Patent ID: 8700697
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for acquiring a specialized Control User Interface (CUI) in a remote control device of a home network, comprising the steps of: transmitting a first message to a client requesting a User Interface (UI) list; receiving the UI list from the client, wherein the UI list comprises information on default CUIs for the client and information on a specialized CUI, which is received from a server and controls a Remote User Interface (RUI) currently running in the client; displaying the UI list on the remote control device when the remote control device is capable of running the specialized CUI; receiving, from a user of the remote control device, a selection of the information on the specialized CUI from the displayed UI list; transmitting a second message to the client requesting the specialized CUI in accordance with the information on the specialized CUI in the UI list; and receiving the specialized CUI from the server via the client in response to the second message.