Patent ID: 8438318

Claim:
A system for detecting a connection of a device to a television, the system comprising: a display panel integrated into the television; a processing element within the television, the processing element interfaced to the display panel; at least one connection to the television, the connections interfaced to the processing element; and said processing element communicating with a non-transitory medium that contains software, said software running on the processing element, the software configured to recognize activation of the device and, responsive to the activation of the device, the software configured to configure the television to operate with the device, wherein said software is operative at a first time to recognize a mass storage device and to run an operation that automatically looks for supported content on the mass storage device that can be displayed on the display panel, and to display information about said supported content on the display panel, and said software is operative at a second time to recognize automatically a cellular telephone via a wireless connection, when the cellular phone is located within range of the television and enabled, the cellular telephone being a separate device from a remote control that is used to operate the television, and the software is operative to determine device specific information about the specific cellular telephone, and to provide device specific software programs to integrate the cellular phone with the television and thereafter to communicate with the cellular telephone after obtaining said device specific information to display at least a caller ID of an incoming call on the display panel and to allow using the television as a speaker phone, wherein the software is also operative to interface with the remote control which controls a television operation including at least changing television channels, said remote control being operable to answer calls on the cellular telephone after obtaining said device specific information from said cellular telephone.