Wireless communication system using wireless channel and wireless communication method thereof

• US 20060035584A1
• Filed: 06/17/2005
• Published: 02/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Hong-sik, Kim, Young-sang, Lee, Bong-geun, Kim, Kun-tae
• Application Number:
  US11/154,712
• Publication Number:
  US 20060035584A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/3.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/80 characterised by transmission among terminal devices
• 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 21/43637 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 21/44227 Monitoring of local network, e.g. connection or bandwidth variations; Detecting new devices in the local network configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; monitoring connectivity in data switched networks H04L43/0811
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/16 Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems

Abstract

A wireless communication system and method. The wireless communication system includes a transmission device and a reception device. The transmission device includes a wireless communication part connected to the reception device by wireless, a storage part for storing a first information set when the wireless connection is off and a second information set when the wireless connection is on, a receiver for receiving a control signal requesting a certain function output from a user interface, when the wireless connection is off, and a controller for performing a function corresponding to the received control signal if the control signal is received from the user interface when the wireless connection is off, and for controlling the storage part to store the first information that is set according to the performed function. When the wireless connection is turned off, the transmission device performs functions as a set-top box, and the auto program function is executed more rapidly.

Claims

1. A wireless communication system comprising:

a transmission device; and

a reception device,

the transmission device comprising,

a wireless communication part wirelessly connected to the reception device,

a storage part configured to store a first information set when the wireless connection is off and a second information set when the wireless connection is on,

a receiver configured to receive a control signal requesting a certain function output from a user interface, when the wireless connection is off, and

a controller configured to perform a function corresponding to the received control signal if the control signal is received from the user interface when the wireless connection is off, and to control the storage part to store the first information that is set according to the performed function.

2. The wireless communication system of claim 1, wherein the transmission device further comprises a tuner configured to tune to a certain channel, and

the controller controls the storage part to store the first information set which includes an identification (ID) information of at least one channel automatically tuned by the tuner and an additional information of the at least one channel if an automatic channel search function is executed according to a request of the user interface when the wireless connection is off.

3. The wireless communication system of claim 1, wherein the transmission device further comprises:

a tuner for tuning to a certain channel; and

an external interface part connected to a display device by wire, and

the controller, if the certain channel is tuned according to a request of the user interface when the wireless connection is off, controls the storage part to store the first information which includes the ID information of the tuned channel and an additional information of the tuned channel, and the controller controls the external interface part to transmit a broadcast signal of the tuned channel to the display device.

4. The wireless communication system of claim 1, wherein the first and second information comprise an ID information of at least one channel and an additional information of the at least one channel.

5. The wireless communication system of claim 4, wherein the storage part comprises:

a first storage having a first space storing the ID information of the first information and a second space storing the ID information of the second information; and

a second storage having a third space storing the additional information of the first information and a fourth space storing the additional information of the second information.

6. The wireless communication system of claim 5, wherein the controller processes to duplicate the ID information stored in the first space to the second space, and the additional information stored in the third space to the fourth space when the wireless connection is on, and the controller controls the wireless communication part to transmit the first information and the second information stored in the second space and the fourth space to the reception device.

7. The wireless communication system of claim 5, wherein the first storage is an electrically erasable and programmable read only memory (EEPROM), and the second storage is a flash memory.

8. The wireless communication system of claim 1, wherein the user interface outputs a selection signal with respect to one of a first mode in which the wireless connection is off and a second mode in which the wireless connection is on, and

the controller controls the wireless communication part to turn off the wireless connection when the receiver receives a selection signal for the first mode, and the controller controls the wireless communication part to turn on the wireless connection when the receiver receives a selection signal for the second mode.

9. The wireless communication system of claim 8, wherein at least one of the transmission device and the reception device comprises a view generator for generating a mode selection view for selecting one of the first mode and the second mode.

10. The wireless communication system of claim 1, wherein the receiver receives a signal formed of infrared rays emitted from the user interface.

11. A wireless communication method for a transmission device and a reception device which are connected for wireless communication with each other, the wireless communication method comprising:

turning off a wireless connection between the transmission device and the reception device;

receiving a control signal requesting a certain function output from a user interface;

performing a function corresponding to the received control signal; and

storing a first information that is set according to the performed function when the wireless connection is off, in a different space from a second information set when the wireless connection is on.

12. The wireless communication method of claim 11, further comprising automatically tuning to at least one channel by a tuner when a control signal requesting an automatic channel search function is received in the receiving step,

wherein the storing step stores the first information which includes an identification (ID) information of at least one channel automatically tuned by the tuner and an additional information of the at least one channel.

13. The wireless communication method of claim 11, further comprising:

connecting with a display device by a wire when the wireless connection is off;

tuning to a certain channel displayed on the display device; and

processing a broadcast signal of the tuned channel into a displayable signal and transmitting the displayable signal to the display device,

wherein the storing step stores the first information which includes an ID information of the tuned channel and an additional information of the tuned channel.

14. The wireless communication method of claim 11, wherein the first and second information include an ID information of at least one channel and an additional information of the at least one channel.

15. The wireless communication method of claim 14, wherein the storing step stores an ID information of the first information in a first storage space, an ID information of the second information in a second storage space, an additional information of the first information in a third storage space, and an additional information of the second information in a fourth storage space.

16. The wireless communication method of claim 15, further comprising, after the storing:

duplicating the ID information stored in the first storage space to the second storage space, and the additional information stored in the third storage space to the fourth storage space when the wireless connection is on; and

transmitting the first information and the second information stored in the second storage space and the fourth storage space to the reception device.

17. The wireless communication method of claim 11, further comprising, before the turning-off:

receiving from the user interface a selection signal for one of a first mode in which the wireless connection is turned off and a second mode in which the wireless connection is turned on; and

turning off the wireless connection when a selection signal for the first mode is received, and turning on the wireless connection when a selection signal for the second mode is received.

18. The wireless communication method of claim 17, further comprising generating a mode selection view for selecting one of the first mode and the second mode.

19. The wireless communication method of claim 11, wherein the receiving receives a signal formed of infrared rays emitted from the user interface.

20. The wireless communication method of claim 11, wherein the receiving receives the control signal from the user interface only when the wireless connection is off.