System and method rendering audio/image data on remote devices
First Claim
1. A wireless communications device comprising:
- a long-range transceiver to transmit multimedia data to and receive multimedia data from a wireless communications network;
a short-range transceiver to transmit the multimedia data to an external short-range transceiver disposed in an external multimedia rendering device;
a controller to detect the capabilities of external multimedia rendering device and to establish a first short-range interface between the short-range transceiver and the external short-range transceiver; and
wherein the controller is configured to re-direct the received multimedia data received to the external multimedia rendering device via the first short-range interface.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a system and method for rendering multimedia data received by a wireless communications device via a wireless communications network over one or more external multimedia rendering devices. In one embodiment, the present invention receives multimedia data that includes image and audio data from one or more remote parties over the network. A controller in the wireless communications device distinguishes between the received image and audio data. Rather than display the received data on the device display, the controller controls a short-range transceiver to redirect the image data to an external display device for display. Likewise, the controller also controls the short-range transceiver to transmit the received audio data to an external audio device for rendering as audible sound over a speaker. The short-range transceiver transmits the image and audio data to their respective external multimedia rendering devices via one or more short-range interfaces.
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38 Claims
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1. A wireless communications device comprising:
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a long-range transceiver to transmit multimedia data to and receive multimedia data from a wireless communications network;
a short-range transceiver to transmit the multimedia data to an external short-range transceiver disposed in an external multimedia rendering device;
a controller to detect the capabilities of external multimedia rendering device and to establish a first short-range interface between the short-range transceiver and the external short-range transceiver; and
wherein the controller is configured to re-direct the received multimedia data received to the external multimedia rendering device via the first short-range interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of re-directing multimedia data received by a wireless communications device to an external multimedia rendering device, the method comprising:
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establishing a first short-range interface between a wireless communications device and a detected external multimedia rendering device;
receiving, at the wireless communications device, multimedia data transmitted by one or more remote parties via a wireless communications network; and
re-directing the received multimedia data to the external multimedia rendering device via the first short-range interface if a suitable external multimedia rendering device is available. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for rendering multimedia data received by a wireless communications device on an external multimedia rendering device, the system comprising:
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a wireless communications device comprising a display and a speaker, and configured to receive image data and audio data from one or more remote parties via a wireless communications network;
an external display device to display the image data received by the wireless communications device;
an external audio device to render the audio data received by the wireless communications device as audible sound; and
a controller in the wireless communications device to re-direct the received image data from the display to the external display device, and the received audio data from the speaker to the external audio device. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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