MXPA05011867A - System and method for communicating with a display device via a network - Google Patents

Abstract

A system (100) and corresponding methods are provided for enabling communication with an electronic apparatus via a network. The system comprise

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING WITH A DEPLOYMENT DEVICE THROUGH THE NETWORK FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to communication with an electronic device and more particularly, to a system and method for communicating with a device for displaying video through the network.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Electronic devices such as video display devices can be controlled through a computer through a network connection. Adjustments such as volume change or color alignment are no longer carried out when adjusting a knob on the video display device, such as a television, rather they are carried out in digital form when interfacing with a menu on the screen of the video display device or through an infrared remote. The introduction of computer-controlled video deployment devices has improved the functions and capabilities of modern video deployment devices. For example, computer-controlled video display devices can be diagnosed electronically for service or repair, subjected to automated and controlled testing to perform a variety of functions. In addition, these video display devices can be connected together through a local area network (LAN) with the use of network protocols such as Ethernet, a control ring, an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM); etc. In order to carry out the desired function, such as the service or tests on a computer-controlled video display device, manufacturers of video display devices and service providers have developed various communication techniques to perform such functions. operations. Typically, these techniques require a computer and an infrared transmitter, which are used by the service technician, to communicate with the computer-controlled video display device. The communication channel between the computer and the video display device is sometimes carried out over an Ethernet connection. For security reasons, however, the computer-controlled video display device will typically only allow access to a computer that is compatible with the video display device, which prevents an unauthorized user from gaining access to the device. of video deployment. In order to communicate with the video deployment device through the computer, the service technician who knows the IP address of the video deployment device and its port reconfigures the IP address and port on his computer. This process is somewhat prohibitive due to the lack of knowledge of the network by the service technician and the proliferation of operating systems that impede the ability to automate the configuration and restoration of the IP address of the computer. In addition, communication techniques prevent the service technician from communicating with more than one video deployment device at a time over the network. Accordingly, there is a need for a system and method for communicating with one or more electronic devices, such as a video deployment device, through the network where the service technician does not need an exhaustive knowledge of the environments of network.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for communicating with an electronic device through the network is presented. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a communication comprising the identification parameters associated with a computer, wherein the communication is compatible with the communication protocol of a first electronic device, transmitting a request to establish communication with the computer associated with the identification parameters received, where the request is transmitted through the network; receive a response to the request, where the response attempts to establish communication between the computer and the first electronic device, where the response is transmitted through the network; and validate the response to the request to ensure that the computer with which the request was transmitted to establish the communication, is the computer associated with the identification parameters received. Also, a system for implementing the described method is described. In another embodiment of the present invention, a method for communicating with a media server for receiving media objects based on the properties of a deployment device is described. The method determines the type of deployment technology used for a deployment device, whereby the deployment device receives a media object that is optimized for visual reproduction for that deployment device. Deployment devices with different deployment technologies receive different media objects generated from the same source material.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention will be better understood in accordance with the following exemplary Figures, wherein: Figure 1 is a block diagram of a system for communicating with an electronic apparatus in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is a block diagram of a personal computer (PC) for use with the present invention. Figure 3 is a block diagram of a control system of a video display device for use with the present invention. Figure 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of a system for communicating with a video display device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 5 is a flow diagram showing the operation of a system for communicating with a video display device depending on the properties of the video display device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION As used herein, the term "media object" includes audio, video, text, multimedia data and current media files. Multimedia objects comprise any combination of text, image, audio and video data. Streaming media includes audio, video, multimedia, text, and interactive data files that are delivered to a user through the Internet, satellite, or other communications network environment and begin to play on the computer / user's device before the complete file delivery is completed. Media objects can be transmitted over any communications network including the Internet, satellite (digital satellite system, digital video satellite system), cable, DSL, T1 lines, wireless networks, or other delivery systems with the capability of deliver media objects. Examples of the content of media objects include songs, political speeches, news broadcasts, movie clips, movies, television show transmissions, radio broadcasts, financial conference calls, live concerts, network-based broadcasts, and other special events. Media objects are encoded in various formats including REALAUDIO®, REALVIDEO®, REALMEDIA®, APPLE QUICKTIME®, MICROSOFT WINDOWS®, MEDIA FORMAT, QUICKTIME®, MPEG-2 VIDEO COMPRESSION (MOTION P1CTURES EXPERTS GROUP), AUDIO COMPRESSION AND / O VIDEO MPEG-4, JOINT VIDEO TEAM COMPRESSION FORMAT (MPEG-4 part 10 AVC H.264), MPEG-2 LAYER III AUDIO, MP3®. Typically, media objects are designated with extensions (suffixes) that indicate compatibility with specific formats. For example, media objects (for example audio and video files) that end in one of the .ram, .rm, .rpm extensions are compatible with the REALMEDIA® format. Some examples of the extensions and their compatible formats are listed in Table 1. A more comprehensive list of compatible media types, extensions and formats can be found at http: // www .bowers, cc / extens i ons2.htm TABLE 1 The preferred embodiment of the invention operates with media objects that contain video data to present a presentation > _ of video of "quality close to cinematographic films". Such media objects can be encoded in a variety of formats such as MPEG-2 (Motion Picture Standards Group Standard ISO / IEC 13818-1: 2000) and ITU-T H.264 / MPEG AVC (ISO / IEC 14496-10), or they may be uncompressed. It should be noted that the invention also operates with broadcast programming as used by the advanced television system (ATSC) or digital video (DVB) transmissions compatible with video signals. Figure is a block diagram of a system 100 for communicating with an electronic apparatus in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the system 100 includes, inter alia, a personal computer (PC), electronic devices, for example, video display device 120a, b, ... k, an infrared transmitter 140 and a media server 170. The PC 170 and the video display devices 120a, b, .. k are connected together on the local area network (LAN) 130 through a pair of connection means 150, 160a, b, ... k, and a connection means 180. The PC 110 can be a portable or desktop computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), etc., with the ability to communicate with the video deployment devices 120a, b, ..., k, with the use of a communication protocol as a proprietary or factory defined protocol that has the ability to support a feature set of one of the video display devices 120a, b, ..., k. The video display devices 120a, b, ..., k can be a digital video display device having enhanced definition television (EDTV) capabilities, and a high definition video television (HDTV), and displays of plasma, liquid crystal, organic light emitter, or a cathode ray tube (CRT). The video display devices 120a, b, ..., k also have the ability to communicate with a device such as a PC 110 and a transmitter 140 IR through external interfaces, such as an interface menu in the display devices of video 120a, b, ..., k, connection means 150, 160a, b, ... ko an infrared receiver. The transmitter 140 IR can be a common video display device remote control as a universal remote control having infrared transmission capabilities. The video display devices 120a, b, ..., k preferably also have the ability to decode media objects received with the use of a media player application such as REALPLAYER or WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER. It should be understood that although the electronic apparatus of Figure 1 is illustrated as one of several video display device 120a, bk, the electronic apparatus may be any of a number of network devices such as a satellite receiver, a satellite digital video disc (DVD), stereo, etc., another personal computer, a transcoder and that are connected over the network and have access through a client-server or a device architecture attached to the attached device. The LAN 130 can use network protocols such as Ethernet, which uses a standard of 10BaseT, 100BaseT or lOOOBaset, a control ring, an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), etc. or any other network protocol that allows the automatic configuration and restoration of the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the video deployment device. The connecting means 150, 160a, b, ... k and a connecting means 180 can be a pair of twisted cables with the ability to connect the PC 110 and the video display devices 120a, b, ..., k, for example, an Ethernet network. The connection means 150, 160a, b, ... k and the connection means 180 can also be terminated with RJ_45 type Ethernet connectors, although other connectors can be used.

It is also contemplated that the connection means 150 and 180 be a connection to the LAN 130 through the use of a network frame, such as the Internet. The use of a network frame can be any network known in the art. Preferably, such a network has the ability to accommodate multiple connections between the resources on one side of the server of the server and the customer side of the client, such as connections based on UDP, based on TCP / IP, or a mixture of both . The bandwidth accommodated by the network 150 is preferably a high-bandwidth connection, such as a T1 connection (1.5 Megabits per second, Mbps), a T3 connection (45 Mbps), a DS3 connection (45 Mbps), an OC3 connection (155 Mbps), an OC 12 connection (248000 Mbps) and its like. The media server 170 is a storage device, such as a hard disk interface having a capacity in Terabytes and / or Gigabytes, with the ability to store multiple media objects. The media server 170 also has the capability to deliver such media objects to the display devices 120a ... ka via the connection means 180 through the LAN 130. Figure 2 is a block diagram of a PC 200 for use with the present invention. The PC 200 can be used in place or together with the PC 110 of Figure 1. The PC 200 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 210 and a memory 220, and is connected to an input 230 and an output 240 through of a data bus 250. The memory 220 includes a random access memory 260 (RAM) and a read-only memory 270 (ROM). The memory 220 may also include a database, a hard disk, a tape drive, etc. or a combination thereof. The RAM 260 functions as a data memory that stores data used during the execution of a program in the CPU 210 and is used as the work area. The ROM 270 functions as a program memory for storing a program executed on the CPU 210. The input 230 is constituted by a keyboard, a mouse, a connection means, an input device, etc., and the output 240 is constituted by a liquid crystal display (LCD), a CRT display, a printer, connection means, etc. It should be understood that CPU 210 and memory 220 include data associated with communication through a number of communication protocols used by an electronic device, for example, video display devices 120a, b, ..., k of Figure 1. The data associated with communication with the video display devices 120a, b, ..., k includes, inter alia, identification parameters such as the IP address of the PC 200, the port and the password. In addition, the PC 200 includes software associated with its memory 220 to provide the service technicians with a method to diagnose and repair the video display devices 120a, b, ..., k. This software can be of any type used by service technicians, such as CHIPPER CHECK ™ available from Thomson, to service and diagnose problems in video deployment devices. Figure 3 is a block diagram of a control system of a video display device 300 for use with the present invention. The control system 300 includes, inter alia, a microprocessor 310 (μP), a read-only, programmable, electrically erasable (EEPROM) memory 320 and output devices 340. The microprocessor 310, the EEPROM 320 and the output devices 340 communicate with each other through the data bus 350. One input 360 connects to the microprocessor 310 and, the rear end processor 330 is connected to the data bus 350. The microprocessor 310 communicates with the output devices 340 as light-emitting diodes (LEDs), digital video interfaces (e.g., a high-definition multimedia (HDMI) 1394 input), infrared transmitters, etc, and with the rear end processor 330 for controlling a digital video display device such as the video display devices 120a, b, ..., k of Figure 1. The microprocessor 310 also communicates with the processor Rear end 330 to perform a back end processing as a video processing, and the rear end processor 330 is coupled to the output device 340 to control, for example, the display parameters and to improve the quality of the display. video. The microprocessor 310 also receives an input 360 from the source panel of the video display device, the remote control, the EEPROM 320 and any of the devices that are connected to the data bus 350. The EEPROM 320 stores values used by the microprocessor to control one of the video display devices 120a, b, ..., k. These values may include, for example, alignment information, initialization signals and customer information. The exemplary customer information may include a channel scan list, color levels, brightness and volume. The EEPROM 320 includes information such as the values associated with one of the video display devices 120a, b, ..., k that were stored in the EEPROM 320 when one of the video display devices 120a, b was manufactured, ..., k. The EEPROM 320 also has the ability to have written information from an external device such as the PC 110 or the infrared transmitter 140. Thus, for example, the EEPROM 320 may store the identification parameters written from the PC 110. These parameters may include the IP address and port of the PC 110, which allows the PC 110 to communicate with one of the devices of video display 120a, b k. Once the PC 110 is in communication with one of the video display devices 120a, b, ..., k, the test and service software of the PC 110 sends commands to one of the video deployment devices 120a , b, ..., k to perform a number of operations on one of the video display devices 120a, b, ..., k.

Figure 4 is a flowchart showing operation 400 of a system for communicating with a video display device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 4, the service technician transmits a communication, for example, to a video display device 120a of Figure 1 (step 410). The communication is transmitted, for example, by the transmitter 140 IR of Figure 1. It should be understood that the communication can also be transmitted to the video display device 120a by having access to a menu of interface on the display of the deployment device. 120a video and enter the communication. The communication includes parameters associated with the identification of the PC, for example, PC 110 of Figure 1 with the video display device 120a. These parameters include, inter alia, the IP address and port of the PC 110. It should be understood that the communication is transmitted through a factory defined protocol or a proprietary protocol that is compatible with the video display device 120a. After the communication is transmitted, it is received by the video display device 120a (step 420). An infrared receiver located in the video display device 120a receives this communication. After receiving the communication, the video display device 120a stores the identification parameters associated with communication in the memory, such as the EEPROM 320 of Figure 3 (step 430). This occurs because the communication is transmitted through a protocol used by the video display device 120a that is considered safe to communicate and thus allow the data associated with the communication to be stored. Once the identification parameters, including the IP address and port of the PC 110, are stored in the memory of the video display device 120a, the video display device 120a transmits a signal to the PC 110 (in the port specified in the communication of step 410) in an effort to establish communication between the video display device 120a and the PC 110 (step 440). In other words, the video display device 120a attempts to complete an initial agreement with the PC 110 by transmitting a message through an initial agreement protocol that tells the PC 110 that it has received the identification information of the PC 110 and It is ready to receive another communication from the PC 110. After receiving the request from the video deployment device 120a to establish another communication, the PC 110 responds to the request by transmitting a communication indicating that it is the device with which it is due. communicating (step 450) the video deployment device 120a, which completes the initial agreement. This initial agreement ensures that the video display device 120a and the PC 110 are connected to each other and not to an imposter or unauthorized user, and it is possible because the IP address and port of the PC 110 were programmed inside. of the memory of the video display device 120a by the service technician in step 410. It should be understood that in this configuration, the video display device 120a functions as the client and the PC 110 functions as a remote server in the client-server software architecture. After a secure communication channel is established between the video display device 120a and the PC 110, the PC 110 can then communicate with the video display device 120a to perform the desired function in the display device video related to for example, service or testing (step 460). The function to be carried out may be one of color, geometry, video, stereo adjustment or an image-in-picture (PIP) alignment or an adjustment in various calibration values associated with the image quality, etc. In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, PC 110 of Figure 1 can communicate with more than one electronic device, such as video display devices 120a, b, ..., k. This is achieved by transmitting the IP address and port of the PC 110, for example, to the video display device 120b, when the PC 110 is in communication with the video display device 120a (when performing the same or similar process to that described above in steps 410-450 of Figure 4). In order to achieve this, the PC 110 allocates a different port on the video display device 120b. Once steps 410-450 are completed, the PC 110 can begin to perform the desired function in the video display device 120b, while performing the desired functions in the video display device 120a. When functions are performed on more than one video display device, the PC 110 may have separate windows for each video display device in one output as an LCD display. It should be understood that the IP address and port of the PC 110 (for the video display device 120b) can be transmitted to the video display device 120b at the same time as the IP address and port of the PC 110 are transmitted. (for him video display device 120a) to the video display device 120a. This is why the service technician is allowed to connect and then communicate with more than one video deployment device simultaneously. When communicating with more than one deployment device video, the PC 110 offers flexibility to the service technician, since they are not limited to carry out functions in a video display device in a while. In addition, by having control of more than one of the video deployment devices or the electronic device, a service technician and / or an authorized user of the The present invention can, for example, turn off or turn on the multiple video display device, change channels, volume, etc., or see for example, the same film in several DVD players. In an alternative variant of the present invention, the . Computer identification information can be transmitted wirelessly from a transmitter with the use of Bluetooth, and wireless transmission technologies from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 or Infrared Data Association (IrDA). Figure 5 is a flow chart describing a method 500 to communicate with a video display device to receive a media object depending on the properties of the video display device. Specifically, it should be recognized that with the development of video deployment device technologies, such as OLED; Plasma, LCD and the like, there may be variations when playing the media service on the deployment device. For example, a media service encoded with an MPEG-2 video codec may be of a cinematic film quality when deployed on a CRT display device may be blurred when played back on a video device. OLED deployment. The cause of the problem given in the previous example relates to the coding methodology used to encode a media service. Typically, the encoders use compression techniques that reduce the size of the media object encoded from the original source material. For example, an MPEG-2 based encoder achieves a 40 to 50: 1 compression type when used to encode the video-based source material. Part of the compression takes advantage of the techniques known as psychometric functions that are related to the way in which humans perceive media objects in visual and auditory form, where a percentage of data can be eliminated from the source material without the person perceiving the loss of such data. The development of MPEG-2 and coding techniques are developed with tests on people in order to determine the visual and auditory information that needs to be preserved and what can be eliminated from the source material, see Recommendation ITU BT.500-8" Methodology for Subjective Assessment of the Quality of Television Pictures ", 1998, for the antecedents of tests in human visual perception. Also, with the development of new deployment technologies, a human is only able to observe artifacts due to the selected coding technique (for example, in an OLED deployment device) that will not be apparent in a second deployment device (a deployment). CRT). To continue with the present example, it may be the case that the human observes artifacts of the macroblocks used for the MPEG-2 encoded video in an OLED display device that would not necessarily be apparent to the human in a CRT. This is because the underlying physical properties of the deployment device technology used to play a video image. Therefore, the screen renewal techniques for the CRT may be better at hiding such MPEG-2 artifacts than the screen renewal techniques for the OLED display device.

In recognizing these deficiencies of human perception, the present invention sets forth an architecture for delivering media objects in a coding format optimized for the display device used to reproduce such media object. For an illustrative embodiment of the present invention with reference to Figure 1, the video display device 120a represents a video display device based on CRT and a video display device 120b is an OLED display device. Both display devices connect to the media server 170 via the connection means 180. In step 510, the deployment device 120a requests a media object from the media server 170. For example, the request for a media object is for film that is delivered through video in a demand system or a media object delivered as a current medium through the Internet. The media server 170 receives this request, in step 520, and determines the capabilities of the deployment device 120a. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the display device 120a transmits the identification parameters as part of the device parameters that identify the technology of the display device used for that device when a media service is reproduced. For example, the deployment device 120a transmits metadata identifying the display device as a CRT-based television. Table II presents an exemplary modality of the metadata field DEVICEPLANK and the corresponding values that can be used to identify the deployment device technology with the use of an Extensible Brand Language format. For example, metadata received as < DEVICEPLANK > CRT < / DISPOSITIVODESPLLEGUE > represent a CRT based on the deployment device technology. Other metadata formats may be used in accordance with the principles of the present invention. TABLE 2 Alternatively, based on the request by the deployment device 120a for a media object, the IP and / or port address of the deployment device 120a is transmitted as part of the request. The media server 170, preferably, has a database containing information identifying the technology used to identify the deployment device by the IP address and / or by the port address information that is part of the request. This information can be entered by the user and stored by the media server 170 when the deployment device is registered through a network connection. Step 530 represents an optional step, wherein the deployment device 120a communicates the identification parameters to the media server 170. The communication is typically in response to an interrogation made by the media server 170 requesting the deployment technology used for the deployment device. Preferably, this communication of the identification parameters is similar to the metadata presented in Table 2, although other formats of identification parameters can be used. In response to the identification parameters received by the media server 170, in step 540 the media server communicates a media object to a video deployment 120a corresponding to the deployment technology used for the deployment device. In the preferred embodiment, the media server 170 uses query table or database entry designating the deployment technology for a coding technique that has been predefined as producing an optimal video image for the deployment device technology. . For example, for a CRT it can be determined that the MPEG-2 encoded media object produces an optimal video presentation compared to an OLED display where a media object encoded as Windows Media 9 can produce an optimal video presentation. You can select any encoding format, in accordance with the determinations made by the operator of the media server 170. These determinations may change as new coding techniques are created, with improvements in deployment device technologies. In the preferred embodiment, the media server 170 stores multiple versions of the same source material as the media media objects encoded in different formats. In the present example, the media server 170 will store the source material of a movie as a media object encoded in the MPEG-2 format and a media object encoded in the Windows Media 9 format. Alternatively, the server 170 means will encode the same source material of a media object in an appropriate format in real time or near real time with the use of an encoder in accordance with the encoding format designated for the deployment technology as described above.

The media server 170 then transmits the media object encoded in MPEG-2 to a deployment device 120a that is designated as a CRT, for this example. The media object is transmitted through a connection means 180 and the LAN 130 to the deployment device 120a. When the deployment device 120a requests the same movie, the media server 170 will transmit the media object encoded in Windows Media 9 to the OLED-based deployment device, as specified above. Other coding formats and deployment devices may be considered in accordance with the present invention. In addition, for each format of a media object, the visual attributes of the source material used to generate a media object will be modified to produce an optimal video image for a specific deployment technology. The visual attributes that can be modified include color, tint, contrast, hue, saturation, brightness, frame rate, lines per field, pixels and their like. The visual attributes are selected and modified according to the parameters determined by the experience to provide an optimal video on a deployment device for a particular technology. In step 550, the display device that receives the media object plays the object as video. In the present example, each display device has a decoder with the ability to decode a received media service. Therefore, the deployment device 120a having an MPEG-2 video decoder and a deployment device 120b has a Windows Media 9 decoder. The decoder for the display device must be selected in accordance with the format of the devices. media objects to be decoded by the deployment device. In the alternative embodiment of the present invention, the sub-channels or "minor" channels of a multi-broadcast digital transmission may be used to transmit multiple versions of a media object as it is used for a television system based on DVB or ATSC. Specifically, a sub-channel for a digital transmission system can be designed to carry programs for a device for deploying a first technology and use a second sub-channel to carry programs for a second technology deployment device, wherein the Media object is generated from the same source material. For example, a program transmitted in a first sub-channel may have gamma values of the color of the programming to be modified for display in a plasma device compared to a program carried in a second sub-channel where the programming may be corrected of color for display on an LCD screen. Other programming attributes can be modified in accordance with the principles of the present invention. It should be understood that the present invention can be implemented in various forms of hardware, software, special purpose processors or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the present invention can be implemented in software as an application program embodied tangibly in a program storage device. The application program can be loaded and executed by a machine comprising any appropriate architecture. Also, it should be understood that because some system components and method steps illustrated in the accompanying Figures can be implemented in software, the actual connections between the system components (or process steps) may differ depending on the manner in which they are implemented. the present invention is programmed. Given the teachings of the present invention provided herein, those skilled in the art will be able to contemplate these and other similar implementations or configurations of the present invention.

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1. A method for communicating with an electronic device through a network, the method comprising: receiving a communication (420) comprising identification parameters associated with a computer, wherein the communication is compatible with a communication protocol of a first electronic device; transmitting a request (440) to establish communication with the associated computer with the identification parameters received, wherein the request is transmitted through the network; receive a response to the request, where the response attempts to establish communication between the computer and the first electronic device, where the response is transmitted through the network; and validating the response (450) of the request to ensure that the computer to which the request for communication was transmitted is the computer associated with the identification parameters received.

The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the request to establish communication between the computer and the first electronic device is transmitted from the first electronic device with which communication is desired.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the first electronic device uses a communication protocol defined in the factory.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the identification parameters associated with the computer comprise an IP address and the port of the computer.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: storing the identification parameters (430) associated with the computer in a memory of the first electronic device.

6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises: receiving a command from the computer (460), wherein the command is associated with carrying out a desired function in the first electronic device.

The method according to claim 6, characterized in that the desired function is associated with one of service, testing and control of the first electronic device.

8. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the network is an Ethernet network.

9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises: receiving a communication comprising the identification parameters associated with the computer, wherein the communication is compatible with a communication protocol of a second electronic device; transmit a request to establish communication with a computer associated with the identification parameters received, wherein the request is transmitted through the network; receive a response to the request, where the response attempts to establish communication between the computer and the first electronic device, where the response is transmitted through the network; and validate the response of the request to ensure that the computer to which the request for communication was transmitted is the computer associated with the identification parameters received.

The method according to claim 9, characterized in that it further comprises: receiving a command from the computer, wherein the command is associated with carrying out a desired function in the second electronic device.

11. A method for communicating with an electronic device through the network, the method is characterized in that it comprises: transmitting a communication (410) comprising identification parameters associated with a computer to a first electronic device, wherein the communication is compatible with a communication protocol of the first electronic device; receive a request to establish communication with the first electronic device, where the request is transmitted through the network; and transmit a response to the request, where the response attempts to establish communication between the computer and the first electronic device where the response is transmitted through the network.

The method according to claim 11, characterized in that the connector comprises identification parameters associated with the computer using a proprietary protocol used by the first electronic device.

The method according to claim 11, characterized in that the identification parameters comprise an IP address and a computer port.

The method according to claim 11, characterized in that it further comprises: transmitting a command to a first electronic device, wherein the command is associated with carrying out the desired function in the first electronic device.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized in that the desired function is associated with one of service, testing and control of the first electronic device.

16. The method according to claim 11, characterized in that the network is an Ethernet network.

The method according to claim 11, characterized in that it further comprises: transmitting a communication (410) comprising identification parameters associated with a computer to a second electronic device, wherein the communication is compatible with a communication protocol of the second electronic device; receive a request to establish communication with the second electronic device, wherein the request is transmitted through the network; and transmitting a response to the request, wherein the response attempts to establish communication between the computer and the second electronic device where the response is transmitted through the network.

18. The method according to claim 17, characterized in that it comprises: transmitting a command to the second electronic device, wherein the command is associated with carrying out the desired function in the second electronic device.

19. A system (100) for communicating with an electronic device through the network, the system is characterized in that it comprises: a first device (140) for transmitting a communication comprising the identification parameters associated with the second device (110) , where communication is compatible with a communication protocol of a first electronic device (120a, b, ..., k); a first electronic device for communicating with a second device, wherein the first electronic device comprises a first interface for communicating wirelessly with the first device and a second interface for communicating with the second device through the network (130); and a second device for communicating with the first electronic device, wherein the second device communicates with the first electronic device through the network.

The system according to claim 19, characterized in that the first device is an infrared transmitter.

The system according to claim 19, characterized in that the identification parameters transmitted by the first device comprise an Internet Protocol (IP) address and a port associated with the second device.

22. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that the second device is a computer.

23. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that the first electronic device is a video display device.

24. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that the network is an Ethernet network.

25. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that the first interface of the first electronic device decodes an infrared signal.

26. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that the first electronic device also comprises: a memory for storing the identification parameters associated with the second device.

27. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that the second interface is an Ethernet connector.

28. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that the first electronic device executes commands transmitted by the second device, which are associated with carrying out the desired function in the first electronic device.

29. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that the first and second devices use a proprietary protocol, compatible with the first electronic device.

30. The system according to claim 19, characterized in that it further comprises: a second electronic device for communicating with the second device through the network after the first electronic device has established communication with the second device.

31. The system according to claim 30, characterized in that the second electronic device is a video display device.

32. A computer program product comprising a computer-usable medium having a computer program logician thereon for communicating with an electronic device through the network, the computer program logician is characterized in that it comprises: a program code for receiving a communication comprising identification parameters associated with a computer, wherein the communication is compatible with a communication protocol of an electronic device; a program code for transmitting a request to establish communication with the computer associated with the received identification parameters, wherein the request is transmitted through the network; a program code to receive a response to the request, where the response attempts to establish communication between the computer and the electronic device, where the response is transmitted through the network; and a program code to validate the response of the request to ensure that the computer to which the request for communication was transmitted is the computer associated with the identification parameters received.

33. A computer program product comprising a computer-usable medium having a computer program logger recorded in it for communicating with an electronic device through the network, the computer program logician is characterized in that it comprises: a program code for transmitting a communication comprising identification parameters associated with a computer, wherein the communication is compatible with a communication protocol of an electronic device; a program code for receiving a request to establish communication with the computer associated with the received identification parameters, wherein the request is transmitted through the network; a program code to transmit a response to the request, where the response attempts to establish communication between the computer and the electronic device, where the response is transmitted through the network.

34. A system (100) for communicating with a device for displaying video through an Ethernet network, the system is characterized in that it comprises: an infrared transmitter (140) for transmitting wirelessly an infrared signal to a display device for video (120a, b, ..., k) through a communication protocol used by the video display device, wherein the infrared signal comprises an Internet protocol (IP) address and a port associated with the computer ( 110); a video display device for receiving the infrared signal and for communicating with the computer through the Ethernet network (130), wherein the video display device comprises an infrared receiver for receiving the infrared signal and an Ethernet connector for connecting with an Ethernet network; and a computer for carrying out the desired function in the video display device, wherein the computer comprises an Ethernet connector for connecting to the Ethernet network and an input means for entering the desired function to be carried out on the device. of video deployment.

35. A method for receiving a media object corresponding to the deployment technology used for the deployment device, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: determining a parameter of the deployment device (120a, b, ..., k) related to the deployment technology used for the deployment device; communicate the parameter (130); and receiving the media object (120a, b, ..., k) wherein the media object corresponds to the deployment technology used for the deployment device.

36. The method according to claim 35, characterized in that the parameter indicates that the deployment technology used is at least one of: a cathode ray tube, an organic light emitting diode, a liquid crystal display, a crystal liquid in silicon, a digital projector of light and a plasma.

37. The method according to claim 36, characterized in that the media object is encoded in an optimized format for the deployment technology.

38. The method according to claim 37, characterized in that the media object has a modified visual attribute for the deployment technology, wherein the visual attribute is changed when the media object is to be deployed on the deployment device with the use of a different deployment technology.

39. The method according to claim 38, characterized in that the media object is transmitted in a sub-channel of a digital television transmission system and the changed media object is transmitted in a different sub-channel.

40. A method for transmitting a media object corresponding to a deployment technology used for the deployment device characterized in that it comprises the steps of: determining a deployment device parameter related to the deployment technology used for the deployment device (120a , b, ..., k), wherein the parameter is received (170) as part of a request for the media object from the deployment device (120a, b, ..., k); and transmitting the media object to the deployment device (170), wherein the media object corresponds to the deployment technology used for the deployment device (120a, b k).

41. The method according to claim 40, characterized in that the parameter indicates that the deployment technology used is at least one of: a cathode ray tube, an organic light-emitting diode, a liquid crystal display, liquid crystal in silicon, a digital projector of light and a plasma.

42. The method according to claim 41, characterized in that the media object is encoded in an optimized format for the deployment technology.

43. The method according to claim 42, characterized in that the media object has a modified visual attribute for the deployment technology, wherein the visual attribute is changed when the media object is deployed on the deployment device with the use of a different deployment technology.

44. The method according to claim 43, characterized in that the media object is transmitted in a sub-channel of a digital television transmission system and a changed media object is transmitted in a different sub-channel.