Ad-hoc media presentation based upon dynamic discovery of media output devices that are proximate to one or more users

摘要

In an embodiment, a device controller initiates a dynamic discovery procedure to detect media output devices that are currently in proximity to a user. The device controller determines a first subset of the detected media output devices configured to present a first media type (e.g., video, audio, etc.) to the user and a second subset of the detected media output devices configured to present a second media type (e.g., audio, video, etc.) to the user. The device controller directs first and second portions of media to the first and second subsets conjunctive presentation. In another embodiment, the first and/or second subsets can include two or more devices, such that the same media type can be presented by multiple devices (e.g., to achieve a surround sound effect, a split-screen or cloned video effect, etc.).

主权项

1. A method of directing a presentation of a multimedia message at a device controller, comprising:
determining to direct presentation of the multimedia message in proximity to at least one user; initiating, in response to the determination to direct presentation of the multimedia message, a dynamic discovery procedure to detect media output devices that are currently in proximity to the at least one user; determining, in response to the dynamic discovery procedure, a first subset of the detected media output devices configured to present a first media type to the at least one user; determining, in response to the dynamic discovery procedure, a second subset of the detected media output devices that is different from the first subset and is configured to present a second media type to the at least one user; directing a first portion of the multimedia message that corresponds to the first media type to be delivered to the first subset for presentation to the at least one user; and directing a second portion of the multimedia message that corresponds to the second media type to be delivered to the second subset for presentation to the at least one user in synchronization with the presentation of the first portion of the multimedia message, wherein the first media type is audio and the second media type is video.