APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR USING REMOTE MULTIMEDIA SINK DEVICES

摘要

Aspects disclosed in the detailed description include apparatuses and methods for using remote multimedia sink devices. Exemplary aspects of the present disclosure provide a multimedia remote display system comprising a multimedia source device configured to discover a remote multimedia sink device, which has a graphics processing unit (GPU) and supports a wireless network interface. The multimedia source device is also configured to handle the remote multimedia sink device as a local high-speed peripheral device, and opportunistically apply compression to a multimedia stream before rendering the multimedia stream on the remote multimedia sink device. By handling the remote multimedia sink device as a local high-speed peripheral device, and opportunistically applying compression to the multimedia stream, high-definition (HD) multimedia content may be rendered on the remote multimedia sink device without adversely impacting quality of the HD multimedia content.

主权项

1. A multimedia remote display system comprising:
a multimedia source device, comprising:
at least one source network interface configured to be coupled to at least one remote multimedia sink device over at least one wireless communication medium;at least one peripheral interface communicatively coupled to the at least one source network interface; anda control system communicatively coupled to the at least one peripheral interface, wherein the control system is configured to:
receive at least one multimedia stream to be rendered on the at least one remote multimedia sink device;discover the at least one remote multimedia sink device through the at least one peripheral interface;load a graphics processing unit (GPU) driver if the at least one remote multimedia sink device is determined to comprise a remote GPU; andpass the at least one multimedia stream to the at least one peripheral interface for transmission to the at least one remote multimedia sink device.