Patent ID: 8661494
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: detecting, at a set-top box, a wireless device according to a predetermined communication protocol, wherein the set-top box has a slideshow application; establishing a communication channel with the wireless device according to the communication protocol; receiving, according to the communication protocol, a command message from the wireless device over the communication channel, wherein the command message specifies playback of a media resident on the wireless device via the set-top box; receiving the media resident on the wireless device from the wireless device, over the communication channel; and providing a slideshow at the set-top box based on the received media after receiving all media resident on the wireless device designated for the slideshow, wherein the set-top box is directly connected to the Internet, wherein the command message specifies the beginning and ending of the slideshow, and wherein a user is common to both the wireless device and the set-top box.