Apparatus and method of interacting with a mobile phone using a TV system
First Claim
1. An apparatus of interacting with a mobile telephone, the apparatus comprising:
- a remote control unit receiving a user command from a user and remotely transmitting said user command; and
a TV system connected to said mobile telephone, said TV system recognizing said user command remotely received from said remote control unit as a telephone function command and transmitting said function command to said mobile telephone if said TV system is set to a telephone mode by said user, said TV system further outputting an output data set received from said mobile telephone in response to said transmitted function command.
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method of interacting with a mobile telephone are disclosed. The apparatus includes a remote control unit receiving a user command from a user and remotely transmitting the user command. It further includes a TV system recognizing the user command as a telephone function command and transmitting the function command to the mobile telephone if the user sets the TV system to Telephone Mode. The TV system further outputting an output data set received from the mobile telephone in response to the transmitted function command. Using the present invention, a user is able to interact with a mobile telephone using an interactive TV system by displaying the text/image data received from the telephone and by inputting various telephone function commands using a remote control unit. Upon receiving a function command from the TV system, the output data that the mobile telephone generates in response to the function command is transmitted to the TV system. Finally, the display unit of the TV system displays the text/image data and the speaker outputs the sound data. as a result, the user is able to conveniently interact with the mobile telephone using the display unit and the speaker of the TV system with a remotely control unit.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus of interacting with a mobile telephone, the apparatus comprising:
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a remote control unit receiving a user command from a user and remotely transmitting said user command; and
a TV system connected to said mobile telephone, said TV system recognizing said user command remotely received from said remote control unit as a telephone function command and transmitting said function command to said mobile telephone if said TV system is set to a telephone mode by said user, said TV system further outputting an output data set received from said mobile telephone in response to said transmitted function command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of interacting with a mobile telephone using a TV system with a remote control unit, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying a telephone key index on a TV display unit of said TV system if said TV system is set to a telephone mode by a user;
(b) receiving a first user command from said user through said remote control unit;
(c) recognizing said first user command as a telephone function command and transmitting said function command to said mobile telephone; and
(d) receiving an output data set that said mobile telephone generates in response to said transmitted function command and displaying image or text data included in said output data set on said TV display unit. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of interacting with a TV system with a remote control unit for a mobile telephone, the method comprising the steps of:
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checking whether said mobile telephone is connected to said TV system;
receiving a telephone function command that said TV system generates in response to a user command received from a user through said remote control unit; and
generating an output data set in response to said received function command and transmitting said output data set to said TV system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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