Wireless interactive entertainment and information display network systems

• US 20060048196A1
• Filed: 08/29/2005
• Published: 03/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Frank Chuen-Foo Yau
• Original Assignee: Frank Chuen-Foo Yau
• Inventors: Yau, Frank Chuen-Foo
• Application Number:
  US11/215,757
• Publication Number:
  US 20060048196A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/81
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2146 located in mass transportation means, e.g. aircraft, train or bus flight-deck installations for entertainment or communications B64D11/0015; arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62; moving wireless networks H04W84/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41415 involving a public display, viewable by several users in a public space outside their home, e.g. movie theatre, information kiosk
• 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: H04W 28/14 using intermediate storage
• 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 40/02 Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/00 Wireless channel access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/06 Transport layer protocols, e.g. TCP [Transport Control Protocol] over wireless transmission control protocol/Internet protocol [TCP/IP] or user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/005 Moving wireless networks

Abstract

A wireless interactive entertainment and information display network systems capable in deliver digital content to a group or groups of wireless interactive display apparatus for playback in real-time or on-demand and methods for timely and efficiently streaming, uploading, or transferring digital content from external media sources over wireless links to the network of wireless interactive display apparatus. The system comprises wireless interactive entertainment and information display apparatus, wireless access modules, routers, system management panel, and external media interface panel.

Claims

1. A wireless interactive entertainment and information display network systems that enable efficient and timely deliver of digital content data in a wireless network to multi-users for individual or simultaneous playback comprising:

a group or groups of multiple wireless interactive display apparatus for digital content playback in real-time or on-demand by individual selections;

wireless access module(s) provides wireless links for transmitting and receiving digital content data between the external digital media source(s) or interface(s) and group(s) of wireless interactive display apparatus, and alternatively, wireless links to other wireless access module(s) in the network;

a router for each zone or sections of the wireless network, which directs network data to and from the respective wireless access module(s) and the external media source(s), interface(s), or system management panel(s);

the external media interface panel(s) provides physical connection point(s) to any external digital media sources or interfaces;

system management panel(s) provides digital content storage for network access and operator interfaces to the wireless network systems for control, monitoring, and maintenance functions.

2. The wireless interactive entertainment and information display network systems of claim 1, wherein the wireless network functions in both unicast and multicast streaming data delivery in TCP/IP and UDP mode respectively.

3. The wireless interactive entertainment and information display network systems of claim 1, wherein the wireless network provides efficient data communication bandwidth management for digital content delivery using IEEE 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.16, Wireless USB, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), or any other wireless standards in providing 54 Mbps or higher link rate.

4. The wireless interactive entertainment and information display network systems of claim 1, wherein the digital content is video, audio, or graphical image rendering in digital data formats such as, but not limited to, MPEG, MP3, JPEG, TIFF, HTML, or XML.

5. The wireless interactive display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wireless interactive display is an electronic device which is capable in wireless communication, data processing, data storage, and displaying digital image and video rendering, and audio playback by user control or programmed control.

6. The wireless access module of claim 1, wherein the wireless access module is a device comprises of electronics circuits that provide wired network communication interface(s) with radio network communication in single-band or dual-band of the same or different wireless standards.

7. The external digital media sources of claim 1, wherein include, but not limited to, digital media server(s), digital content loader(s), analog to digital media converter(s) that converts analog media format such as NTSC or PAL to digital data format, DVD player(s), digital camera(s), or digital terrestrial or satellite TV receiver(s)/decoder(s).

8. The external digital media interfaces of claim 1, wherein include, but not limited to, the Internet or an intranet(s).

9. The router of claim 1, wherein comprising a network router or a network switch which interconnects wired network interfaces of wireless access module(s), external media panel(s), and system management panel(s) with cabling.

10. The system management panel of claim 1, wherein the system management panel can be a self-contained unit or separate units where the user interface display and control, that can be portable, are remotely connected with wiring or wirelessly to the unit that contains the content storage and network interface functions.

11. A method of wireless interactive entertainment and information display network systems apparatus to achieve wireless network communication bandwidth optimization comprising:

the use of IEEE 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.16, Wireless USB, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), or any other wireless standards in providing 54 Mbps or higher link rate to achieve data throughput rates of 45 Mbps or higher using Wireless Data Throughput Optimization (WDTO) technique which combines the utilizations of UDP network protocol, multicasting, peer-to-multi-peers ad-hoc network broadcasting, wireless network parameters tuning, data frame fragmentation and reassemble optimization techniques, data packet concatenation, and data file segmentation transfer techniques.