Remote rendering for efficient use of wireless bandwidth for wireless docking

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9257097-B2
Application number	US-201314138945-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2013
Priority date	Dec 23, 2013
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices are described for remote display of content in a wireless network. A source device capable of displaying content may identify one or more rendering instructions for content to be displayed remotely on a sink device. The source device may transmit the one or more rendering instructions to the sink device via a wireless peer-to-peer connection. The sink device may receive the one or more rendering instructions and may execute the one or more rendering instructions to render a display of at least part of the content. Further, the source device may receive data from the sink device via the wireless peer-to-peer connection. The identifying of the one or more rendering instructions by the source device may thus include identifying at least one rendering instruction based at least in part on the received data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a source device of content to be displayed by a sink device in a wireless network, comprising:
identifying, at a source device, one or more rendering instructions for content to be displayed on a remotely located sink device; and
transmitting the one or more rendering instructions to the sink device via a wireless peer-to-peer connection for execution by the sink device to render a display of at least part of the content based at least in part on the rendering instructions.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving data at the source device from the sink device via the wireless peer-to-peer connection, the identifying of the one or more rendering instructions comprising identifying at least one rendering instruction based at least in part on the received data.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein at least part of the received data corresponds to user input at the sink device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
running an application on the source device, at least one of the one or more rendering instructions being configured to render at least part of a user interface of the application upon execution.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
receiving data at the source device from the sink device via the wireless peer-to-peer connection, the identifying of the one or more rendering instructions comprising identifying at least one rendering instruction based at least in part on the received data, at least part of the received data corresponding to user input for the application at the sink device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more rendering instructions is configured to render at least part of a user interface of the source device upon execution.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
receiving data at the source device from the sink device via the wireless peer-to-peer connection, the identifying of the one or more rendering instructions comprising identifying at least one rendering instruction based at least in part on the received data, at least part of the received data corresponding to user input at the sink device in accordance with the user interface of the source device.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying at least one graphics resource in the content;
compressing the at least one graphics resource; and
transmitting the compressed at least one graphics resource to the sink device, at least one of the one or more rendering instructions being configured to include the at least one graphics resource in the content displayed upon execution.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying at least one video stream in the content;
compressing the at least one video stream; and
transmitting the compressed at least one video stream to the sink device, at least one of the one or more rendering instructions being configured to include the at least one video stream in the content displayed upon execution.

10. An apparatus configured to enable display of content by a sink device in a wireless network, comprising:
means for identifying, at a source device, one or more rendering instructions for content to be displayed on a remotely located sink device; and
means for transmitting the one or more rendering instructions to the sink device via a wireless peer-to-peer connection for execution by the sink device to render a display of at least part of the content based at least in part on the rendering instructions.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:
means for receiving data at the source device from the sink device via the wireless peer-to-peer connection, the means for identifying the one or more rendering instructions comprising means for identifying at least one rendering instruction based at least in part on the received data.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein at least part of the received data corresponds to user input at the sink device.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:
means for running an application on the source device, at least one of the one or more rendering instructions being configured to render at least part of a user interface of the application upon execution.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising:
means for receiving data at the source device from the sink device via the wireless peer-to-peer connection, the means for identifying the one or more rendering instructions comprising means for identifying at least one rendering instruction based at least in part on the received data, at least part of the received data corresponding to user input for the application at the sink device.

15. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein at least one of the one or more rendering instructions is configured to render at least part of a user interface of the source device upon execution.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising:
means for receiving data at the source device from the sink device via the wireless peer-to-peer connection, the means for identifying the one or more rendering instructions comprising means for identifying at least one rendering instruction based at least in part on the received data, at least part of the received data corresponding to user input at the sink device in accordance with the user interface of the source device.

17. The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:
means for identifying at least one graphics resource in the content;
means for compressing the at least one graphics resource; and
means for transmitting the compressed at least one graphics resource to the sink device, at least one of the one or more rendering instructions being configured to include the at least one graphics resource in the content displayed upon execution.

18. The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:
means for identifying at least one video stream in the content;
means for compressing the at least one video stream; and
means for transmitting the compressed at least one video stream to the sink device, at least one of the one or more rendering instructions being configured to include the at least one video stream in the content displayed upon execution.

19. A source device for display of content by a remotely located sink device in a wireless network, comprising:
a processor;
memory in electronic communication with the processor; and
instructions being stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
identify, at the source device, one or more rendering instructions for content to be displayed on the remotely located sink device; and
transmit the one or more rendering instructions to the sink device via a wireless peer-to-peer connection for execution by the sink device to render a display of at least part of the content based at least in part on the rendering instructions.

20. The source device of claim 19 , wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:
receive data at the source device from the sink device via the wireless peer-to-peer connection; and
identify at least one of the one or more rendering instructions based at least in part on the received data.

21. The source device of claim 20 , wherein at least part of the received data corresponds to user input at the sink device.

22. The source device of claim 19 , wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to:
run an application on the source device, at least one of the one or more rendering in

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Subramaniam Vijay Naicker
• Shaukat Fawad
• Turner Tyler James

Classifications

• H04L65/604

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G09G2370/16

  Use of wireless transmission of display information · CPC title

• H04L67/025 Primary

  for remote control or remote monitoring of applications · CPC title

• G06F3/1454

  involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay · CPC title

• G09G5/12 Primary

  Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players · CPC title