Communicating content and call information over a local area network

• US 10,674,115 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2019
• Issued: 06/02/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Igoe, Patrick T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Michael H
• Application Number:
  US16/395,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20190253665A1
• Time in Patent Office: 403 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2838 Distribution of signals within a home automation network, e.g. involving splitting/multiplexing signals to/from different paths adaptations of television systems for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution H04N7/106; hybrid transport H04L12/6418; home network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4108 characterised by an identification number or address, e.g. local network address protecting specific internal or external computer components using identification number G06F21/73; network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming H04L61/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440209 for formatting on an optical medium, e.g. DVD
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/602 : for digital sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 : Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/148 : Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 : Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 : Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 : detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 : Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 : Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 : Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 : Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A wireless device may communicate, using short range communication in a low power mode, a poll to a sink device for display. The wireless device may communicate content to display on the sink device using a WiFi network and to communicate, by utilization of the WiFi network, a notification of an incoming call. Caller identification associated with the incoming call may be displayed on a display of the wireless device and a sink device.

Claims

1. A wireless device comprising:

a processor;

a transmitter, operatively coupled to the processor; and

the processor configured to;

communicate, using low power short range communications, a poll to a first sink device, wherein the wireless device and the first sink device are registered to a hub and positioned in a first zone;

the transmitter configured to;

communicate, using a local area network (LAN), content to display on the first sink device;

communicate, via the LAN, a notification of an incoming call;

wherein caller identification associated with the incoming call is displayed on a display of the wireless device and provided for display on the first sink device;

wherein the content and the incoming call are transferred to a second sink device, registered to the hub, in a second zone based on a location of the wireless device; and

wherein characteristics of the wireless device are sent to configure the second sink device.

2. The wireless device of claim 1 further comprising:

the transmitter is configured to simultaneously send a first video output to display on the first sink device and a second video output to display on another display device.

3. The wireless device of claim 2, wherein the second video output includes complimentary content to the first video output.

4. The wireless device of claim 2, wherein the second video output includes an alternate view of the first video output.

5. The wireless device of claim 2, wherein the wireless device is further configured to send a command to change a television channel on the first sink device in response to a received gestural input of a user.

6. The wireless device of claim 2, wherein the wireless device is further configured to receive an audible input from a user and perform a function in response to the audible input.

7. A method performed by a wireless device, the method comprising:

communicating, by the wireless device using low power short range communications, a poll to a first sink device, wherein the wireless device and the first sink device are registered to a hub and positioned in a first zone;

communicating, by the wireless device using a local area network (LAN), content to display on the first sink device;

communicating, via the LAN, a notification of an incoming call; and

wherein caller identification associated with the incoming call is displayed on a display of the wireless device and provided for display on the first sink device;

wherein the content and the incoming call are transferred to a second sink device, registered to the hub, in a second zone based on a location of the wireless device;

wherein characteristics of the wireless device are sent to configure the second sink device.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising sending, simultaneously by the wireless device, a first video output to display on the first sink device and a second video output to display on another display device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the second video output includes complimentary content to the first video output.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the second video output includes an alternate view of the first video output.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending, by the wireless device, a command to change a television channel on the first sink device in response to a received gestural input of a user.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving an audible input from a user and performing a function in response to the audible input.