Patent ID: 8958019
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method executable by a local device to process an input received at the local device from a user via a remote control, the method comprising: receiving a media stream at the local device from a remote device via a network; presenting the media stream on a display associated with the local device as the media stream is received via the network; receiving the input from the remote control at the local device associated with the display; disambiguating the input received from the remote control by the local device to thereby determine if the input is intended for the local device or for the remote device that provides the media stream, wherein the disambiguating comprises the local device automatically recognizing that the input is able to be processed by one of the local device and the remote device but not by the other device, without the user expressly selecting the local system or the remote device, and establishing the one of the local device and the remote device that is able to process the input as a current active device; and routing subsequent inputs received from the remote control to the current active device until a subsequent input is received that is not able to be processed by the current active device.