repeatedly played, and to synchronize a time point of displaying the caption with the video during the synchronization period. | 04-07-2016 |
20160155308 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDERS THROUGH NETWORKING APPLICATIONS | 06-02-2016 |