Control of large screen display using wireless portable computer and facilitating selection of audio on a headphone

Abstract

A multi-window user interface (UI) on a control device such as a tablet computer communicates commands to a display controller, which may be implemented by a game console. The controller controls presentation on a large screen display according to the commands. A tertiary device such as a wireless phone can obtain an application listing audio feeds associated with various videos presented on the display so that a user can listen via headphones to a first audio stream associated with a first video window on the display when the display speakers are playing audio associated with a second video window on the display.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device comprising:
 at least one computer memory that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor for:   presenting on a monitoring device a list of plural audio feeds including at least first and second audio feeds, each audio feed corresponding to a respective video content being simultaneously provided to a display device separate from the monitoring device such that the first audio feed corresponds to a first video content provided to the display device and the second audio feed corresponds to a second video content provided on the display device and being presented on the display device along with the first video content, wherein the display device is configured to simultaneously present at least first and second video contents on a display thereof but play only first audio associated with only the first video content, the list of plural audio feeds including plural audio selectors each selectable to cause the monitoring device to play a respective audio feed;   receiving selection of an audio feed from the list; and   responsive to the selection, playing the audio feed on the monitoring device, wherein the list of audio feeds is presented on a user interface (UI) as a list of audio selectors, each audio selector corresponding to a respective video content represented by respective video content selectors presented on the UI, wherein selecting an audio selector commands a controller to switch audio play to audio represented by a selected audio selector.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the selection is such that a user of the monitoring device can view the display device and listen to the second audio on the monitoring device while viewing the second video content on the display device with the display device playing the first audio. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the playing of the audio feed is executed by playing the audio feed on headphones. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the monitoring device is established by a wireless telephone. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable for receiving the software application by imaging a bar code disposed on or near the display device and correlating the bar code to a network address at which the software application is available. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions are executable for playing the audio feed on the monitoring device responsive to downloading the audio feed from a computer network. 
     
     
         7 . System comprising:
 display device configured tor presenting plural video contents in respective windows of the display device and for playing first audio associated with a first one of the video contents;   controller configured for controlling the display device;   control device configured for communicating commands to the controller to control presentation on the display device; and   monitoring device configured for playing second audio associated with a second one of the video contents on the display device while the display device plays the first audio and presents the first and second video contents simultaneously, the monitoring device presenting first and second audio selectors respectively selectable to play, on the monitoring device, the first and second audio, wherein audio selectors are presented on a user interface (UI), each, audio selector corresponding to a respective video content, wherein selecting an audio selector commands a controller to switch audio play to audio represented by a selected audio selector.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the display device is established by an ultra high definition (UHD) display. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the monitoring device is established by a wireless telephone. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the controller is established by a game console. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the controller is established by a personal computer (PC). 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the control device is established by a laptop computer or tablet computer. 
     
     
         13 . Method comprising:
 providing plural video contents to a display device for simultaneous presentation thereof on the display device;   providing plural audio streams to the display device for presentation of a user-selected one of the audio streams from a list of audio streams on the display device, the audio streams corresponding to respective ones of the video contents; and   providing a list of audio selectors to a monitoring device for selection of one of the audio streams for play on the monitoring device, such that a user of the monitoring device can view the display device and listen to a first audio stream on the monitoring device while viewing a respective first video content on the display device with the display device playing a second audio stream associated with a second video content, wherein audio selectors are presented on a user interlace (UI), each audio selector corresponding to a respective video content, wherein selecting an audio selector commands a controller to switch audio play to audio represented by a selected audio selector.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , comprising playing the second audio stream on headphones associated with the monitoring device. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the monitoring device is established by a wireless telephone. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , comprising receiving the list by imaging a bar code disposed on or near the display device and correlating the bar code to a network address and downloading the list from the network address. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13 , comprising playing the first audio feed on the monitoring device responsive to downloading the first audio feed from a computer network.