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`(12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT)
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`(19) World Intellectual Property Organization
`International Bureau
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`(43) International Publication Date
`30 June 2011 (30.06.2011)
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`(10) International Publication Number
`WO 2011/078879 Al
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`(51) International Patent Classification:
`G06F 3/00 (2006.01)
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`(21) International Application Number:
`PCT/US2010/003058
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`(22) International Filing Date:
`29 November 2010 (29.1 1.2010)
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`(30) Priority Data:
`61/283,423
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`2 December 2009 (02.12.2009)
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`GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, UG,
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`(54) Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING MEDIA CONTENT FROM A MOBILE DEVICE TO A HOME
`NETWORK
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`MEDIA
`CONTENT
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`(57) Abstract: A system and a method transfer media content from a mobile device to a home network. A media application on
`o the mobile device may be enabled to share media content with rendering devices in the home network. A user may enable and dis -
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`able transfer of the media content from the media application to a target rendering device. Further, the media application may indi
`cate visually the target rendering device and whether the media content is currently being transferred. Still further, the user may
`select a new target rendering device. Moreover, the media application may indicate network errors or other problems which may
`prevent the rendering of the media content and may enable the user to correct the network errors or the other problems.
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`SPECIFICATION
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`Title
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`SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING MEDIA CONTENT FROM A
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`MOBILE DEVICE TO A HOME NETWORK"
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`This application
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`claims the benefit
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`o f U.S. Provisional
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`Application
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`Serial No.: 61/283,423, filed December 2 , 2009.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`The present invention generally relates to a system and a
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`method for transferring
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`media content from a mobile device to a
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`home network.
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`More specifically,
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`the present invention relates
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`to a system and a method which enable a media application on the
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`mobile device to share media content with rendering devices in
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`the home network.
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`Known mobile devices may support media functions,
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`such as
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`creation, discovery,
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`organization,
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`management,
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`and/or playback
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`of media content
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`which may include video,
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`audio and/or image
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`content.
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`Examples
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`of mobile
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`devices
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`which
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`support
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`media
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`functions are portable music players, portable
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`video players,
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`portable gaming devices,
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`PDAs and mobile telephones.
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`Some o f
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`these devices may be classified
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`as general
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`computing
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`devices
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`which have operating systems and which allow the user to install
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`and
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`run
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`applications.
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`A mobile
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`device
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`may
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`support
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`media
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`functions using built-in functions o f the mobile device, built-
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`in applications
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`o f the mobile device, and/or other applications
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`which may include applications
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`installed b y the user.
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`Media home networking is gaining popularity.
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`A n increasing
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`number o f affordable
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`rendering
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`devices,
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`such as televisions,
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`stereos, gaming consoles, and digital photo frames, may support
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`home networking
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`standards,
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`such as the Universal
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`Plug and Play
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`(UPnP) Audio and Video
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`(AV)
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`standard
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`and the Digital
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`Living
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`Network
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`Alliance
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`(DLNA)
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`specifications.
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`Home
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`networking
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`standards
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`allow
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`the rendering
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`devices
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`to connect
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`to a home
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`network using a suitable connection, such a s IEEE 802.11, wired
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`Ethernet
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`cables,
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`or FireWire
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`(trademark o f Apple
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`Computer,
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`Inc.).
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`Rendering devices in the home network may discover, may
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`access and/or may play media content accessible using the home
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`network.
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`For example, accessible media content may reside on a
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`media server device, such as a UPnP AV MediaServer accessible
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`using the home network.
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`A network-capable rendering device may
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`present a user interface by which a user may discover,
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`may
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`select,
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`may render and/or may control the accessible
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`media
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`content using the rendering device.
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`Alternatively, an external
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`control point may be used to discover
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`and select the media
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`content for rendering on an available rendering device.
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`The
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`external control point may reside on a PC, a laptop computer, or
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`on a mobile
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`device,
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`such .as a PDA or a mobile
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`telephone.
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`Alternatively, the external control point may be a standalone
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`remote
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`control
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`device
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`capable
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`of communicating
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`with
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`media
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`servers and rendering devices in the home network.
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`The external
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`control point may communicate
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`with media server devices and
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`rendering devices in the home network using home networking
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`standards,
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`such
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`a s
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`the
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`UPnP
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`AV
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`standard,
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`the
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`DLNA
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`specifications, and other standard media networking protocols.
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`A mobile device with media functionality may connect to a
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`home network so that the media content, the applications,
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`and
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`the functions available on the mobile device may be used with
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`the rendering
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`devices
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`available
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`in the home network.
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`For
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`example, a user of a mobile phone may create photographs
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`or
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`videos using the camera
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`o f the mobile
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`phone.
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`Such user-
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`generated
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`media
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`content
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`may
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`be transferred
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`and/or
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`may
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`be
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`streamed from the mobile phone to the home network for rendering
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`on a network-capable television which may be available in the
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`home network.
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`Therefore,
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`the user .may experience the media
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`content using a video screen which is larger and has a higher
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`quality of rendering relative to the screen of the mobile phone.
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`A s another example, a user of a mobile device may have access to
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`music content which may be played back using the mobile device.
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`Such music content may be streamed from the mobile device to the
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`home network for rendering on a network-capable
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`stereo in the
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`home network.
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`Therefore, the user may render the music content
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`on a high quality stereo in the home instead of being limited to
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`playback using the mobile device.
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`The media content provided by a mobile device may include
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`local media content stored on the mobile device a s noted in the
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`two preceding
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`examples.
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`The media
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`content
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`provided
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`by the
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`mobile device may also include media content accessible
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`to the
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`mobile device which i s not locally stored on the mobile device.
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`For example, the media content may be streamed from the internet
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`using a media content service accessible to the mobile device.
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`The media
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`content
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`accessible
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`to the mobile
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`device
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`and not
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`locally stored on the mobile device may b e accessed
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`using a
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`service-specific
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`application
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`on the mobile
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`device
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`or a more
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`general application,
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`such as a mobile device web browser.
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`Three well-known
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`approaches
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`share media
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`content
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`from a
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`mobile device to a home network.
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`In the first approach, which
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`may be referred to as the "mobile-device-as-server"
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`approach,
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`the mobile
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`device
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`acts as a media
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`server which makes media
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`content available to other devices using the home network.
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`For
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`example, the mobile device may present itself as a standard UPnP
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`AV MediaServer.
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`Then, control points and rendering devices in
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`the home network may discover the media server and may use the
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`media server to access the local media content
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`stored on the
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`mobile device.
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`Various
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`mobile
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`phones
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`support
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`the "mobile-
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`device-as-server"
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`approach, such as, for example, the Nokia N95
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`(trademark
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`o f
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`Nokia
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`Corporation) ,
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`the
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`Samsung
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`i910
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`OMNIA
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`(trademark o f Samsung
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`Electronics
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`and the ..Sony
`Ericsson G705 (trademark of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
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`Co.,
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`Ltd.),
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`AB) .
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`The "mobile-device-as-server"
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`approach
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`allows the mobile
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`device to share media content stored on the mobile device with
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`other devices in the home network.
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`However, the "mobile-device-
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`as-server" approach does not allow the user to control the
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`rendering using the media functions, the applications
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`or the
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`user interface available
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`on the mobile
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`device.
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`The mobile
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`device merely acts a s a passive media server, and the user i s
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`limited to the user interfaces available on the external control
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`points and the rendering devices in the home network.
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`Such user
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`interfaces are necessarily generic, suitable for browsing and
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`using the content available on any generic media server in the
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`home network.
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`Thus, organization, management, manipulation, and
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`other special
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`features which may be provided
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`by the media
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`functions and the applications
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`of the mobile device are not
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`available and cannot be used in the "mobile-device-as-server"
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`approach.
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`In the second approach, which may be referred to a s the
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`"sharing application" approach, the mobile device may present a
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`special sharing
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`application
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`which
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`allows
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`the media
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`content
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`available on the mobile device to be directed
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`to rendering
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`devices in the home network under the control o f the special
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`sharing application.
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`For example, the Samsung i910 OMNIA phone
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`provides a built-in "Connected Home Application"
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`which allows
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`the user to browse and select media content available on the
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`phone, discover and select an appropriate rendering device in
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`the home network,
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`and
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`render
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`the
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`selected
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`content
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`on the
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`selected rendering device.
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`The "Connected Home application"
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`also presents controls by which the user of the mobile device
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`may
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`control
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`the
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`rendering
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`of the
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`selected
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`content
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`on the
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`selected rendering device using the mobile device.
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`A disadvantage
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`of the "sharing .application"
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`approach is
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`that the approach artificially separates the media experience on
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`the mobile device into two areas.
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`The user has various media
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`functions
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`and applications
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`by which
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`media
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`may
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`organized,
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`manipulated,
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`and
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`rendered
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`on the mobile
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`device.
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`However, these functions and applications
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`are unaware o f and
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`cannot use rendering
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`devices
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`and other
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`devices
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`in the home
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`network.
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`The user has the separate sharing application
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`which
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`allows the media
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`content
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`stored on the mobile
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`device
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`to be
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`rendered
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`by the
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`external
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`rendering
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`devices.
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`However,
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`the
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`sharing
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`application
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`cannot
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`use
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`the
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`creation,
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`manipulation,
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`organization,
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`or other
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`features
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`of the various
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`other media
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`functions and applications
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`which are available
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`on the mobile
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`device.
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`Further, the user may invest time and effort to learn
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`and become familiar with one or more of the media functions and
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`applications on the mobile device.
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`Then, the user must invest
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`additional time and effort to learn and become familiar with the
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`different user interface of the separate sharing application.
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`Such artificial separation o f the media experience is not ideal
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`for the user.
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`In the third approach,
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`which may be referred
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`to as the
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`media
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`"media
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`application
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`extension"
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`approach,
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`the
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`various
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`functions and applications
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`available on a mobile device may be
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`individually extended with home network sharing capabilities.
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`This approach
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`is followed
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`to some extent
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`by Nokia
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`N-Series
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`phones such a s the Nokia N95.
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`The built-in applications,
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`such
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`a s "Photos" or "Gallery" in such phones, expose a "Show Via Home
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`Network" function in the Options menu of the application.
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`This
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`function sends the media
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`content
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`viewed
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`or rendered
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`in the
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`application to a rendering
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`device in the home network.
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`The
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`"media application
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`extension"
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`approach i s an improvement
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`over
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`the "mobile-device-as-server"
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`and
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`the
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`"sharing
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`application"
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`approach because the user interface
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`of the familiar
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`built-in
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`media applications- may be used to access and select the m e d ia
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`content
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`if the
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`"Show
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`Via
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`Home
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`Network"
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`function
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`is used.
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`Moreover,
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`the user interface
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`of the familiar
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`built-in
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`media
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`applications may be used to control the rendering of the media
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`content on rendering devices in the home network if the "Show
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`Via Home Network" function is used.
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`The implementation
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`of the "media application
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`extension"
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`approach on current Nokia N-Series phones has disadvantages.
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`A
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`first disadvantage i s that the "Show Via Home Network" function
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`is hidden in the Options menu.
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`Therefore,
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`while using the
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`built-in media applications on a Nokia N-Series phone, the user
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`has no indication
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`that the home network
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`sharing function
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`is
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`available and no visible indication of the status of the home
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`network or the available rendering devices.
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`The user must open
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`the Options
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`menu
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`to discover
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`the
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`"Show
`
`Via
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`Home
`
`Network"
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`function, and the user must remember where the "Show Via Home
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`Network" function may be found if the Options menu is closed.
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`A second disadvantage
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`is that
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`the status
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`of the home
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`network
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`and
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`the
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`availability
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`of rendering
`
`devices
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`is not
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`displayed and i s not accessible until the user invokes the "Show
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`Via Home Network" function.
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`After invoking the "Show Via Home
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`Network" function, the user must wait a delay time while the
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`phone accesses
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`the home network
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`and discovers
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`the available
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`rendering devices for display in a rendering device selection
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`list.
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`The delay time may be significant; for example, the Nokia
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`N95 phone may
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`exhibit
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`a delay
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`time
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`of approximately
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`eight
`
`seconds.
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`After waiting the delay time, the user may select an
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`available rendering device from the rendering device selection
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`list.
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`After the user selects the rendering device, the media
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`content which the user views and/or renders in the application
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`is transferred
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`for display on the selected rendering device.
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`Further,
`
`the
`
`user
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`may
`
`use
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`the
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`familiar
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`controls
`
`and
`
`user
`
`interface of the application to select, organize, control and
`
`render the media..
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`The selected rendering device continues .to
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`render the media content including new media content which may
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`be selected by the user within the application.
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`However, the
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`application
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`and the mobile device
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`do not display
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`indication
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`o f the
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`external
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`rendering
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`o r the
`
`rendering
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`status.
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`Further,
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`the application
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`and the mobile
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`device
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`d o not display
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`a
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`visible
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`control
`
`t o deactivate
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`the external
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`rendering
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`function,
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`and the control
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`t o deactivate
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`the external
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`rendering
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`function
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`i s
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`hidden
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`in the Options
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`menu
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`o f the application.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
`
`The present
`
`invention
`
`generally
`
`relates
`
`t o a system
`
`and a
`
`method
`
`for transferring
`
`media
`
`content
`
`from a mobile
`
`device
`
`t o a
`
`home network.
`
`More
`
`specifically,
`
`the present
`
`invention
`
`relates
`
`a method
`
`which
`
`enables
`
`a media
`
`application
`
`o n
`
`t o a system
`
`and
`
`the mobile
`
`device
`
`t o share media
`
`content
`
`with
`
`rendering
`
`devices
`
`in the home
`
`network.
`
`The system
`
`and the method
`
`may
`
`provide
`
`a
`
`combination
`
`o f controls
`
`and indications
`
`which
`
`may enable
`
`a user
`
`t o use the media
`
`content
`
`in the home network.
`
`T o this end,
`
`in a n embodiment
`
`o f the present
`
`invention,
`
`a
`
`method
`
`for transferring
`
`media
`
`content
`
`from a mobile
`
`device
`
`t o a
`
`home
`
`network
`
`i s
`
`provided.
`
`The
`
`mobile
`
`device
`
`has
`
`a
`
`user
`
`the
`
`home
`
`network
`
`has
`
`rendering
`
`devices.
`
`The
`
`interface,
`
`and
`
`method
`
`has the steps
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`o f displaying
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`a media
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`transfer
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`control,
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`a
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`media
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`transfer
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`indication
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`and
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`a
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`renderer
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`selection
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`control/indication
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`concurrently
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`in the
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`user
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`interface
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`o f the
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`mobile
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`device
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`during
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`execution
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`o f a media
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`application
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`b y the
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`mobile
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`device;
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`identifying
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`first
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`media
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`content
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`using
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`the media
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`application;
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`identifying
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`a first target
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`rendering
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`device
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`o f the
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`rendering
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`devices
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`i n
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`the
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`home
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`network
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`wherein
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`the
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`renderer
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`the
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`first
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`target
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`selection
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`control/indication
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`identifies
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`rendering
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`device
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`t o a user o f the mobile
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`device;
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`accepting
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`user
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`input
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`on the user
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`interface
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`o f the mobile
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`device
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`which
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`selects
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`the media
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`transfer
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`control;
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`rendering
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`the first media
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`content
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`the first
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`target
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`rendering
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`device
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`in response
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`t o selection
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`o n
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`o f
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`the media
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`transfer
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`control;
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`and indicating
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`t o the user
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`o f the
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`mobile
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`device
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`that
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`the
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`first
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`target
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`rendering
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`device
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`i s
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`rendering
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`the
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`first
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`media
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`content
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`wherein
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`the
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`media
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`transfer
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`indication indicates to the user of the mobile device that the
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`first target rendering
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`device
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`is rendering
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`the first media
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`content .
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`In an embodiment, the method has the step of displaying
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`playback
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`controls,
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`the
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`media
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`transfer
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`control,
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`the
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`media
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`transfer
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`indication
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`and
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`the
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`renderer
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`selection
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`control/indication
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`concurrently
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`in the user interface of the
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`mobile device wherein the playback controls enable the user of
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`the mobile
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`device
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`to control
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`rendering
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`of the first media
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`content on the first target rendering device.
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`In an embodiment, the method has the step of displaying a
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`webpage in the user interface of the mobile device wherein the
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`first media content is identified
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`as internet media content
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`selected from the webpage by the user of the mobile device.
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`In an embodiment, the method has the step of obtaining the
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`first media content from a media server located in the home
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`network
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`in response to the selection
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`of the media transfer
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`control wherein the first target rendering device obtains the
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`first media content from the media server in response to the
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`selection
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`of the media
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`transfer
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`control without
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`the mobile
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`device transmitting the first media content to the first target
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`rendering device.
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`In an embodiment, the method has the step o f transmitting
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`the first media content from local storage on the mobile device
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`to the
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`first
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`target
`
`rendering
`
`device
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`in
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`response
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`to
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`the
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`selection of the media transfer control.
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`In an embodiment, the method has the step of transmitting
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`the first media content from a remote content provider connected
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`to the mobile device by a network which i s a different network
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`than the home network
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`wherein
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`the
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`remote
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`content
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`provider-
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`transmits the first media content to the mobile device using the
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`network and the mobile device transmits the first media content
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`to the first target rendering device using the home network in
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`response to the selection o f the media transfer control.
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`In an embodiment, the method has the step of graphically
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`connecting the media transfer control and the renderer selection
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`control/indication using the media transfer indication while the
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`first target rendering
`
`device i s rendering
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`the first media
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`content .
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`In an embodiment, the method has the step of automatically
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`identifying the first target rendering device from the rendering
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`devices in the home network in response to identification o f the
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`first media content wherein the mobile device identifies the
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`first target rendering device in response to the identification
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`of the first media content without selection of the first target
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`rendering device by the user after the identification
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`of the
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`first media
`
`content
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`and
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`further wherein
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`the
`
`first
`
`target
`
`rendering device has media capabilities which correspond to the
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`first media content.
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`In an embodiment, the method has the steps o f accepting a
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`series of user input events on the mobile device over a time
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`period wherein each of the user input events in the series cause
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`changes to a set
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`of media
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`content
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`selected
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`in
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`the media
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`application; and periodically updating a representation
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`of a
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`current target rendering device to reflect the changes to the
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`set of media content selected in the media application wherein
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`the
`
`renderer
`
`selection
`
`control/indication
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`displays
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`representation
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`of the
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`current
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`target
`
`rendering
`
`device
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`the
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`and
`
`further
`
`wherein
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`the
`
`representation
`
`o f
`
`the
`
`current
`
`target
`
`rendering device identifies the first target rendering device
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`when
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`the
`
`first
`
`media
`
`content
`
`i s
`
`selected
`
`in
`
`the
`
`media
`
`application.
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`In an embodiment, the method has the steps of identifying
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`a second target rendering device of the rendering devices in the
`
`home network wherein the renderer selection control/indication
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`identifies the second target rendering device to the user of the
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`mobile
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`device
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`before
`
`identification
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`of
`
`the
`
`first
`
`target
`
`rendering device wherein the first target rendering device and
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`the second target rendering device are both capable of rendering
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`the first media content; and detecting unavailability of the
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`second target rendering device wherein the mobile device detects
`
`the unavailability of the second target rendering device wherein
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`the renderer selection control/indication identifies the first
`
`target rendering device to the user in response to detection of
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`the unavailability of the second target rendering device.
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`In an embodiment, the media transfer control and the media
`
`transfer indication are a single functional element provided by
`
`the user interface o f the mobile device and further wherein the
`
`single functional element provides the media transfer control
`
`and the media transfer indication.
`
`In an embodiment, the media transfer control, the media
`
`transfer
`
`indication
`
`and
`
`the
`
`renderer
`
`selection
`
`control/indication are a single functional element provided by
`
`the user interface of the mobile device and further wherein a
`
`user of the mobile device uses a first invocation o f the single
`
`functional element to select the media transfer control and uses
`
`a second invocation of the single functional element to select
`
`the renderer
`
`selection
`
`control/indication
`
`wherein
`
`the
`
`user
`
`interface displays a list o f available rendering devices in the
`
`home network in response to selection of the renderer selection
`
`control/indication and further wherein the first invocation and
`
`the second invocation select the single functional element in
`
`different ways.
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`In an embodiment, the method has the step of replacing the
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`media transfer indication with an error indication in response
`
`to an error preventing the first target rendering device from
`
`rendering the first media content after selection o f the media
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`transfer control wherein the error indication indicates that the
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`first target rendering device cannot render the first media
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`content .
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`In an embodiment, the method has the step of replacing the
`
`renderer selection control/indication with error information in
`
`response to an error preventing
`
`the first target rendering
`
`device from rendering the first media content after selection of
`
`the
`
`media
`
`transfer
`
`control
`
`wherein
`
`the
`
`error
`
`information
`
`describes the error.
`
`In an embodiment, the method has the step o f replacing the
`
`media transfer control with an error correction control wherein
`
`selection o f the error correction control by user input in the
`
`user interface of the mobile device
`
`enables correction of an
`
`error
`
`preventing
`
`the
`
`first
`
`target
`
`rendering
`
`device
`
`from
`
`rendering the first media content.
`
`In an embodiment, the method has the step o f selecting the
`
`media transfer control on the mobile device after initiating
`
`rendering o f the
`
`first media
`
`content
`
`on the
`
`first
`
`target
`
`rendering device wherein selecting the media transfer control
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`after initiating rendering of the first media content on the
`
`first target rendering device discontinues
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`rendering of the
`
`first media content on the first target rendering device.
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`In another embodiment of the present invention, a method
`
`for transferring media content from a mobile device to a home
`
`network is provided.
`
`The mobile device has a user interface,
`
`and the home network has rendering devices.
`
`The method has the
`
`steps of displaying a media transfer control and a renderer
`
`selection control/indication concurrently in the user interface
`
`of the mobile device during execution of a media application by
`
`the
`
`mobile
`
`device
`
`wherein
`
`the
`
`renderer
`
`selection
`
`control/indication visually indicates a first target rendering
`
`device;
`
`identifying . the
`
`media
`
`content . using
`
`the . media
`
`application; accepting first user input in the user interface of
`
`the mobile device wherein the first user input selects the
`
`renderer selection
`
`control/indication;
`
`displaying
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`a list of
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`available rendering devices in the home network wherein the user
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`interface o f the mobile device displays the list in response to
`
`selection
`
`o f
`
`the
`
`renderer
`
`selection
`
`control/indication;
`
`accepting second user input in the user interface
`
`o f the mobile
`
`device wherein
`
`the second user input
`
`selects
`
`a second
`
`target
`
`rendering
`
`device from the list o f available
`
`rendering
`
`devices;
`
`and rendering
`
`the media content on the second target rendering
`
`device .
`
`In an embodiment,
`
`the method has the step o f indicating the
`
`rendering
`
`devices
`
`in
`
`the
`
`home
`
`network
`
`which
`
`have
`
`media
`
`capabilities
`
`which correspond
`
`to the media content wherein
`
`the
`
`list o f available
`
`rendering
`
`devices
`
`indicates
`
`the
`
`rendering
`
`devices
`
`in the home network which have the media
`
`capabilities
`
`which correspond
`
`to the media content.
`
`In an embodiment,
`
`the method has the step o f indicating
`
`the
`
`rendering
`
`devices
`
`in
`
`the
`
`home
`
`network
`
`which
`
`have
`
`media
`
`media
`
`content
`
`capabilities
`
`which
`
`do not
`
`correspond
`
`to
`
`the
`
`wherein the list o f available
`
`rendering
`
`devices
`
`indicates
`
`the
`
`rendering
`
`devices
`
`in the home network
`
`which
`
`do not have the
`
`media capabilities
`
`which correspond
`
`to the media content.
`
`In an embodiment,
`
`the method has the step o f automatically
`
`identifying the first target rendering device from the rendering
`
`devices
`
`in the
`
`home
`
`network
`
`before
`
`the
`
`renderer
`
`selection
`
`control/indication
`
`visually indicates the first target rendering
`
`device
`
`wherein
`
`the mobile
`
`device
`
`identifies
`
`the first target
`
`rendering device without selection o f the first target rendering
`
`device b y the user.
`
`In an
`
`embodiment,
`
`the
`
`media
`
`transfer
`
`control
`
`and
`
`the
`
`renderer
`
`selection
`
`control/indication
`
`are a single
`
`functional
`
`element provided b y the user interface
`
`o f the m o b i l e device and
`
`further wherein the single functional element provides the media
`
`transfer control and the renderer selection
`
`control/indication.
`
`In an embodiment,
`
`the method
`
`has the step o f providing
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`renderer setting controls with the list o f available rendering
`
`devices wherein the user interface of the mobile device displays
`
`the renderer setting controls in response to selection of the
`
`renderer selection control/indication
`
`and further wherein the
`
`renderer setting controls enable a user of the mobile device to
`
`establish
`
`settings
`
`associated
`
`with
`
`each
`
`of
`
`the
`
`available
`
`rendering
`
`devices
`
`wherein
`
`a
`
`user
`
`of
`
`the
`
`mobile
`
`device
`
`establishes the settings for the second target rendering device
`
`before the second user input and further wherein the second
`
`target rendering device implements the settings during rendering
`
`o f the media content.
`
`In an embodiment, the method has the step of changing the
`
`renderer selection control/indication
`
`from a first icon to a
`
`second icon in response to selection of the second rendering
`
`device wherein the second icon visually indicates the second
`
`target rendering device.
`
`In an embodiment, the method has the step of accepting
`
`third user input in the user interface of the mobile device
`
`wherein the third user input selects the media transfer control
`
`and further wherein the rendering of the media content on the
`
`second target rendering device i s initiated in response
`
`to
`
`selection of the media transfer control.
`
`In another embodiment of the present invention, a system
`
`for transferring media content to rendering devices in a home
`
`network using a mobile device is provided.
`
`The system has a
`
`media application executing on the mobile device wherein the
`
`media application enables a user to identify selected media
`
`content; a media transfer control which enables the user to
`
`identify a selected mode o f operation from a first mode of
`
`operation and a second mode of operation wherein the first mode
`
`o f operation transfers the selected media content to one or more
`
`o f the rendering devices in the home network and further wherein
`
`the second mode of operation does not transfer the selected
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`media content to any of the rendering devices in the home
`
`network; a media transfer indication which visually indicates
`
`the
`
`selected
`
`mode
`
`of operation;
`
`and
`
`a renderer
`
`selection
`
`control/indication which visually indicates a target rendering
`
`device from the rendering devices in the home network and which
`
`enables the user to change the target rendering device wherein
`
`the first mode of operation transfers the selected media content
`
`to the target rendering device.
`
`In an embodiment, the system has a user interface of the
`
`mobile device wherein the media transfer control,
`
`the media
`
`transfer
`
`indication,
`
`and
`
`the
`
`renderer
`
`selection
`
`control/indication
`
`are
`
`concurrently
`
`displayed
`
`in
`
`the
`
`user
`
`interface during execution of the media application.
`
`In an embodiment,
`
`the system has a plurality
`
`of media
`
`applications executable on the mobile device wherein each of the
`
`plurality o f media applications enables the user to identify the
`
`selected media content and further wherein each of the plurality
`
`of media applications provides the media transfer control, the
`
`media
`
`transfer
`
`indication
`
`and
`
`the
`
`renderer
`
`selection
`
`control/indication.
`
`In an embodiment, the media transfer control and the media
`
`transfer indication are a single functional element provided by
`
`the mobile device and further wherein the single functional
`
`element provides
`
`the media transfer
`
`control
`
`and the media
`
`transfer indication.
`
`In an embodiment, the media transfer indication and the
`
`renderer selection control/indication
`
`are a single functional
`
`element provided by the mobile device and further wherein the
`
`single functional element provides the media transfer indication
`
`and the renderer selection control/indication.
`
`In an embodiment, the media transfer control, the media
`
`transfer
`
`indication
`
`