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Samsung patents TV backup that switches to local server if connection drops

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

This filing describes a system where a source device, like a camera or media player, sends video to a display. If the main connection fails, the source device converts the video into a different format and stores it on a local web server. The display then requests this backup data through a separate, secondary connection to keep the video playing.

Why it mattersThis could make video streaming or live feeds more reliable by automatically switching to a backup data path without needing a full restart.

In the filing’s own words

Provided are a source device and a display device. The display device obtains first media data from a source device through a first transmission path, obtains, based on the first transmission path being lost, second media metadata for accessing second media data, requests, based on the second media metadata, the second media data from the source device, and obtains the second media data from the source device through a second transmission path that is different from the first transmission path.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A source device comprising: an image receiver; a communicator; at least one processor comprising processing circuitry; and memory comprising one or more storage media storing one or more instructions, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the source device to: transmit first media data obtained through the image receiver to a display device through a first transmission path; based on the first transmission path being lost, convert the first media data into second media data; store the second media data in a local web server; and transmit, based on a request received from the display device, the second media data stored in the local web server to the display device through a second transmission path that is different from the first transmission path.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
SOURCE DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND OPERATING METHOD OF SOURCE DEVICE
Publication number
US20260313191A1
Application number
19462524
Filed
Jan 28, 2026
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
20

Classified under

H04N 21/4363 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/433 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/44 Electricity & electronics
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