Electronic equipment for a wireless communication system and method for operating an electronic equipment for a wireless communication system

• US 20070117540A1
• Filed: 11/23/2005
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ekdahl, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US11/286,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20070117540A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic equipment for a wireless communication system comprising a device operable to communicate within the wireless communication system for receiving an electronic program guide information via the wireless communication system, a device for outputting the received electronic program guide information to a user, a device operable to accept input for enabling the user to select content from the output electronic program guide information and for enabling the user to select an application and a central control unit for processing the selected content according to the selected application. The present invention further relates to a method for operating and electronic equipment for a wireless communication system, and to a program product directly loadable into the internal memory of an electronic equipment.

Claims

1. Electronic equipment for a wireless communication system comprising

a device operable to communicate within the wireless communication system for receiving an electronic program guide information via the wireless communication system,

a device for outputting the received electronic program guide information to a user,

a device operable to accept input for enabling the user to select content from the output electronic program guide information and for enabling the user to select an application and

a central control unit for processing the selected content according to the selected application.

2. Electronic equipment according to claim 1,

whereby for the reception of the electronic program guide information by the communication means an end to end protocol is provided.

3. Electronic equipment according to claim 1,

whereby the application is a messaging application.

4. Electronic equipment according to claim 3,

whereby the messaging application is operable to send the selected electronic program guide information via SMS, MMS and/or e-mail.

5. Electronic equipment according to claim 1,

whereby the application is a calendar application.

6. Electronic equipment according to claim 5,

whereby the calendar application is operable to add the selected electronic program guide information to the calendar and/or to create a reminder for the selected electronic program guide information.

7. Electronic equipment according to claim 1,

whereby the application is an entertainment application.

8. Electronic equipment according to claim 7,

whereby the entertainment application is operable to create an image of the selected electronic program guide information.

9. Electronic equipment according to claim 1,

whereby the received electronic program guide information is stored in a memory.

10. Method for operating an electronic equipment for a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of

receiving an electronic program guide information via the wireless communication system,

outputting the received electronic program guide information to a user,

enabling the user to select content from the output electronic program guide information and enabling the user to select an application and

processing the selected content according to the selected application.

11. Method according to claim 10,

whereby for the reception of the electronic program guide information by the communication means an end to end protocol is provided.

12. Method according to claim 10,

whereby the application is a messaging application.

13. Method according to claim 12,

whereby the messaging application is operable to send the selected electronic program guide information via SMS and/or MMS.

14. Method according to claim 10,

whereby the application is a calendar application.

15. Method according to claim 14,

whereby the calendar application is operable to add the selected electronic program guide information to the calendar and/or to create a reminder for the selected electronic program guide information.

16. Method according to claim 10,

whereby the application is an entertainment application.

17. Method according to claim 16,

whereby the entertainment application is operable to create an image of the selected electronic program guide information.

18. Method according to claim 10,

whereby the received electronic program guide information is stored in a memory.

19. A program product directly loadable into the internal memory of an electronic equipment, comprising software code portions for performing the steps of claim 10 when said product is run on said electronic equipment.