US RE49,766 E1
Apparatus and method for interfacing between A/V system and portable device
Min-Cheol Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Tai-ryong Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Kyung-soon Song, Seoul (KR); and You-jin Nam, Pyeongtaek-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/560,513.
Application 16/560,513 is a reissue of application No. 13/846,566, filed on Mar. 18, 2013, granted, now RE46302, issued on Feb. 7, 2017.
Application 13/846,566 is a reissue of application No. 11/585,988, filed on Oct. 25, 2006, granted, now 8,090,884, issued on Jan. 3, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2005-0113491 (KR), filed on Nov. 25, 2005; application No. 10-2005-0113492 (KR), filed on Nov. 25, 2005; and application No. 10-2006-0049566 (KR), filed on Jun. 1, 2006.
Int. Cl. G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01); G11B 20/00 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 20/10 (2013.01) [G11B 20/0021 (2013.01); G11B 20/00086 (2013.01)] 44 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
[ 40. An audio/video (A/V) system capable of controlling an external mobile electronic device as a source of audio and/or video output of the A/V system, the A/V system comprising:
a display;
an input unit;
an interface unit configured to:
transmit control information to the external mobile electronic device, and
receive decoded digital multimedia data from the external mobile electronic device;
a digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion unit configured to convert the received decoded digital multimedia data into an analog audio and/or video signal; and
a control unit configured to control the interface unit and the D/A conversion unit such that the received decoded digital multimedia data is converted into the analog signal as audio and/or video output of the A/V system,
wherein the control unit is configured to control the display to display a list of a plurality of multimedia files associated with the external mobile electronic device, and receive, through the input unit, a user input of selecting a multimedia file among the plurality of multimedia files of the list,
wherein the control information includes information of the selected multimedia file as requested from the A/V system and a play command as an operation command for controlling an operation on the selected multimedia file,
wherein, based on the control information, the A/V system is configured to receive, from the external mobile electronic device via the interface unit, play state information on an operational state associated with the operation, and decoded digital multimedia data generated by the external mobile electronic device in accordance with the play command, and the A/V system is configured to control the display to display the received play state information,
wherein the decoded digital multimedia data is digital data decoded by the external mobile electronic device.]