Patent ID: 8589988
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A sink device swapping method of a plurality of sink devices, each of which is capable of outputting a content transmitted from a source device, the method comprising: the source device receiving a sink device recipient swapping command from a first sink device which receives contents provided from the source device; the source device receiving a sink device recipient swapping approval from a predetermined second sink device; suspending the transmission of the content to the first sink device after the receiving operation that indicates swapping approval, transmitting the content to the predetermined second sink device; transmitting a control authority related to a content provision from the first sink device to the second sink device; transmitting a turn-off request to the first sink device after the suspending operation, wherein the turn-off request relates to automatically turning off power to the first sink device; and transmitting a turn-on request to the second sink device after the receiving operation, wherein the turn-on request relates to automatically turning on power to the second sink device.