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U.S. Patent: 9,389,822

Patent Title

Mobile information apparatus that include support for receiving video digital content over the internet from a service, and for wireless displaying or playing over air at least part of the received video digital content from the mobile information apparatus to televisions, television controllers, display devices, or projection devices

Meta Information

Issued Date: July 12, 2017
Inventor: William Ho Chang et al
External Links: UPSTO, Google Patents

Technical Fields

Smart Phone / Tablet, Smart TV, Streaming Device, Laptop, Projector

Abstract

Mobile information apparatus, such as smart phones or information Pads, that are configured for accessing video digital content services or stores over the Internet are herein disclosed and enabled. The mobile information apparatus include a touch sensitive screen and a wireless communication unit supporting, at least part of IEEE 802.11 standard of wireless protocols. A client application or browsing application may be included in the mobile information apparatus or is installable by a user for accessing video digital content from a subscribed video digital content service or store. Subsequent to receiving the video digital content by the mobile information apparatus from the subscribed video service or store, the mobile information apparatus is further configured for wireless display or for wireless play over air of at least part of the received video content onto one or more wireless televisions, television controllers, display devices, monitors, or projection devices.

Sample Claim

1. A mobile information apparatus operable for accessing video digital content from one or more servers over the Internet and operable for wireless outputting, or wireless playing, or wireless displaying the at least part of the video digital content, the mobile information apparatus having:

a touch sensitive screen,

a graphical user interface over the touch sensitive screen for selecting an item on the touch sensitive screen and for scrolling display, p1 a digital camera,

at least one wireless communication unit configured to be compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within the IEEE 802.11 standard of wireless protocols for wireless connection with an output device for wireless output, play, or display of at least part of the video digital content, the output device being a distinct device from the mobile information apparatus and the one or more servers over the Internet,

a processor,

a memory or storage unit,

an operating system,

a client application or software component, stored, at least in part, at the memory or storage unit, that is executable by the processor and facilitated by the operating system at the mobile information apparatus for accessing a service over the Internet; wherein the mobile information apparatus is operable for:

establishing a communication channel between the mobile information apparatus and the one or more servers operated, at least partly, by the service over the Internet, the one or more servers over the Internet being distinct and separate devices from the mobile information apparatus;

providing, by the client application or software component, one or more composite messages, facilitated, at least in part, by the operating system, from the mobile information apparatus to the one or more servers over the Internet, the one or more composite messages including at least:

an indication of authentication information that includes at least one of an identification or a password for accessing the service over the Internet, and

a reference or pointer to at least part of the video digital content stored at a network node, the reference or pointer to at least part of the video digital content being obtained, at least partly, by the mobile information apparatus, from a network node operated, at least partly, by the service over the Internet; and

receiving at least part of the video digital content by the mobile information apparatus from the one or more servers over the Internet subsequent to providing the one or more composite messages from the mobile information apparatus to the one or more servers over the Internet, the at least part of the video digital content being encoded with at least one of a language, a format, or a data type, and the at least part of the video digital content further corresponding to the reference or pointer to the video digital content included in the one or more composite messages sent from the mobile information apparatus to the one or more servers over the Internet; and

wherein, after receiving at least part of the video digital content, the mobile information apparatus is further operable for:

establishing a wireless communication link from the mobile information apparatus to the output device for wireless output, wireless play, or wireless display of at least part of the video digital content;

generating or conforming, by the mobile information apparatus, output data from at least part of the video digital content received from the one or more servers over the Internet for wireless transmission to the output device; and

wireless transmitting, via the at least one wireless communication unit that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within the IEEE 802.11 standard of wireless protocols, at least part of the output data from the mobile information apparatus to the output device for wireless outputting, or wireless playing, or wireless displaying at least part of the video digital content at the output device.