Hand held device having a browser application

• US 20020143805A1
• Filed: 07/13/2001
• Published: 10/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Electronics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Universal Electronics, Inc.
• Inventors: Hayes, Patrick H., Yuh, Han-Sheng, Wang, Weidong William, Presseau, Joyce M., Lim, Jonathan Christian, Huang, Steven LanPing
• Granted Patent: US 6,938,101 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/500
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1632 Pen holder integrated in the computer
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/21 Programming remote control devices via third means
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/92 Universal remote control
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• 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 21/42224 : Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4431 : characterized by the use of Application Program Interface [API] libraries
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 : Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 : Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 : End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 : for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 : for displaying subtitles

Abstract

A hand-held device having a display and a browser application which supports functionality particularly suited for the hand-held device. For example, the browser application supports a full screen tag which allows information to be displayed as a full screen within the display. The browser application may also support a tag for use in displaying a link the activation of which will cause the hand-held device to transmit command codes to a consumer appliance. Still further, the browser application can support a tag which the hand-held device can use to issue reminders.

Claims

1. A readable media having instructions for displaying information in a display, the instructions performing steps comprising:

retrieving a mark-up language formatted page containing the information;

determining if the mark-up language formatted page includes a full screen statement; and

if the mark-up language formatted page includes a full screen statement, displaying the information as a full screen within the display.

2. A hand-held device, comprising:

a display; and

a browser application cooperable with the display for displaying a mark-up language page within the display, the browser application comprising instructions responsive to a full screen statement for causing the mark-up language page to be displayed as a full screen within the display.

3. An electrical signal representative of a mark-up language page tag, comprising:

a first field containing information indicative of an infrared code to be transmitted upon activation of a link displayed on a display; and

a second field containing information representing a label which is displayed on the display and which is activatable as the link.

4. The electrical signal as recited in claim 3, wherein the information contained within the first field comprises data for use in generating the infrared code.

5. The electrical signal as recited in claim 3, wherein the information contained within the first field comprises a pointer to data for use in generating the infrared code.

6. A mark-up language page tag, comprising:

a first field containing information indicative of an infrared code to be transmitted upon activation of a link displayed on a display; and

a second field containing information representing a label which is displayed on the display and which is activatable as the link.

7. The mark-up language tag as recited in claim 6, wherein the information contained within the first field comprises data for use in generating the infrared code.

8. The mark-up language tag as recited in claim 6, wherein the information contained within the first field comprises a pointer to data for use in generating the infrared code.

9. A readable media on which is stored a mark-up language page tag, comprising:

a first field containing information indicative of an infrared code to be transmitted upon activation of a link displayed on a display; and

a second field containing information representing a label which is displayed on the display and which is activatable as the link.

10. The readable media as recited in claim 9, wherein the information contained within the first field comprises data for use in generating the infrared code.

11. The readable media as recited in claim 9, wherein the information contained within the first field comprises a pointer to data for generating the infrared code.

13. The readable media as recited in claim 12, wherein the information indicative of the infrared code comprises data for use in generating the infrared code.

14. The readable media as recited in claim 12, wherein the information indicative of the infrared code comprises a pointer to data for generating the infrared code.

15. The readable media as recited in claim 12, wherein the mark-up language page is representative of a media guide.

16. The readable media as recited in claim 15, wherein the link is representative of a television channel.

17. The readable media as recited in claim 15, wherein the link is representative of a radio channel.

18. The readable media as recited in claim 15, wherein the link is representative of a CD track.

19. The readable media as recited in claim 15, wherein the link is representative of a DVD chapter.

20. The readable media as recited in claim 12, wherein the tag includes information indicative of a label, the label being displayable as a representation of the link.

21. The readable media as recited in claim 12, wherein the mark-up language page depicts a representation of a user interface of a remote control.

12. A readable media having instructions for displaying information in a display, the instructions performing steps comprising:

retrieving a mark-up language formatted page containing the information and a tag including information indicative of an infrared code to be transmitted upon activation of a link;

displaying the mark-up language formatted page and the link in the display;

determining if the link has been activated; and

if the link has been activated, transmitting the infrared code to a consumer appliance.

22. A device for use in commanding the operation of a consumer appliance, comprising:

a display;

a memory storing a library of command codes for commanding the operation of a plurality of different consumer appliances;

a transmission circuit for transmitting command codes to the consumer appliance; and

a browser application for displaying a mark-up language page within the display wherein the mark-up language page includes a tag comprising information representing a command code to be transmitted to the consumer appliance upon activation of a displayed link and wherein the browser application is responsive to activation of the displayed link to cause the transmission circuit to transmit a command code selected from the library of command codes stored in memory which corresponds to the command code represented by the data included in the tag.

23. The device as recited in claim 22, wherein the transmission circuit comprises an infrared transmitter.

24. The device as recited in claim 22, wherein the device comprises a hand-held remote control.

25. The device as recited in claim 22, wherein the display comprises a touch screen.

27. The readable media as recited in claim 26, wherein the reminder function is activated in response to a detected handling of a device in which the readable media is housed.

28. The readable media as recited in claim 26, wherein the reminder function is activated in response to activation of a key associated with the device.

29. The readable media as recited in claim 26, wherein the reminder notice comprise a mark-up language page and the data in the second field represents a URL address of the mark-up language page.

30. The readable media as recited in claim 26, wherein the reminder notice comprises a text label and the data in the second field is representative of the text label.

26. A readable media having instructions for displaying information in a display, the instructions performing steps comprising:

retrieving a mark-up language formatted page containing the information and a tag representative of a reminder event including a first field containing data representing a date and time and a second field containing data representing a reminder notice;

registering the reminder event with a reminder function;

determining a time of activation of the reminder function; and

comparing the time of activation of the reminder function to the date and time associated with the reminder event to determine if the reminder notice should be displayed in the display.

31. A device, comprising:

a display;

a browser application for displaying a mark-up language page within the display wherein the mark-up language page includes a tag representing a reminder event having a first field containing data representing a date and time and a second field containing data representing a reminder notice; and

a reminder function with which the reminder event is registered, the reminder function having instructions for determining its time of activation and for comparing the time of its activation to the date and time associated with the reminder event to determine if the reminder notice should be displayed in the display.

32. The device as recited in claim 31, wherein the reminder function is activated in response to a sensed movement of the device.

33. The device as recited in claim 31, wherein the reminder function is activated in response to activation of a input device associated with the device.

34. In a remote control having a plurality of modes each used to command the operation of a different consumer appliance, a readable media having instructions for displaying a reminder to operate a given one of the consumer appliances at a selected time, the instructions performing steps comprising:

allowing a user to set a reminder event to display the reminder at a selected time; and

displaying the reminder if the remote control is in a mode for commanding the operation of a consumer appliance other than the given one of the consumer appliances at approximately the selected time.

35. A mark-up language page, comprising:

code for use in displaying a virtual representation of a remote control including a plurality of links displayed as control keys and mark-up language tags comprising a first field containing information indicative of an infrared code to be transmitted upon activation of a corresponding link and a second field containing information representing a label which is displayed on the display and which is activatable as the corresponding link.