Inventors:
Aninda Dasgupta - Croton on Hudson NY, US
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. - Eindhoven
International Classification:
G06F 3/00
H04N 5/765
Abstract:
A digital audio playback device (DAPD) includes: 1) an external interface for coupling to a connected processing system that executes a user interface application program that accesses and controls the digital audio playback device via the external interface; 2) a memory coupled to the external interface for storing a reverse DAPD application programming interface (API); and 3) a processor coupled to the memory and the external interface for executing the reverse DAPD API. The reverse DAPD API causes the processor to access and control a user interface operated by the user interface application program displayed on a monitor screen of the connected processing system.