METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING A TELEVISION FOR MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCING

摘要

A system which provides "hands-off" accommodation of an elderly,technically-challenged and/or disabled user, enabling them to stay well-connected through "virtualvisits" with friends and family members. Such "virtual visits" duplicate therich sharedexperience of a personal visit, through multimedia conferencing andsynchronizedsharing of digital media, including personal photos, home videos, or othertypes ofdigital media. The "hands-off" capability is enabled through a controllerwhich can beinstalled in laptops or computer-based devices, which interacts over theInternet with aplayer installed for the elderly, technically-challenged and/or disabled user.Thecontroller user interface provides controller users with the means to easilyinitiate,control and synchronize a "virtual visit" with the player user via theInternet, andremotely control the operation of the player, as well as the player user'stelevision andother home entertainment devices.