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U.S. Patent: 9,836,257

Patent Title

Mobile information apparatus that includes intelligent wireless display, wireless direct display, or transfer of digital content for playing over air the digital content at smart televisions, television controllers, or audio output devices

Meta Information

Issued Date: Dec. 5, 2017
Inventor: William Ho Chang et al
External Links: UPSTO, Google Patents

Technical Fields

Smart Phone / Tablet, Smart TV, Smart Speaker / Earbuds / Headphones, Smart Watch, Streaming Device, Laptop, Projector

Abstract

A method of transferring digital content from a mobile wireless information apparatus such as a smart phone, an information Pad, or a digital Pad to a wireless output device associated with a television by short range wireless communication. The method may include downloading video digital content from the Internet to the mobile wireless information apparatus and may open a short range wireless communication that is compatible with IEEE802.11 or with Bluetooth.TM. standard for output. The method may select a wireless output device associated with the television. Subsequently, the information apparatus may conform the digital content into an output data for transferring the output data over the short range wireless connection to the selected wireless output device associated with the television for output.

Sample Claim

1. A mobile wireless information apparatus method for managing output of digital content at a wireless output device, the mobile wireless information apparatus including:

an operating system;

a processor;

one or more client application(s) executable by the processor at the mobile wireless information apparatus for providing one or more functionalities to the mobile wireless information apparatus, the one or more functionalities of the one or more client application(s) facilitated, at least partly, by the operating system included in the mobile wireless information apparatus, and the one or more client application(s) enabling a user viewing or selecting at least part of the digital content at the mobile wireless information apparatus;

a display screen;

a graphical user interface over the display screen of the mobile wireless information apparatus for interacting with the user;

one or more wireless communication units for wireless communication;

the mobile wireless information apparatus method comprising:

obtaining, by the one or more client application(s) at the mobile wireless information apparatus, the digital content, the digital content includes at least one of video content or audio content;

(1) opening a short range wireless communication channel at the one or more wireless communication units of the mobile wireless information apparatus for short range wireless device communication;

(2) wirelessly searching, at the mobile wireless information apparatus, over said short range wireless communication channel in (1), for one or more wireless output devices that are available for providing output service;

(3) receiving, at the mobile wireless information apparatus and over the short range wireless communication channel, a device dependent attribute that corresponds to a wireless output device found in the wireless search in (2) over the short range wireless communication channel, and the device dependent attribute includes at least one of a name, a brand, a model, a device identity, an address, a voice, security information, or a device profile, individually or in any combination, corresponding to the wireless output device found in the wireless search;

(4) receiving an indication of a selection, over the graphical user interface at the mobile wireless information apparatus, the wireless output device found in the wireless search, and the selection of the wireless output device found in the wireless search based, at least in part, on the device dependent attribute received in (3);

(5) establishing, with at least one wireless communication unit of the one or more wireless communication units and at the mobile wireless information apparatus, a wireless communication link between the mobile wireless information apparatus and the selected wireless output device in (4), the wireless communication link being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards;

(6) encoding output data, at the mobile wireless information apparatus, the output data being related to at least part of the digital content obtained by the one or more client application(s) and the digital content includes at least one of video content or audio content, and the output data including one or more of a published standard, a proprietary standard, a format, a protocol, or a language, individually or in any combination, that is acceptable for wireless transmitting to the selected wireless output device; and

(7) wirelessly transmitting, from the mobile wireless information apparatus, at least part of the encoded output data in (6) over the established wireless communication link in (5) to the selected wireless output device for rendering or outputting at least part of the digital content at the selected wireless output device; and

wherein the mobile wireless information apparatus is at least one of a laptop computer, a digital camera, an e-book, a smart phone, or an information pad, and the selected wireless output device is at least one of an audio output device, a speaker, a projection device, a display device, a television, or a controller box connected to a television, individually or in any combination, and the mobile wireless information apparatus is a distinct device from the selected wireless output device.