Remote input devices

摘要

In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for operating a user agent on a first device is provided, comprising: discovering, using a home networking protocol, a second device, wherein the second device includes a user input mechanism; retrieving information regarding the user input mechanism from the second device using the home networking protocol; determining whether to accept the connection based on the information regarding the user input mechanism; when it is determined to accept the connection, negotiating an out-of-band connection in a protocol other than the home networking protocol with the second device; receiving input command events from the second device via the out-of-band connection; and executing the input command events at the user agent to control an aspect of the first device.

主权项

1. A method for operating a user agent on a first device, comprising:
discovering, using a first networking protocol, a second device, wherein the second device includes a user input mechanism; retrieving information regarding the user input mechanism from the second device using the first networking protocol; determining whether to accept a connection with the second device based on the information regarding the user input mechanism; in response to determining to accept a connection with the second device, negotiating an out-of-band connection with the second device in a protocol other than the first networking protocol; receiving one or more input command events from the second device via the out-of-band connection; and executing the one or more input command events at the user agent to control an aspect of the first device.