SYNCHRONIZING USER INTERFACES OF CONTENT RECEIVERS AND ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM COMPONENTS

摘要

A content receiver may establish a communication connection with an entertainment system component. Utilizing the communication connection, the content receiver may control the entertainment system component in order to synchronize user interfaces the content receiver is operable to provide with user interfaces the entertainment system component is operable to provide. Hence, the user interfaces provided by the various entertainment system components may more closely resemble user interfaces of the content receiver, reducing user confusion. The content receiver may synchronize such user interfaces by altering software of the entertainment system component. In altering the software, the content receiver may replace or modify the software to change one or more aspects of one or more entertainment system user interfaces to that of one or more aspects of a content receiver user interface. The aspects may include visual properties, audio properties, and so on.

主权项

1. A method for synchronizing user interfaces of a content receiver and an entertainment system component, the method comprising:
establishing, by the content receiver, a communication connection from a content receiver to a consumer electronics device, wherein the communication connection comprises a high-definition multimedia interface connection utilizing a consumer electronics control protocol; controlling the consumer electronics device utilizing the content receiver via the communication connection; identifying, utilizing the content receiver, at least one difference between a first user interface presented by the consumer electronics device and a second user interface presented by the content receiver; and synchronizing, by the content receiver, the first user interface and the second user interface, by:
identifying one or more differences between the first user interface and the second interface; andeliminating at least one of the identified one or more differences, via the communication connection.