Joseph A Zott

20080209487, Aug 28, 2008

Feb 12, 2008

12/069877

Robert Osann - Cupertino CA, US
Joseph A. Zott - Menlo Park CA, US
Samuel W. Beal - Mountain View CA, US

H04N 7/173

725109

Systems and methods are described for remote control of a media server computer from a controller device, typically a laptop computer, where remote operation of the media server, including the selection of videos and other digital media may be performed from the controller while normal TV programming (cable, satellite, or broadcast) is viewed on the TV. Other embodiments describe background operations performed on the controller device, the media server, or both, such that new videos may be located on the web or locally on the LAN while a current video is playing on the media server and viewed on the TV. Methods are also described for more reliably establishing network connections between the controller and media server, and systems and methods are described for implementing a multi-video display on the media server where videos to be displayed on the media server are displayed on and selected by a controller device.

20120150950, Jun 14, 2012

Feb 11, 2012

13/371419

Robert Osann, JR. - Cupertino CA, US
Joseph A. Zott - Menlo Park CA, US
Samuel W. Beal - Mountainview CA, US

G06F 15/16

709203

Systems and methods are described for remote control of a media server computer from a controller device, typically a laptop computer, where remote operation of the media server, including the selection of videos and other digital media may be performed from the controller while normal TV programming (cable, satellite, or broadcast) is viewed on the TV. Other embodiments describe background operations performed on the controller device, the media server, or both, such that new videos may be located on the web or locally on the LAN while a current video is playing on the media server and viewed on the TV. Methods are also described for more reliably establishing network connections between the controller and media server, and systems and methods are described for implementing a multi-video display on the media server where videos to be played on the media server are played on and selected by a controller device.