	US 11,943,517 B2
	Method and apparatus for remotely tuning channels using DLNA DMS service
Kerry Wayne Calvert, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Assigned to InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS, Paris (FR)
Appl. No. 13/995,334
Filed by Kerry Wayne Calvert, Indianapolis, IN (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 3, 2012, PCT No. PCT/US2012/020021 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 18, 2013, PCT Pub. No. WO2012/094279, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 12, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/429,550, filed on Jan. 4, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2013/0276043 A1, Oct. 17, 2013
Int. Cl. H04N 21/858 (2011.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01)

CPC H04N 21/8586 (2013.01) [H04L 12/2805 (2013.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.05); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/765 (2022.05)]

20 Claims

1. A method for controlling a media server connected to a network, comprising:

receiving, from a network operator, first guide information comprising tuning information associated with a plurality of media items;

receiving, from a content publishing service, second guide information associated with at least a media item of the plurality of media items;

transmitting, to a media client device connected to the network, third guide information based on the first guide information and the second guide information;

receiving a request, from the media client device connected to the network, to access a broadcast of a selected media item, wherein the media item is selected from the plurality of media items using the third guide information;

determining broadcast parameters for tuning to the broadcast of the selected media item, wherein the broadcast parameters include a broadcast frequency and a virtual channel number;

determining a command string representative of the broadcast parameters; and

transmitting the command string to the media client device, wherein a tuner of the media client device can be controlled to tune to a television channel corresponding to the broadcast parameters represented in the command string.