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Data presentation from multiple sources using a wireless home entertainment hub

Data presentation from multiple sources using a wireless home entertainment hub description/claims

This application is continuation of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/470,862, entitled Data Presentation Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Sep. 7, 2006, Attorney Docket No. TPL-009-1, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

This application is related to co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/760,075, entitled Remote Control Operation Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Jun. 8, 2007, Attorney Docket No. TPL-009-9; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/760,119, entitled Audio Control Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Jun. 8, 2007, Attorney Docket No. TPL-009-10,U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/760,121, entitled Power Management Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Jun. 8, 2007, Attorney Docket, No. TPL-009-11,U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/930,414 entitled Device Registration Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Oct. 31, 2007, Attorney Docket No. TPL-009-12,U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/930,435 entitled Musical Instrument Mixer, filed Oct. 31, 2007, Attorney Docket No. TPL-009-13, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/470,872, entitled Control of Data Presentation using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Sep. 7, 2006, Attorney Docket No. TPL-009-2; U.S. application Ser. No. 11/470,895, entitled Control of Data Presentation from Multiple Sources using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Sep. 7, 2006, Attorney Docket No. TPL-009-4; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/535,211, entitled Device Registration using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Sep. 26, 2006, Attorney Docket No. TPL-009-5; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/535,216, entitled User Directed Device Registration using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Sep. 26, 2006, Attorney Docket No. TPL-009-6; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/535,232, entitled Source Device Change using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Sep. 26, 2006, Attorney Docket No. TPL-009-7, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/563,366 entitled Control of Access to Data Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Nov. 27, 2006, Attorney Docket No. TPL-009-8, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/563,486, entitled Inventory of Home Entertainment System Devices Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Nov. 27, 2006, Attorney Docket No. TPL-010-1, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/563,529, entitled Connecting a Legacy Device into a Home Entertainment System Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Nov. 27, 2006, Attorney Docket No. TPL-010-2; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/563,530 entitled Data Presentation in Multiple Zones Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Nov. 27, 2006, Attorney Docket No. TPL-010-3, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/563,503 entitled Control of Data Presentation in Multiple Zones Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Nov. 27, 2006, Attorney Docket No. TPL-010-4,U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/930,457 entitled Automatic Adjustment of Devices in a Home Entertainment System, filed Oct. 31, 2007, Attorney Docket No. TPL-010-5, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/930,470 entitled Device Control Using Multi-dimensional Motion Sensing and a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Oct. 31, 2007, Attorney Docket No. TPL-010-6, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/624,755, entitled Presentation of Data on Multiple Display Devices Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Jan. 19, 2007, Attorney Docket No. TPL-012-1, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/761,001, entitled Calibration of a Home Entertainment System Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Jun. 11, 2007, Attorney Docket No. TPL-012-2, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/761,008, entitled Presentation of Still Image Data on Display Devices Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Jun. 11, 2007, Attorney Docket No. TPL-012-3, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/761,011, entitled Data Presentation by User Movement in Multiple Zones Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Jun. 11, 2007, Attorney Docket No. TPL-012-4, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/930,482, entitled VoIP Interface Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub, filed Oct. 31, 2007, Attorney Docket No. TPL-012-5, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.

The following detailed description will be better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings, in which there is shown one or more of the multiple embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood, however, that the various embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings.

In the Drawings:

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of a home entertainment system according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a use-case diagram of a wireless home entertainment hub in accordance with the home entertainment system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram of user-initiated automatic registration in accordance with the home entertainment system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram of manual device registration in accordance with the home entertainment system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram of source activation in accordance with the home entertainment system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram of direct source to sink transmission of data within the home entertainment system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram of transmission of data directed by the wireless home entertainment hub within the home entertainment system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram of operation of a remote control in accordance with the wireless home entertainment system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a system diagram of an audio/visual receiver used to connect speakers to the wireless home entertainment hub of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 10 is a system diagram of a wireless network interface box used to connect non-wireless enabled devices to the wireless home entertainment hub of FIG. 1.

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