Media device and enhancing use of media device

• US 20060168640A1
• Filed: 01/26/2005
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Von Knorring, Tony Niklas, Makipaa, Mikko, Leppisaari, Arto, Anttila, Akseli, Kopra, Toni, Malila, Raimo, Heinonen, Jukka, Schembri, Ingrid, Suomela, Hartti, Beletski, Oleg
• Application Number:
  US11/043,818
• Publication Number:
  US 20060168640A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/135
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/93 which locates resources of other pieces of information, e.g. URL [Uniform Resource Locator]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/64 for providing detail information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26291 for providing content or additional data updates, e.g. updating software modules, stored at the client deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4332 by placing content in organized collections, e.g. local EPG data repository interfaces, Database management systems or updating for information retrieval G06F16/23; details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video database G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4586 Content update operation triggered locally, e.g. by comparing the version of software modules in a DVB carousel to the version stored locally deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction of the data by redundancy during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6118 involving cable transmission, e.g. using a cable modem
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6181 involving transmission via a mobile phone network arrangements for providing broadcast or conference services to substation in data switching networks in combination with wireless systems H04L12/189; wireless uplink channel access H04W74/004
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A media device and a method of enhancing the use of a media device are provided. The media device is configured to receive a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system by the media. A contact list comprising contact information of is maintained. The media device receives over a radio interface of a cellular telecommunication system a service transmission associated with the broadcast media stream, the service transmission comprising information about the content of the broadcast media stream. The contact list is updated on the basis of the received service.

Claims

1. A method of enhancing the use of a media device, configured to receive a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system, the method comprising:

storing a contact list comprising contact information on recipients, receiving over a radio interface of a cellular telecommunication system a service transmission associated with the broadcast media stream, the service transmission comprising information about the content of the broadcast media stream;

updating the contact list on the basis of the received service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the media device is configured to perform half duplex speech transmission over a packet connection of a cellular telecommunication system, and the contact list comprises contact information on recipients of half duplex speech transmissions.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the service transmission comprises contact information on the originator of the broadcast media stream.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact information is a SIP address.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the contact information is valid for a predetermined time period.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact information is an address based on Wireless Village protocol.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact information is an address of a messaging service.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact information is an address of a chat service.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating reception of a service over radio interface of a cellular telecommunication system;

identifying the originator of the broadcast media stream the service is associated with;

determining contact information of the originator;

updating the contact list with the contact information of the originator.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a query for the contact information of the originator to the cellular telecommunication network;

receiving the contact information as a response to the query.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining contact information of the originator from the content of the associated service.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

loading contact information of the originator from a memory of the media device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast media stream is an FM radio transmission.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast media stream is a DVB-H digital video transmission.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the contact list to a memory of the media device.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the contact list to a server of the cellular telecommunication system.

17. A media device comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system;

a transceiver configured to communicate with a cellular telecommunication system and to receive a service transmitted over a radio interface of the cellular telecommunication system, the service being associated with at least one broadcast media stream;

a processor connected to the receiver and transceiver, configured to maintain a contact list comprising contact information on recipients; and

to update contact list on the basis of the received service.

18. A media device of claim 17, wherein the transceiver is further configured to perform half duplex speech transmission over a packet connection of a cellular telecommunication system, and the processor is configured to maintain a contact list comprising contact information on recipients of half duplex speech transmissions.

19. A media device of claim 17, further comprising a memory, connected to the processor, for storing the contact list.

20. A media device of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

initiate reception of a service over radio interface of a cellular telecommunication system;

identify the originator of the broadcast media stream the service is associated with;

determine contact information of the originator;

update the contact list with the contact information of the originator.

21. A media device of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to:

send a query for the contact information of the originator to the cellular telecommunication network;

receive the contact information as a response to the query.

22. A media device of claim 17 wherein the processor is further configured to determine contact information of the originator from the content of the associated service.

23. A media device of claim 17, wherein the media device is further configured to receive an FM radio transmission as a broadcast media stream.

24. A media device of claim 17, wherein the media device is further configured to receive a DVB-H digital video transmission as a broadcast media stream.

25. A media device comprising:

means for receiving a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system;

means for communicating with a cellular telecommunication system;

means for receiving a service transmitted over a radio interface of the cellular telecommunication system, the service being associated with at least one broadcast media stream,

means for storing a contact list comprising contact information on recipients; and

means for updating the contact list on the basis of the received service.

26. A media device of claim 25, wherein the media device further comprises

means for storing a contact list comprising contact information on recipients of half duplex speech transmissions and

means for performing half duplex speech transmission over a packet connection of a cellular telecommunication system.

27. A server connected to a cellular telecommunication system, configured to

receive a query from a media device of the cellular telecommunication system, the query regarding contact information of an originator of a service transmitted over a radio interface of the cellular telecommunication system, the service being associated with at least one broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system;

determine the contact information, and

send the contact information to the media device.

28. A server of claim 27, wherein the server is configured to transmit the associated service.

29. A server of claim 27, wherein the server is configured to maintain contact information of at least one originator of an associated service.

30. A computer program product encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process for enhancing the use of a media device, configured to receive a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system with the media device, the process comprising:

storing a contact list comprising contact information on,

receiving over a radio interface of a cellular telecommunication system a service transmission associated with the broadcast media stream, the service transmission comprising information about the content of the broadcast media stream;

updating the contact list on the basis of the received service.

31. A computer program distribution medium readable by a computer and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process for enhancing the use of a media device, configured to receive a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system with the media device, the process comprising:

storing a contact list comprising contact information on, receiving over a radio interface of a cellular telecommunication system a service transmission associated with the broadcast media stream, the service transmission comprising information about the content of the broadcast media stream;

updating the contact list on the basis of the received service.

32. The computer program distribution medium of claim 31, the distribution medium comprising at least on of following:

a computer readable medium, a program storage medium, a record medium, a computer readable memory, a computer readable software distribution package, a computer readable signal, a computer readable telecommunications signal, or a computer readable compressed software package.