Systems and Methods for Remote Control of a Television

摘要

Systems and methods for personalized video display include providing an interface on the touch device, maintaining a layout template that includes a primary video display window and a user selectable information window, and sending the layout template to the television. The television can display the template layout and embedded content. Additionally, the touch device can detect gestures from a user and communicate instructions to the television based on the gesture input.

主权项

1. A video viewing system, comprising
a network based computing system configured to communicate with a plurality of remotely located applications executing on handheld devices; a memory system maintaining a customizable video application configured to be executed by a processor of a wireless hand held device and to communicate with the network based computing system; and the customizable video application further operable, when executed on a given wireless hand held device:
to establish a connection with a television through a local area wireless communications interface;to provide a trackpad interface for the television on a touch sensitive display of the given wireless hand held device;to present a multiple window display on the touch sensitive display, wherein the multiple window display is customized to a given user and comprises a first video display window to present video content, and a second display window to present social media content;to send a collection of information to the television to allow the television to present a representation of the multiple window display on the television;to determine a touched location on the touch sensitive display; andto send a collection of information to the television to facilitate presentation of a graphic on the television at a screen location that corresponds to the touched location.