Multiprotocol control of networked home entertainment devices

• Main Author: Siebörger, David Robert
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Rhodes University 2004
• Subjects: Home entertainment systems; Home video systems
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006585

Networks will soon connect a wide range of computing devices within the home. Amongst those devices will be home entertainment devices. Remote control over the network will be a key application for networked entertainment devices, and requires a protocol for communication understood by both controller and controlled device. Devices capable of communication using multiple control protocols will be compatible with a wider range of controllers than those which implement only one control protocol. This work examines home networks and a number of control protocols. The implementations of the UPnP and AV/C protocols for an AV receiver are described. The issues involved in the concurrent use of multiple control protocols to control a device are considered, possible methods of concurrent control discussed, and a solution which simulates virtual copies of the device is implemented and tested.