Patent ID: 9674557
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09G,H04N

Claim:
1. A display apparatus swapping method of a plurality of display apparatuses, each of which is capable of outputting a content transmitted from a source device, the method comprising: the source receiving a recipient swapping command from a first display apparatus which receives contents provided from the source device, the recipient swapping command relating to swapping the first display apparatus as being a recipient of the contents to a predetermined second display apparatus from among the plurality of display apparatuses; the source receiving a recipient swapping approval from the predetermined second display apparatus which is a swapping destination; in response to the receiving the recipient swapping command, suspending the transmission of the content to the first display apparatus; after the receiving operation that indicates swapping approval, transmitting the content to the predetermined second display apparatus; and transmitting a control authority related to a content provision from the first display apparatus to the second display apparatus; wherein the control authority is authority to control operation of the source device, wherein the source device is controlled based on a command received from a display apparatus having the control authority, and wherein the transmitting the content comprises separating the content into a video signal and an audio signal; transmitting the video signal into a video device; and transmitting the audio signal into an audio device.