US 11,711,589 B2
Method and apparatus for peripheral context management
Amudha Kaliamoorthi, Bangalore (IN); Prabhu Chawandi, Bangalore (IN); Karthikeyan Srinivasan, Bangalore (IN); Jihyun Park, Mountain View, CA (US); and Jun Seo Lee, Eyunggi-do (KR)
Assigned to NAGRAVISION S.A., Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne (CH)
Filed by NAGRAVISION S.A., Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne (CH)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/551,353.
Application 17/551,353 is a continuation of application No. 17/022,256, filed on Sep. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,240,565.
Application 17/022,256 is a continuation of application No. 15/294,727, filed on Oct. 15, 2016, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/274,095, filed on Dec. 31, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0174366 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/482 (2011.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/482 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); H04N 21/2223 (2013.01); H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/42224 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/42222 (2013.01); H04N 21/42228 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for modifying functionality of one or more devices, the method comprising:
obtaining, at a control device, first data over a network, the first data identifying first content active at a media device;
identifying, at the control device, one or more first control functions associated with the first content;
transmitting from the control device over the network, a notification that at least one of the one or more first control functions associated with the first content is unavailable in memory of the control device;
receiving over the network, the at least one of the one or more unavailable first control functions; and
updating a first portion of a graphical interface of a display on the control device to include one or more elements representing the received at least one of the one or more unavailable first control functions.