User's Manual

SLINGMEDIACONFIDENTIAL
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Introduction
WiFiMonitorisaportabledisplaydesignedtobeusedinconjunctionwithaSlingboxoraSlingLoaded
Settopbox,i.e.,aSTBwithSlingboxfunctionalityintegratedwithinitsuchastheDishNetworkViP922
DuoDVRsatellitereceiver.TheWiFiMonitorconnectstoaconsumer’shomenetworkviaEthernetor
WiFi(802.11a/b/g/n)andreceivesliveandrecorded(DVR)televisionfromtheSlingboxorthe
SlingLoadedSTB.Inthisway,consumerscanwatchtheirtelevisionprogramminginanylocationinthe
homewhereanetworkconnectionisavailable.Themonitorisespeciallyconvenientforroomsor
spacesthathavenotbeenwiredforTVprogramming,suchasakitchen,bathroom,patio,orgarage.
WiFiMonitorEcosystem
WiFiMonitorcanexistaspartofawirelessorwiredhomenetwork.Referringtothe
illustrationinFigure1,thekeyaspectsoftheecosystemandinteractionofthecomponentsare:
1. TheViP922receivesTVprogrammingandmetadataviasatellite.Thisdeviceisalso
connectedtothehomenetworkrouterviaEthernet.
2. ThehomerouterprovidesIPconnectivityviaEthernetorWiFitotheViP922andWiFi
Monitor.ThehomenetworkrouterisconnectedtoaDLSorCablemodem
3. WiFiMonitorisconnectedtothehomenetworkviawirelessorwiredconnection,and
communicateswiththeViP922overtheIPnetwork.TheViP922streamsTV
programmingtoWiFimonitor,whichdecodesanddisplaysthevideoandaudiocontent
fortheconsumertowatch.TheusersendscommandstotheWiFiMonitorbyusingan
IRremotecontrol.Thesecommandstriggereitherlocalactions(likemovingthroughthe
WiFiMonitormenusystem),orresultinWiFimonitorsendingcontrolcommands
and/ordata(likechannelchange,searchkeywords)totheViP922settopbox.TheViP
922processesthesecommandsandperformsanappropriateaction,and/orsendsdata
backtoWiFiMonitorforpresentationtotheuser.TheWiFiMonitoralsodownloads
metadatadirectlyfromtheInternetforpresentationtotheuser.
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