System and method for rendering content on multiple devices

(54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING CONTENT ON MULTIPLE DEVICES

(76) Inventors: Venugopal Vasudevan, Palatine, IL

(US); Jayanth P. Mysore, Streamwood,
IL (US); Anwar M. Haneef, Palatine,
IL (US); Jay R. Almanula,

Schaumburg, IL (US)

Correspondence Address:
MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN
(MOTOROLA)

233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
SUITE 6300

CHICAGO, IL 60606-6402 (US)

(21) Appl. No.: 10/334,291

(22) Filed: Dec. 31, 2002

Publication Classification (51) Int. CI.7 G06F 15 16

A method for delivering content to be rendered by multiple devices is provided. Indications of resources available to a user are received, the resources including rendering resources, the rendering resources provided by a plurality of devices, each of the plurality of devices being coupled to a network, wherein at least one of the plurality of devices provides at least one rendering resource available for use of the user, and provides at least one rendering resource available for simultaneous use of another user. Content requested by the user is received, the content including a plurality of content types. A mapping of content types to the plurality of devices is determined, wherein the mapping is based on rendering resources provided by each of the plurality of devices. Content types of the content requested by the user are delivered to the plurality of devices according to the mapping, the content types delivered to the plurality of devices via the network.

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