Method for using the hand-held device in a multimedia home network

• US 20030171135A1
• Filed: 03/06/2003
• Published: 09/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Kochale, Axel, Brune, Thomas, Adolph, Dirk, Chevtsov, Andrei
• Granted Patent: US 8,028,096 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hand-held device (1) comprising connection means for supporting an internet data transmission link between the hand-held device (1) and the internet (4); browser means for fetching internet data from the internet (4); input means for receiving a user input; and generating means for generating a command script in response to said user input, where said command script is related to said searched internet data; where said command script, when the hand-held device (1) is connected to a multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14), can be processed to initiate a transmission of at least part of said searched internet data and/or other internet data to said multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14).

Claims

1. Hand-held device (1) comprising

connection means for supporting an internet data transmission link between the hand-held device (1) and the internet (4);

browser means for fetching internet data from the internet (4);

input means (3) for receiving a user input; and

generating means for generating a command script in response to said user input, where said command script is related to said searched internet data;

where said command script, when the hand-held device (1) is connected to a multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14), can be processed to initiate a transmission of at least (a) part of said searched internet data and/or other internet data to said multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14).

2. The hand-held device according to claim 1, wherein said connection means comprise means for supporting data transmission between said hand-held device (1) and a mobile phone, where said mobile phone is capable of receiving internet data from internet (4) provider means and of transmitting said received internet data to the hand-held device (1).

3. The hand-held device (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said connection means comprise a transceiving unit for direct communication between the hand-held device (1) and internet provider means (4).

4. The hand-held device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein said browser means are configured to comprise said generating means.

5. The hand-held device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, the hand-held device (1) further comprising interface means for handling data exchange with said multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14).

6. The hand-held device (1) according to claim 5, wherein said interface means are configured to handle data exchange with a multimedia home network (6), when said multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14) is part of said multimedia home network (6).

7. The hand-held device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, the hand-held device (1) further comprising storage means for storing said internet data searched by said browser means, where said stored internet data, in response to said processing of said command script, can be at least partly transmitted from said storage means to said multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14), when the hand-held device (1) is connected to said multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14).

8. The hand-held device (1) according to one of the preceding claims, the hand-held device (1) further comprising execution means for executing said command script.

9. A method for transmitting internet data to a multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14), the method comprising the steps of:

searching internet data in the internet (4) by browser means of a hand-held device (1);

in response to a user input, generating a command script by generating means of said hand-held device (1), where said command script is related to said searched internet data; and

after finishing said internet data search, when said hand-held device (1) is connected to said multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14), processing said command script.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of processing said command script comprises a step of downloading to said multimedia home device(5, 7, . . . , 14) at least part of said searched internet data and/or said other internet data from the internet.

11. The method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein said searched internet data and/or said other internet data are at least partly downloaded to storage means of said hand-held device (1), and wherein the step of processing said command script comprises a step of transmitting from said storage means to said multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14) at least part of said searched internet data and/or said other internet data.

12. The method according to one of the claims 9 to 11, wherein the step of processing said command script comprises a step of programming said multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14).

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein said step of programming is configured to program said multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14) for executing an action at a predefined time.

14. The method according to one of the claims 9 to 13, wherein the step of processing said command script is performed by execution means comprised in said hand-held device (1) or said multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14).

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the step of processing said command script is performed by said execution means automatically after connecting said hand-held device (1) to said multimedia home device (5, 7, . . . , 14).

16. The method according to one of the claims 9 to 15, wherein said command script is generated while said searching of internet data in the internet is continuing.