COMPOSITION OF LOCAL USER INTERFACE WITH REMOTELY GENERATED USER INTERFACE AND MEDIA

摘要

A media server (402) in a home entertainment network (416) coordinates with a media receiver (404) connected with the network (416) to provide a media presentation with a combined user interface on an attached display device (406). The media server (402) receives compositing information (436) from the media receiver (404) over the network (416) regarding the placement of UI components (434) generated by the media receiver (404). In response, the media server (402) may adjust the positioning of graphics, media control information, metadata, media presentation windows, and other UI components (410, 418, 420, 422) for presentation by the media receiver (404) such that the UI components (410) generated by the media server (402) do not interfere with the UI (432) generated by the media receiver (404) when rendered to the display device (406). Alternately, the media receiver (404) may adjust the position of UI components (432) such that the UI components (432) generated by the media receiver (404) do not interfere with the UI (410) generated by the media server (402) upon presentation.