Remote control device transaction setup in a home network

摘要

A technique of using a remote control device to identify a source for transferring content on a home network, a renderer for rendering the content and a pathway within a home network to couple the source to the renderer to transfer the content. The remote control device then transmits control information to the source to set a control parameter value within the source to send the content and transmits control information to the renderer to set a control parameter value within the renderer to receive the content. The commands from the remote configure parameter values associated with a media layer in the source and/or the renderer to initiate a hand-shake to effect the content transfer, so that the source and the renderer need not initiate the hand-shake between themselves.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
utilizing a wireless device to locate a content present on a content source, in which the content source is one of a plurality of content sources configured to communicate with a local network, the local network including both wireless and wired home communication networks; utilizing the wireless device to locate at least one content renderer, including a first renderer that converts content from a storage format to a presentation format, from a plurality of content renderers configured to communicate with the local network; utilizing the wireless device to locate a first wireless communication pathway of the local network from the content source to the first renderer; utilizing the wireless device to locate at least one other communication pathway of the local network from the content source to the first renderer; utilizing the wireless device to select a pathway from the first wireless communication pathway or the at least one other communication pathway to transfer the content from the content source to the first renderer, in which the selected pathway is determined based on the content and one or more characteristics of respective pathways for transferring the content to the first renderer; and utilizing the wireless device to transmit media transport commands to the content source and the first renderer to set communication parameters based on the selected pathway for transferring the content, wherein the media transport commands include physical layer commands, media access control layer commands, or both physical layer and media access control layer commands; and causing the content to be transferred from the content source to the first renderer over the selected pathway of the local network.