Patent ID: 9172992
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for accessing a remote source device, comprising: a network interface for receiving a media stream from a remote media encoding device, the remote media encoding device generating the media stream from media signals generated by the remote source device; a media decoder for decoding the received media stream; and a user input device for generating signals in response to actuation of the user input device and for transmitting the generated signals to the remote media encoding device via the network interface for delivery to the remote source device, wherein the remote media encoding device determines a type of the user input device and converts the generated signals into a format corresponding to the type of user input device, wherein the received media stream comprises multiplexed video and audio streams, and the media decoder further comprises a demultiplexer for demultiplexing the multiplexed video and audio streams.