Title :
An audio-video content abstraction program interface (CAPI) for home network applications
Author :
Eytchison, Edward B.
Author_Institution :
Distributed Syst. Lab., Sony Electron., San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
Organizations have defined several home network infrastructures for controlling consumer electronic (CE) devices. A shortcoming with existing infrastructures is their inability to abstract device controls into high-level audio-video services across a home network. Therefore, what is needed is an infrastructure that abstracts devices and their controls into high-level content services thereby promoting the deployment of user-friendly content centric applications. In this way, applications can be quickly developed eliminating CE devices from the AV-experience
Keywords :
application program interfaces; audio-visual systems; consumer electronics; home computing; telecommunication computing; API; AV-service protocol; audio-video content abstraction program interface; consumer electronic devices control; distributed architecture; high-level audio-video services; high-level content services; home network applications; middleware; user-friendly content centric applications; Abstracts; Access protocols; Consumer electronics; Control systems; Graphical user interfaces; Home automation; Laboratories; Libraries; Network servers; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics, 2001. ICCE. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6622-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICCE.2001.935323