Electronic appliance status notification via a home entertainment system
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04N-005/44
G05B-023/02
H04N-021/422
H04N-021/431
H04N-021/436
H04N-021/4363
H04N-021/442
H04N-021/488
H04N-021/41
출원번호
US-0700310
(2010-02-04)
등록번호
US-9599981
(2017-03-21)
발명자
/ 주소
Crabtree, Michael John
출원인 / 주소
EchoStar UK Holdings Limited
대리인 / 주소
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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26인용 특허 :
70
초록▼
A method of notifying a user of a status of an electronic appliance is presented. Examples of the electronic appliance may include, but are not limited to, refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, ovens, and clothes washers and dryers. In the method, an entertainment system device receives a message fr
A method of notifying a user of a status of an electronic appliance is presented. Examples of the electronic appliance may include, but are not limited to, refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, ovens, and clothes washers and dryers. In the method, an entertainment system device receives a message from the appliance via a communication link, wherein the message indicates the status of the appliance. In response to receiving the message, the device transmits a command to a second device of the entertainment system to select an input of the second device associated with the first device. The first device transmits data indicating the status over a media content interface to the selected input of the second device for presentation to the user.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of notifying a user of a status of an electronic appliance, the method comprising: at a first electronic device of an entertainment system, receiving a message from the electronic appliance via a communication link, wherein the message indicates the status of the electronic appliance;at
1. A method of notifying a user of a status of an electronic appliance, the method comprising: at a first electronic device of an entertainment system, receiving a message from the electronic appliance via a communication link, wherein the message indicates the status of the electronic appliance;at the first electronic device, transmitting a first command to a second electronic device to awaken the second electronic device from an off state, wherein the first command is transmitted upon the receiving of the message from the electronic appliance;at the first electronic device, in response to receiving the message, transmitting a second command to the second electronic device of the entertainment system to select a input port of the second electronic device associated with the first electronic device, wherein the second command to select the input of the second electronic device associated with the first electronic device is transmitted after the first command to awaken the second electronic device is transmitted;at the first electronic device, receiving video content;at the first electronic device, transmitting data over a media content interface to the selected input for presentation to the user, wherein the data is transmitted as a picture-in-picture image within the video content, wherein the data indicates the status of the electronic appliance, and wherein the data includes a request for the user to interact with the electronic appliance;pausing the video content upon transmitting the data, wherein the data includes the picture-in-picture image for presentation to the user; andremoving the picture-in-picture image from the video content upon receiving a user input, and resuming presentation of the video content. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein: the data comprises a video signal indicating the status for presentation to the user. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein: the data comprises an audio signal indicating the status for presentation to the user. 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising: at the first electronic device, waiting a predetermined time period between transmitting the second command and transmitting the data indicating the status. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein: transmitting the second command comprises transmitting the second command over a consumer electronics control bus associated with the media content interface. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein: transmitting the second command comprises transmitting a wireless remote control command via a remote control interface of the second electronic device. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein: the first electronic device and the second electronic device are integrated as a single electronic device. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein: the first electronic device comprises a television content receiver; andthe second electronic device comprises at least one of a television and an audio receiver. 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising: at the first electronic device, outputting a screensaver in place of the paused video content and picture-in-picture image for a predetermined time period. 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising: at the second electronic device, changing the volume of audio content associated with the video content when the video content includes the picture-in-picture image. 11. A television receiver, comprising: one or more processors;a non-transitory computer readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including: receiving, at a first electronic device of an entertainment system, a message from the electronic appliance via a communication link, wherein the message indicates the status of the electronic appliance;transmitting, at the first electronic device, a first command to a second electronic device to awaken the second electronic device from an off state, wherein the first command is transmitted upon the receiving of the message from the electronic appliance;in response to receiving the message, transmitting, at the first electronic device, a second command to the second electronic device of the entertainment system to select a input port of the second electronic device associated with the first electronic device, wherein the second command to select the input of the second electronic device associated with the first electronic device is transmitted after the first command to awaken the second electronic device is transmitted;receiving, at the first electronic device, video content;transmitting, at the first electronic device, data over a media content interface to the selected input for presentation to the user, wherein the data is transmitted as a picture-in-picture image within the video content, wherein the data indicates the status of the electronic appliance, and wherein the data includes a request for the user to interact with the electronic appliance;pausing the video content upon transmitting the data, wherein the data includes the picture-in-picture image for presentation to the user; andremoving the picture-in-picture image from the video content upon receiving a user input, and resuming presentation of the video content. 12. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein: the data comprises a video signal indicating the status for presentation to the user. 13. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein: the data comprises an audio signal indicating the status for presentation to the user. 14. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein the operations further include: at the first electronic device, waiting a predetermined time period between transmitting the second command and transmitting the data indicating the status. 15. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein: transmitting the second command comprises transmitting the second command over a consumer electronics control bus associated with the media content interface. 16. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein: transmitting the second command comprises transmitting a wireless remote control command via a remote control interface of the second electronic device. 17. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein: the first electronic device and the second electronic device are integrated as a single electronic device. 18. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein: the first electronic device comprises a television content receiver; andthe second electronic device comprises at least one of a television and an audio receiver. 19. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein the operations further include: at the first electronic device, outputting a screensaver in place of the paused video content and picture-in-picture image for a predetermined time period. 20. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein the operations further include: at the second electronic device, changing the volume of audio content associated with the video content when the video content includes the picture-in-picture image.
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