公开(公告)号：US06456892B1

公开(公告)日：2002-09-24

申请号：US09183163

申请日：1998-10-30

申请人： Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams ,  Harold Aaron Ludtke ,  Thomas Edward Birmingham ,  Neil David Matthews ,  Yoshifumi Yanagawa ,  Wim Bronnenberg

发明人： Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams ,  Harold Aaron Ludtke ,  Thomas Edward Birmingham ,  Neil David Matthews ,  Yoshifumi Yanagawa ,  Wim Bronnenberg

IPC分类号： G05B1500

CPC分类号： H04L12/2814 ,  G05B19/0426 ,  G05B2219/25057 ,  G05B2219/25083 ,  G05B2219/25092 ,  G05B2219/25324 ,  H04L12/2805 ,  H04L12/2809 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04L2012/2849 ,  H04L2012/285

摘要： A method and system for providing a user interface for a networked target device within a home audio/visual network. The DDI allows any DDI target to describe its physical appearance including controls and displays, etc., to a DDI controller. The controller can be a remote physical device or can be a software program resident on the same or separate device as the target. The controller interfaces with the target to obtain the DDI data and generates a user interface for the target including: 1) interactive controls; and 2) user display information pertinent to the target. The DDI allows the controller to trigger actions on the target as if a user had physically manipulated the controls of the target. The controller and the target are connected to the same communication network. A particular embodiment operates within the HAVi architecture. The controller communicates with the user by using the input and output devices of (typically) the device upon which the controller is executing. This communication can be done in a controller-implementation-dependent manner. The target can be a DCM that controls its device in a implementation-dependent manner. The controller may be written in a generic manner that does not need to be implemented with knowledge of a particular target in mind; all target-dependencies are represented in the DDI data provided by the target to the controller.

摘要翻译： 一种用于为家庭音频/视觉网络内的网络化目标设备提供用户界面的方法和系统。 DDI允许任何DDI目标将其物理外观（包括控制和显示等）描述到DDI控制器。 控制器可以是远程物理设备，也可以是驻留在与目标相同或不同的设备上的软件程序。 控制器与目标接口获取DDI数据，并为目标生成用户界面，包括：1）交互式控制; 和2）用户显示与目标有关的信息。 DDI允许控制器触发目标上的操作，就好像用户已经物理地操纵了目标的控制一样。 控制器和目标设备连接到同一个通信网络。 特定实施例在HAVi架构内操作。 控制器通过使用（通常）控制器正在执行的设备的输入和输出设备与用户进行通信。 该通信可以以控制器实现相关的方式完成。 目标可以是以依赖于实现的方式控制其设备的DCM。 控制器可以以通用的方式编写，不需要考虑到特定目标的知识来实现​​; 所有目标依赖关系在由目标提供给控制器的DDI数据中表示。

公开(公告)号：US06259707B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-10

申请号：US09183158

申请日：1998-10-30

申请人： Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams ,  Simon J. Gibbs ,  Arunachalam Balaraman ,  Neil David Matthews ,  Jon Fairhurst

发明人： Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams ,  Simon J. Gibbs ,  Arunachalam Balaraman ,  Neil David Matthews ,  Jon Fairhurst

IPC分类号： H04H104

CPC分类号： H04L12/2814 ,  H04L12/2805 ,  H04L12/2809 ,  H04L12/281 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04L2012/2849 ,  H04L2012/285

摘要： A method and system for communicating state information for a target consumer electronic device in a home network to multiple controller devices, where the controller devices are each implementing a controller software element that conforms to a different protocol than the other. The target consumer electronic device is represented within the home network by a target software element. A first controller software element conforming to a data driven interaction (DDI) protocol accesses the target software element. A second controller software element conforming to a protocol different from the DDI protocol concurrently accesses the target software element. The first controller software element and the second controller software element cause a change in state of the consumer electronic device. The target software element notifies the first controller software element and the second controller software element of the state information for the target consumer electronic device. The target software element notifies the first controller software element according to the DDI protocol and notifies the second controller software element according to the protocol different from the DDI protocol. The first controller software element and the second controller software element use the state information to manage their respective user interfaces such that consistency is maintained between the user interfaces.

摘要翻译： 一种用于将家庭网络中的目标消费电子设备的状态信息传送到多个控制器设备的方法和系统，其中控制器设备各自实现符合与另一个不同协议的控制器软件元件。 目标消费电子设备由目标软件元件在家庭网络内表示。 符合数据驱动交互（DDI）协议的第一个控制器软件元素访问目标软件元素。 符合不同于DDI协议的协议的第二个控制器软件元素同时访问目标软件元素。 第一控制器软件元件和第二控制器软件元件导致消费电子设备的状态改变。 目标软件单元向目标消费者电子设备的状态信息通知第一控制器软件元件和第二控制器软件元件。 目标软件单元根据DDI协议通知第一控制器软件元件，并根据不同于DDI协议的协议通知第二控制器软件元件。 第一控制器软件元件和第二控制器软件元件使用状态信息来管理其各自的用户界面，使得在用户界面之间保持一致性。

公开(公告)号：US08108898B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-31

申请号：US12721122

申请日：2010-03-10

申请人： Klaus Hofrichter ,  Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams ,  David Gabriel Gaxiola

发明人： Klaus Hofrichter ,  Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams ,  David Gabriel Gaxiola

IPC分类号： H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04L12/2814 ,  H04L12/2805 ,  H04L12/2809 ,  H04L12/2834 ,  H04L12/2836 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04L67/34 ,  H04L69/329 ,  H04L2012/285

摘要： A system and method is provided for identifying, accessing, and managing service applications for use with associated consumer electronic devices in a home network system. A client side process, executed by a client computing system in the home network system, operates in conjunction with a server side process executed by a server computing system that is coupled with the client computing system via the Internet. The client computing system is implemented by a gateway device coupled with each of the devices via the home network. The client side process includes the steps of: determining device ID information associated with at least one selected one of the consumer electronic devices in the home network system; determining a home network system configuration profile based at least on the device ID information; providing the home network system configuration profile to a selected server computing system via the Internet; downloading an application from the selected server computing system, the application being operative to provide a process associated with the selected electronic devices; and executing the downloaded application at the gateway device to provide a remote interactive process associated with the selected electronic devices.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于识别，访问和管理与家庭网络系统中的相关消费电子设备一起使用的服务应用的系统和方法。 由家庭网络系统中的客户端计算系统执行的客户端进程与由经由因特网与客户端计算系统耦合的服务器计算系统执行的服务器侧进程一起操作。 客户端计算系统由通过家庭网络与每个设备耦合的网关设备来实现。 客户端处理包括以下步骤：确定与家庭网络系统中的消费者电子设备中的至少一个选定的一个相关联的设备ID信息; 至少基于所述设备ID信息来确定家庭网络系统配置简档; 通过因特网将家庭网络系统配置简档提供给所选择的服务器计算系统; 从所选择的服务器计算系统下载应用程序，所述应用程序可操作以提供与所选择的电子设备相关联的过程; 以及在所述网关设备处​​执行下载的应用以提供与所选择的电子设备相关联的远程交互过程。

公开(公告)号：US20080255692A1

公开(公告)日：2008-10-16

申请号：US12214131

申请日：2008-06-16

申请人： Klaus Hofrichter ,  Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams ,  David Gabriel Gaxiola

发明人： Klaus Hofrichter ,  Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams ,  David Gabriel Gaxiola

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： H04L12/2814 ,  H04L12/2805 ,  H04L12/2809 ,  H04L12/2834 ,  H04L12/2836 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04L67/34 ,  H04L69/329 ,  H04L2012/285

摘要： A system and method is provided for identifying, accessing, and managing service applications for use with associated consumer electronic devices in a home network system. A client side process, executed by a client computing system in the home network system, operates in conjunction with a server side process executed by a server computing system that is coupled with the client computing system via the Internet. The client computing system is implemented by a gateway device coupled with each of the devices via the home network. The client side process includes the steps of: determining device ID information associated with at least one selected one of the consumer electronic devices in the home network system; determining a home network system configuration profile based at least on the device ID information; providing the home network system configuration profile to a selected server computing system via the Internet; downloading an application from the selected server computing system, the application being operative to provide a process associated with the selected electronic devices; and executing the downloaded application at the gateway device to provide a remote interactive process associated with the selected electronic devices.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于识别，访问和管理与家庭网络系统中的相关消费电子设备一起使用的服务应用的系统和方法。 由家庭网络系统中的客户端计算系统执行的客户端进程与由经由因特网与客户端计算系统耦合的服务器计算系统执行的服务器侧进程一起操作。 客户端计算系统由通过家庭网络与每个设备耦合的网关设备来实现。 客户端处理包括以下步骤：确定与家庭网络系统中的消费者电子设备中的至少一个选定的一个相关联的设备ID信息; 至少基于所述设备ID信息来确定家庭网络系统配置简档; 通过因特网将家庭网络系统配置简档提供给所选择的服务器计算系统; 从所选择的服务器计算系统下载应用程序，所述应用程序可操作以提供与所选择的电子设备相关联的过程; 以及在所述网关设备处​​执行下载的应用以提供与所选择的电子设备相关联的远程交互过程。

公开(公告)号：US08768844B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-01

申请号：US10960383

申请日：2004-10-06

申请人： Ravi Gauba ,  Curtis Ray Eubanks ,  Klaus Hofrichter ,  Annie Wang ,  Clement Lau ,  Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams

发明人： Ravi Gauba ,  Curtis Ray Eubanks ,  Klaus Hofrichter ,  Annie Wang ,  Clement Lau ,  Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams

IPC分类号： G06F21/00

CPC分类号： G11B27/105 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/42669 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/63345 ,  H04N21/8355 ,  H04N21/84

摘要： A personal video recorder (PVR) enables delivery of audio-visual content and associated metadata to storage devices. The PVR is configured to access a plurality of services using a plurality of storage modules. Each storage module is dedicated to a single designated content provider. One or more of the storage modules are removably coupled to the PVR. A disconnected storage module can be reconnected to another PVR different from the PVR from which the storage module was disconnected. Where authorization is required to access content stored on the storage module, authentication is performed each time the removable storage module is reconnected to a PVR.

摘要翻译： 个人视频录像机（PVR）能够将视听内容和相关元数据传送到存储设备。 PVR被配置为使用多个存储模块访问多个服务。 每个存储模块专用于单个指定的内容提供商。 一个或多个存储模块可移除地耦合到PVR。 断开的存储模块可以重新连接到与存储模块断开的PVR不同的另一个PVR。 当访问存储在存储模块上的内容需要授权时，每次将可移动存储模块重新连接到PVR时都执行认证。

公开(公告)号：US07271825B2

公开(公告)日：2007-09-18

申请号：US10982003

申请日：2004-11-04

申请人： Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams

发明人： Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams

IPC分类号： H04N7/14

CPC分类号： H04M3/42 ,  G10L19/00 ,  H04M2201/38 ,  H04M2201/50 ,  H04N7/147

摘要： A sending conversant uses a sending communication device to transmit voice and body state information over a communication network to a receiving communication device used by a receiving conversant. Model based rendering is used such that the model is transferred from the sending conversant to the receiving conversant along with the transmitted data. The sending device includes means for sensing the body state of the sending conversant, collected as body state measurements. The sending communication device also includes means for detecting speech uttered by the sending conversant, such as an audio microphone. The detected speech and body state measurements are encoded in a temporally synchronized manner and multiplexed into a communication signal which is transmitted to the receiving device.

摘要翻译： 发送会话者使用发送通信设备通过通信网络将语音和身体状态信息发送到接收用户使用的接收通信设备。 使用基于模型的呈现，使得模型与发送的数据一起被传送到接收熟练者。 发送装置包括用于感测发送会话者的身体状态的装置，作为身体状态测量被收集。 发送通信设备还包括用于检测诸如音频麦克风的发送会话者发出的语音的装置。 检测到的语音和身体状态测量以时间上同步的方式进行编码，并被复用到被发送到接收设备的通信信号中。

公开(公告)号：US07707606B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-27

申请号：US12214131

申请日：2008-06-16

申请人： Klaus Hofrichter ,  Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams ,  David Gabriel Gaxiola

发明人： Klaus Hofrichter ,  Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams ,  David Gabriel Gaxiola

IPC分类号： H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04L12/2814 ,  H04L12/2805 ,  H04L12/2809 ,  H04L12/2834 ,  H04L12/2836 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04L67/34 ,  H04L69/329 ,  H04L2012/285

摘要： A system and method is provided for identifying, accessing, and managing service applications for use with associated consumer electronic devices in a home network system. A client side process, executed by a client computing system in the home network system, operates in conjunction with a server side process executed by a server computing system that is coupled with the client computing system via the Internet. The client computing system is implemented by a gateway device coupled with each of the devices via the home network. The client side process includes the steps of: determining device ID information associated with at least one selected one of the consumer electronic devices in the home network system; determining a home network system configuration profile based at least on the device ID information; providing the home network system configuration profile to a selected server computing system via the Internet; downloading an application from the selected server computing system, the application being operative to provide a process associated with the selected electronic devices; and executing the downloaded application at the gateway device to provide a remote interactive process associated with the selected electronic devices.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于识别，访问和管理与家庭网络系统中的相关消费电子设备一起使用的服务应用的系统和方法。 由家庭网络系统中的客户端计算系统执行的客户端进程与由经由因特网与客户端计算系统耦合的服务器计算系统执行的服务器侧进程一起操作。 客户端计算系统由通过家庭网络与每个设备耦合的网关设备来实现。 客户端处理包括以下步骤：确定与家庭网络系统中的消费者电子设备中的至少一个选定的一个相关联的设备ID信息; 至少基于所述设备ID信息来确定家庭网络系统配置简档; 通过因特网将家庭网络系统配置简档提供给所选择的服务器计算系统; 从所选择的服务器计算系统下载应用程序，所述应用程序可操作以提供与所选择的电子设备相关联的过程; 以及在所述网关设备处​​执行下载的应用以提供与所选择的电子设备相关联的远程交互过程。

公开(公告)号：US20100191833A1

公开(公告)日：2010-07-29

申请号：US12721122

申请日：2010-03-10

申请人： Klaus Hofrichter ,  Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams ,  David Gabriel Gaxiola

发明人： Klaus Hofrichter ,  Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams ,  David Gabriel Gaxiola

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L12/2814 ,  H04L12/2805 ,  H04L12/2809 ,  H04L12/2834 ,  H04L12/2836 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/306 ,  H04L67/34 ,  H04L69/329 ,  H04L2012/285

摘要： A system and method is provided for identifying, accessing, and managing service applications for use with associated consumer electronic devices in a home network system. A client side process, executed by a client computing system in the home network system, operates in conjunction with a server side process executed by a server computing system that is coupled with the client computing system via the Internet. The client computing system is implemented by a gateway device coupled with each of the devices via the home network. The client side process includes the steps of: determining device ID information associated with at least one selected one of the consumer electronic devices in the home network system; determining a home network system configuration profile based at least on the device ID information; providing the home network system configuration profile to a selected server computing system via the Internet; downloading an application from the selected server computing system, the application being operative to provide a process associated with the selected electronic devices; and executing the downloaded application at the gateway device to provide a remote interactive process associated with the selected electronic devices.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于识别，访问和管理与家庭网络系统中的相关消费电子设备一起使用的服务应用的系统和方法。 由家庭网络系统中的客户端计算系统执行的客户端进程与由经由因特网与客户端计算系统耦合的服务器计算系统执行的服务器侧进程一起操作。 客户端计算系统由通过家庭网络与每个设备耦合的网关设备来实现。 客户端处理包括以下步骤：确定与家庭网络系统中的消费者电子设备中的至少一个选定的一个相关联的设备ID信息; 至少基于所述设备ID信息来确定家庭网络系统配置简档; 通过因特网将家庭网络系统配置简档提供给所选择的服务器计算系统; 从所选择的服务器计算系统下载应用程序，所述应用程序可操作以提供与所选择的电子设备相关联的过程; 以及在所述网关设备处​​执行下载的应用以提供与所选择的电子设备相关联的远程交互过程。

公开(公告)号：US07260597B1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-21

申请号：US09705478

申请日：2000-11-02

申请人： Klaus Hofrichter ,  Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams ,  David Gabriel Gaxiola

发明人： Klaus Hofrichter ,  Joseph Alexander Dara-Abrams ,  David Gabriel Gaxiola

IPC分类号： G06F11/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： H04L12/281 ,  H04L12/2803 ,  H04L12/2805 ,  H04L12/2818 ,  H04L12/2821 ,  H04L12/2825 ,  H04L12/2836 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L67/025 ,  H04L67/34 ,  H04L2012/2841 ,  H04L2012/2845 ,  H04L2012/285 ,  Y10S707/99942 ,  Y10S707/99943

摘要： A process is provided for identifying and managing support service applications associated with consumer electronic devices. The process is executed by a gateway device communicatively coupled with each of the electronic devices via a home network, the gateway device being operative to access the Internet and being communicatively coupled with a display unit. The process includes the steps of: determining device ID information associated with a selected one of the electronic devices for which a support service application is required; providing the device ID information to a selected server computing system via the Internet; downloading a support service application associated with the selected device from the selected server computing system; and executing the downloaded support service application at the gateway device to provide a remote interactive support service process for the selected device. The support service may include a remote interactive manual service providing educational instructions to a user of the home network system regarding operation of a selected device, a remote interactive maintenance/diagnostic service for instructing a home network system user in solving maintenance problems associated with a selected device, or a combination remote interactive manual/maintenance/diagnostic service.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于识别和管理与消费者电子设备相关联的支持服务应用的过程。 该过程由通过家庭网络与每个电子设备通信耦合的网关设备执行，网关设备可操作以访问因特网并且与显示单元通信地耦合。 该过程包括以下步骤：确定与需要支持服务应用的所选择的一个电子设备相关联的设备ID信息; 通过因特网向所选择的服务器计算系统提供设备ID信息; 从所选择的服务器计算系统下载与所选择的设备相关联的支持服务应用; 以及在所述网关设备处​​执行下载的支持服务应用以为所选择的设备提供远程交互式支持服务过程。 支持服务可以包括远程交互手动服务，向家庭网络系统的用户提供关于所选择的设备的操作的教育指令，远程交互式维护/诊断服务，用于指示家庭网络系统用户解决与所选择的设备相关联的维护问题 设备或组合远程交互式手动/维护/诊断服务。