STREAMING AND GAMING UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROLLER
Disclosed is a universal remote controller for streaming multimedia content and gaming content to a multimedia device. The remote controller includes a display, a browser module to select the content or identification data associated with the content, a streaming module to arrange and stream the content, and a control module to control the streaming of the content and to control the multimedia device during the streaming. Also disclosed is a universal remote controller including a display area on the remote controller, an advertisement controller in communication with an advertisement platform to receive advertisements and to display them on the display area, and an event analyzer to analyze usage data of the universal remote controller and to provide events performed by a user of the remote controller to the advertisement controller. The advertisement controller defines requests to the advertisement platform as a function of the events.
1 . A universal remote controller for streaming multimedia content to a multimedia device, the remote controller comprising:
a display;
a browser module to select any one of a multimedia content or identification data associated with said multimedia content;
a streaming module to arrange and stream said multimedia content; and
a control module to control said streaming of said multimedia content and to control the multimedia device during said streaming.
2 . The universal remote controller according to claim 1 further comprising a communications module to allow said browser to retrieve said identification data from the Internet.
3 . The universal remote controller according to claim 1 further comprising a communication module to transfer any one of said multimedia content and said identification data to the multimedia device.
4 . The universal remote controller according to claim 1 wherein said identification data comprises an URL (uniform resource locator) address.
5 . A method of streaming multimedia content to a multimedia device, the method comprising:
storing in a remote controller any one of a multimedia content and identification data associated with said multimedia content; and
transferring to the multimedia device any one of said multimedia content and said identification data.
6 . The method according to claim 5 wherein said identification data comprises a URL address.
7 . The method according to claim 5 further comprising downloading said identification data from the Internet.
8 . The method according to claim 7 comprising streaming said multimedia content from the Internet to the multimedia device.
9 . The method according to claim 5 further comprising controlling the multimedia device with said remote controller while the multimedia content is streamed to the multimedia device.
10 . The method according to claim 5 further comprising transferring any one of said multimedia content and said identification data from said remote controller.
11 . A universal remote controller for streaming gaming content to a multimedia device, the remote controller comprising:
a display;
a browser module to select any one of a gaming content or identification data associated with said multimedia content;
a streaming module to arrange and stream said gaming content; and
a control module to control said streaming of said gaming content and to control the multimedia device during a gaming session.
12 . The universal remote controller according to claim 11 further comprising a communications module to allow said browser to retrieve said identification data from the Internet.
13 . The universal remote controller according to claim 11 further comprising a communication module to transfer any one of said gaming content and said identification data to the multimedia device.
14 . The universal remote controller according to claim 11 wherein said identification data comprises an URL (uniform resource locator) address.
15 . A method of streaming gaming content to a multimedia device, the method comprising:
storing in a remote controller any one of a gaming content and identification data associated with said gaming content; and
transferring to the multimedia device any one of said gaming content and said identification data.
16 . The method according to claim 15 wherein said identification data comprises a URL address.
17 . The method according to claim 15 further comprising downloading said identification data from the Internet.
18 . The method according to claim 17 comprising streaming said gaming content from the Internet to the multimedia device.
19 . The method according to claim 17 further comprising controlling the multimedia device with said remote controller while the gaming content is streamed to the multimedia device.
20 . The method according to claim 15 further comprising transferring any one of said gaming content and said identification data from said remote controller.
21 . A universal remote controller comprising:
a display area on said remote controller;
an advertisement controller in communication with an advertisement platform to receive advertisements and to display them on said display area; and
an event analyzer to analyze usage data of said universal remote controller and to provide events performed by a user of said remote controller to said advertisement controller,
said advertisement controller to define requests to said advertisement platform as a function of said events.
22 . The universal remote controller according to claim 21 and wherein said events are at least one of the following: accessing an appliance; adding a new appliance; if a number of test appliances were checked; if a number of buttons in said test appliances were checked; which appliance is accessed or detected; if the keyboard, mouse, gyroscope, or other input/output device was accessed; if there is content sharing; for televisions, which advertisements were shown successfully and unsuccessfully; and language changes, type of appliance, model of appliance, personal usage data collected including age and user location.
23 . The universal remote controller according to claim 21 wherein said advertisement controller in communication with said advertisement platform display advertisements on a multimedia device.