Utilization of a remote control to display media

摘要

A system (10), a method and a utilization of a remote control adapted to display media content from the World Wide Web (12). This is accomplished by utilizing a smart-phone (18) as a remote control by an application program, and transmitting the media content through a backend system (110) utilizing WI-FI adapters to (20) transmit streaming media to for instance a HDMI TV (16).

主权项

1. A content streaming system, comprising:
a backend system to stream media content via one or more communication networks and to receive and react to control commands communicated via the one or more communication networks; a display apparatus to receive, via the one or more communication networks, the streamed media content from the backend system and to reproduce the media content for display; and a remote control to transmit the control commands to the backend system via the one or more networks and not transmit the control commands to the display apparatus, the remote control connected to the one or more networks via wireless communications, wherein, the backend system comprises (i) a streaming section that streams the media content to the display apparatus in accordance with the commands transmitted by the remote control, and (ii) an electronic program guide section that generates an electronic program guide (EPG) based on EPG data received from one or more EPG source servers coupled to the backend system, the EPG providing information about media content that can be streamed to the display apparatus, the remote control is a smart phone, a tablet, or a computer, the remote control includes an application for (i) receiving the EPG data from the backend system and (ii) displaying the EPG on the remote control, and enabling a selection, via the EPG on the remote control, of media content to be streamed from the backend system and viewed on the display apparatus, the remote control (i) initiates the display of a code on the display apparatus, the code containing unique identification information that uniquely identifies the display apparatus on the network, (ii) reads the code displayed on the display apparatus by photographing or scanning the code and (iii) communicates the code or unique identification information to the backend system, and the backend system streams the media content to the display apparatus based on the code or the unique identification information.