Patent · US Active

Providing a representation for a device connected to a display device

US9613586B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
1References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 30, 2015
Grant dateApr 4, 2017
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 30, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/00
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for providing a representation to a connected device. An embodiment operates by recognizing a new device connected to a display device, collecting device fingerprint information from the new device, and requesting a device class representation information determined based on the device fingerprint information. Another embodiment operates by receiving device fingerprint information from a display device via a network connection, wherein the device fingerprint information is collected from a device connected to a display device, and providing device class representation information to the display device via the network connection, when the device class representation information corresponding to the device fingerprint information is available.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.