Patent ID: 8904051
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a plurality of external devices coupled to user equipment, the method comprising: determining whether one of applications installed in user equipment is activated upon receipt of a user input when the user equipment is coupled to a plurality of external devices; selecting one of the coupled external devices as a target external device to be mapped, when the application is determined as being activated; and mapping the selected coupled external device with the activated application and establishing a signal route between the user equipment and the selected coupled external device in association with the activated application, wherein the selecting includes selecting, as candidate external devices, at least one of the coupled external devices based on information on execution environment of the activated application and information on the coupled external devices and selecting, as a target external device, one of the candidate external devices in response to a user input, wherein the execution environment information is information on requirements for executing the activated application and includes information on a required input unit type, a required output unit type, a required displaying setting including a required resolution and a required display size, a required data transmit rate, a required interface type, and a required communication protocol, and the external device information includes information on at least one of an identification number, a device type, an equipped input unit type, an equipped output unit type, an equipped interface unit, a maximum supported resolution, a recommended resolution, a supported horizontal frequency range, a supported vertical frequency range, a supported data transmit rate range, and supported communication protocols, and wherein the selecting includes comparing the execution environment information and the device information and selecting one having properties required by the activated application from the coupled external device based on the comparison result as the candidate external devices.