Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogra – Application program interface
Reexamination Certificate
2004-11-23
2009-12-15
Sough, Hyung S (Department: 2194)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: interprogra
Application program interface
C719S321000, C719S327000, C345S001100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07634780
ABSTRACT:
Described is a system and method by which application programs running on a main computer system communicate with an auxiliary display device (such as a cell phone, pocket-sized computer, alarm clock, television, digital picture frame and so forth) to provide viewable information on the device, remote control capabilities, and notifications. Via API calls, programs provide information in the same format regardless of the device capabilities and/or the connection type. An auxiliary display platform converts the information into a format understood by a device driver, which then filters the information as desired for its particular hardware device before the information is communicated. Return communications return data such as status and user interaction with the displayed information. Software vendors may thus write code once to output information on auxiliary displays, while hardware manufacturers can have their devices work as auxiliary displays, with little or no modification to existing hardware.
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