Patent ID: 8542320
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A television set comprising: a display for rendering images; a gesture detector operable to detect a user performed gesture control operations; a transceiver operable to communicate with an electronic device separate from said television set; and a processor operable to render a graphical user interface (GUI) specific to said electronic device on said display and operable to allow gesture controlled interaction of said GUI responsive to said gesture detector, and wherein said processor is further operable to generate a command message responsive to gesture interactions with said GUI, wherein said command message is operable to be communicated by said transceiver to said electronic device to control an operation of said electronic device, wherein said processor is further operable to, responsive to a determination by the processor based on signals from the gesture detector that a person has input a predetermined gesture, cause said transceiver to send a request message to said electronic device, wherein said request message is a request to receive a graphical user interface (GUI) of said electronic device.