Patent ID: 8792429
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: G06F,G08C,H04L,H04N,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. At least one computer readable storage medium encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method of operating a wireless computing device that is providing content for display on a remote display device, the method comprising: exchanging, with the remote display device, ordered lists of possible transports for use in establishing a side channel, the exchanging comprising: processing the first ordered list and the second ordered list to identify transports that are supported by both the wireless computing device and the remote display device; computing a respective metric for each of the identified transports, the metric representing positions both on the first ordered list and on the second ordered list; selecting one of the identified transports having a highest value of the computed metric for implementing the side channel; wirelessly transmitting content for display on the remote device using a first wireless channel; receiving user input indicating at least one action to be performed by the remote device related to the display of the content; and wirelessly transmitting to the remote device a command to alter a presentation of the content selected based on the user input using the selected transport over the implemented side channel, wherein the at least one computer readable storage medium is one or more media from a group of media consisting of a random access memory, a read only memory, a flash memory, an EEPROM, an optical disk, a magnetic cassette, a magnetic tape, and a magnetic disk.