Home media center and media clients for multi-room audio and video applications

In this paper we present home media center and media clients for multi-room audio and video entertainment and describe the remote user interface protocol, which is based on remote framebuffer (RFB) protocol and remote user interface technology. Users in another room can watch live digital TV programs, view EPG information, utilize PVR functions, enjoy multimedia contents, and access the Internet with full GUI information using low-cost media client connected to home media center via home network, and these media clients can be easily embedded into display devices. Home media center and media clients are UPnP compatible devices.