Patent ID: 9066126
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of remotely controlling electronic devices that form at least a part of a multimedia presentation system, comprising: generating, by a first electronic device having a remote controller, a first user interface for control of the first electronic device; receiving, at a first video input of the first electronic device, an input video signal representing a second user interface generated by a second electronic device for control of the second electronic device; generating, by the first electronic device, an output video signal that represents a combination of the first user interface and the second user interface; transmitting, by the first electronic device at a video output of the first electronic device, the output video signal for simultaneous display of the first user interface and the second user interface on a display device; receiving, by the first electronic device, command signals from a remote controller of the first electronic device, each command signal in a first signal format for the first electronic device; for each command signal, determining, by the first electronic device, whether the first command signal represents an interaction with either the first user interface or the second user interface; for each command signal determined to be representing an interaction with the first user interface, executing an operation corresponding to the command and the first user interface by the first electronic device; and for each command signal determined to be representing an interaction with the second user interface, sending, by the first electronic device a second command signal from the first electronic device to the remote controller that causes the remote controller to emit, in response to the second command signal, a third command signal in a second signal format of the second electronic device, the second signal format being different from the first signal format.