BROADCAST INFORMATION TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20070026902A1
• Filed: 07/31/2006
• Published: 02/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: An, Bo-Mi
• Granted Patent: US 7,983,700 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/57 for mobile receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/18 Arrangements characterised by circuits or components specially adapted for receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/80 characterised by transmission among terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/91 Mobile communication networks for accessing the Internet H04H60/85

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal comprises a display for displaying broadcast content; a controller for extracting broadcast information about broadcast content displayed on the display unit and for storing the broadcast information in a first message; and a transceiver for transmitting the first message to a second mobile communication terminal, such that the second mobile communication terminal is configured to display the broadcast content based on the broadcast information.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a display for displaying broadcast content;

a controller for extracting broadcast information about broadcast content displayed on the display and for storing the broadcast information in a first message; and

a transceiver for transmitting the first message to a second mobile communication terminal, such that the second mobile communication terminal is configured to display the broadcast content.

2. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, further comprising a memory for storing the extracted broadcast information.

3. The mobile communication terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller comprises a logic unit for reading the broadcast information from the memory when a contact data for transmitting the first message is received.

4. The mobile communication terminal of claim 3, wherein the contact data comprises a phone number.

5. The mobile communication terminal of claim 3, wherein the contact data comprises an email address.

6. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the first message is transmitted over a short messaging service (SMS) protocol.

7. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the broadcast information comprises data identifying a broadcast channel on which the broadcast content is being broadcast.

8. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the broadcast information comprises data identifying timing information associated with the broadcast content being displayed on the display, wherein the timing information comprises at least one of a star, end, and duration for the broadcast content.

9. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the broadcast information comprises data providing parental guidance information for the broadcast content.

10. The mobile communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the second mobile terminal can be manipulated to select the broadcast content for display on a display of the second mobile terminal.

11. A method for transmitting information about broadcast content displayed on a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

extracting broadcast information about broadcast content displayed on a display unit;

storing the broadcast information in a first message; and

transmitting the first message to a second mobile communication terminal, such that the second mobile communication terminal is configured to display the broadcast content based on the broadcast information.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising storing the extracted broadcast information in memory.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising reading the broadcast information from the memory when a contact data for transmitting the first message is received.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the contact data comprises a phone number.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the contact data comprises an email address.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the first message is transmitted over a short messaging service (SMS) protocol.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the broadcast information comprises data identifying a broadcast channel on which the broadcast content is being broadcast.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the broadcast information comprises data identifying timing information associated with the broadcast content being displayed on the display, wherein the timing information comprises at least one of a start, end, and duration for the broadcast content.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the broadcast information comprises data providing parental guidance information for the broadcast content.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the second mobile terminal can be manipulated to select the broadcast content for display on a display of the second mobile terminal.