Media share control apparatus, media reproducing apparatus, and method of providing user interface for media sharing thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9736205-B2
Application number	US-201313836264-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Priority date	Oct 15, 2012
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

A media share control apparatus, a media reproducing apparatus, and a method of providing a user interface for the media share thereof are disclosed herein. Herein, A media share control apparatus includes a network interface unit and a control unit. The network interface unit may receive a search message for searching a media service daemon from a media reproducing apparatus. The control unit configured to execute a receiver picker and a media service daemon. And, the executed media service daemon performs pairing between the media reproducing apparatus and the media share control apparatus in accordance with the received search message, wherein the executed media service daemon converts a media share message transmitted from the receiver picker in accordance with a web-based protocol pre-agreed upon with the paired media reproducing apparatus, and wherein the executed media service daemon transmits the converted media share message to the paired media reproducing apparatus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A media share control apparatus for a media share service comprising:
a network interface configured to communicate with a media server and a media reproducing apparatus; and
a controller comprising:
a receiver picker configured to:
receive a media list from the media server, display a Graphic User Interface (GUI) for the media share service based on the received media list, and
receive a first message selecting a content from the displayed GUI for the media share service, and

a media service daemon configured to:
convert a second message, which is received from the receiver picker through a user datagram protocol, for the media share service in accordance with the web socket-based protocol,
transmit the converted second message to the media reproducing apparatus, and
control a web application to execute the selected content for the media share service on the media reproducing apparatus,

wherein the media server includes a streaming server for transmitting a media stream to the media reproducing apparatus and uni-directionally transmits the media list to the controller,
wherein both the media service daemon of the controller and the media reproducing apparatus include a web socket element for a bi-directional service discovery between the media service daemon and the media reproducing apparatus and bi-directionally communicating messages with the media service daemon and the media reproducing apparatus based on a web socket-based protocol,
wherein the media reproducing apparatus includes the web application for the media share service,
wherein the media reproducing apparatus receives a media stream of the selected content based on a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the selected content, and
wherein the controller is further configured to control a reproduction of the selected content, which is displayed through the executed web application on the media reproducing apparatus, based on a GUI provided on the media share control apparatus.

2. The media share control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second message includes at least one of a Play command, a Playback command, and a Stop command.

3. The media share control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the media service daemon is controlled to transmit at least one of an address of the media service daemon, and a device name of the media reproducing apparatus to the receiver picker.

4. The media share control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the media service daemon includes the media reproducing apparatus in a media receiver list.

5. The media share control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the media service daemon is executed as a background.

6. The media share control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the media service daemon opens a port for receiving a search message transmitted from the media reproducing apparatus and waiting for the search message to be transmitted thereto.

7. The media share control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the media service daemon is configured as a plug-in.

8. The media share control apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a module of the media service daemon is configured to:
communicate with the receiver picker by using a media share protocol, and
discover the receiver picker which is configured as a plug-in.

9. A method of controlling a media share service at a share system comprising a media share control apparatus communicating with a media reproducing apparatus through a web socket-based protocol, the method comprising:
receiving a media list from a media server;
displaying a Graphic User Interface (GUI) for the media share service based on the received media list;
receiving a first message selecting a content from the displayed GUI for the media share service;
converting, by a media service daemon, a second message, through a user datagram protocol, requesting to execute a web application for the media share service and to reproduce the selected content for the media share service through the executed web application in accordance with the web socket-based protocol;
transmitting, by the media service daemon, the converted second message to the media reproducing apparatus; and
outputting, at the media share control apparatus, a GUI for controlling a reproduction of the selected content for the media share service through the executed web application on the media reproducing apparatus,
wherein the media server includes a streaming server for transmitting a media stream to the media reproducing apparatus and uni-directionally transmits the media list to the media share control apparatus,
wherein both the media service daemon of the media share control apparatus and the media reproducing apparatus include a web socket element for a bi-directional service discovery between the media service daemon and the media reproducing apparatus and bi-directionally communicating messages with the media service daemon and the media reproducing apparatus based on the web socket-based protocol,
wherein the media reproducing apparatus includes the web application for the media share service,
wherein the media reproducing apparatus receives a media stream of the selected content based on a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the selected content, and
wherein the media share control apparatus is further configured to control a reproduction of the selected content, which is displayed through the executed web application on the media reproducing apparatus, based on a GUI provided on the media share control apparatus.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the second message includes at least one of a play command, a playback command, and a stop command.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the media service daemon is controlled to transmit at least one of an address of the media service daemon, and a device name of the media reproducing apparatus to the receiver picker.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the media service daemon includes the media reproducing apparatus in a media receiver list.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the media service daemon is executed as a background.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the media service daemon opens a port for receiving a search message transmitted from the media reproducing apparatus and waiting for the search message to be transmitted thereto.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the media service daemon is configured as a plug-in.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein a module of the media service daemon:
communicate with the receiver picker by using a media share protocol and
discover the receiver picker which is configured as a plug-in.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Seokhee
• Hong Seongpyo
• Shin Sungho
• Ramachandra Vinay
• Shin Sungmok
• Kim Mikyung

Classifications

• H04N21/4122

  additional display device, e.g. video projector (digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423) · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04L67/16

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N21/41407

  embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57) · CPC title

• G06F15/16

  Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs {(coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B)} · CPC title