What is RVU

What is RVU

  • Expected to accelerate the availability of service provider content throughout the connected home.
  • Helps enable rapid introduction of new features and applications that typically accompany commercial content.

Benefits of RVU Technology

RUV Signal Flow

RVU Signal Flow: Server and Client elements send RUI commands and responses on command channels as XML strings. On data channels, RUI elements send binary or ASCII data, as well as A/V streams, over HTTP/DTCP-IP.

Remote User Interface (RUI)

Flexibility and Features:

  • RUI runs in a lightweight footprint.
  • RUI maintains the exact look and feel of the original device.
  • RUI is flexible enough to take advantage of local graphic capabilities of the client.
  • Graphic items can be cached in offscreen buffers and blended remotely on the client under server management.
  • System is efficient in network utilization.
  • RUI supports live TV streaming.
  • RUI supports extensions for advanced UIs and client capabilities, for example, 3D.

Scope of RVU Technical Specifications:

  • Device and Service Discovery and Control - UPnP SSDP
  • Media Management, Distribution, and Control - Digital Living Network AllianceTM (DLNA®), UPnP
  • Content streaming and media format interoperability - DLNA AV Transport HTTP
  • Digital content protection - DTCP-IP link protection
  • Remote User Interface - Low-overhead remote bitmap RUI, including remote control commands and status from client devices to the server