Method and apparatus for displaying multimedia content with plug-in on WAP browser incorporated in mobile communication terminal

• US 20070052616A1
• Filed: 08/02/2006
• Published: 03/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Neomtel Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Neomtel Company Limited
• Inventors: Yoon, Sung-kyoon
• Application Number:
  US11/497,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20070052616A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/1.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of displaying multimedia content using a plug-in in a mobile communication terminal equipped with a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) browser, including: receiving multimedia content during displaying a WAP page; and blending the WAP page with the multimedia content and displaying the multimedia content and the WAP page on different layers.

Claims

1. A method of displaying multimedia content using a plug-in in a mobile communication terminal equipped with a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) browser, comprising:

receiving multimedia content during displaying a WAP page; and

blending the WAP page with the multimedia content and displaying the multimedia content and the WAP page on different layers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation of receiving multimedia content accesses a server to download the multimedia content by means of the WAP browser or plug-in program executed upon playing the WAP page.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia content is downloaded by user using a plug-in program running on the mobile communication terminal during displaying the WAP page.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation of displaying displays the WAP page and the multimedia content containing a message indicating occurrence of an event that is inserted during displaying the WAP page.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the event is a message reception event.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation of blending alpha-blends the WAP page with the multimedia content with a predetermined transparency degree of the WAP page or multimedia content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation of blending alpha-blends the WAP page with the multimedia content with a transparency degree that is preset in the mobile communication terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation of blending alpha-blends the WAP page placed on a foreground layer with the multimedia content placed on a background layer.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation of blending alpha-blends the WAP page placed on a background layer with the multimedia content on a foreground layer.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein a user presses a toggle button to interchange the foreground and background layers.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein a user presses a toggle button to interchange the foreground and background layers.

20. A computer readable medium recording programs for implementing on computers the method of claim 1.

12. An apparatus for displaying multimedia content using a plug-in in a mobile communication terminal equipped with a WAP browser, comprising:

a WAP page storage unit storing WAP pages;

a content receiving/storing unit receiving and storing multimedia content during displaying the WAP pages; and

a blender blending the WAP page with the multimedia content and displaying the WAP page and the multimedia content on different layers.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further including a mode storage unit storing information concerning which of the WAP page and multimedia content is placed on a foreground layer,

wherein the blender blends the WAP page with the multimedia content and outputs the blended images.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the content receiving/storing unit accesses a server to download the multimedia content by means of the WAP browser or plug-in program executed upon playing the WAP page.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the multimedia content is downloaded by user using a plug-in program running on the mobile communication terminal during displaying the WAP page.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the blender displays the WAP page and the multimedia content containing a message indicating occurrence of an event that is inserted during displaying the WAP page.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the event is a message reception event.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the blender alpha-blends the WAP page with the multimedia content with a predetermined transparency degree of the WAP page or multimedia content.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the blender alpha-blends the WAP page with the multimedia content with a transparency degree that is preset in the mobile communication terminal.