MOBILE DEVICE DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE STREAMED DATA SOURCES

• US 20070143785A1
• Filed: 12/20/2005
• Published: 06/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sammarco, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US11/306,217
• Publication Number:
  US 20070143785A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• 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 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/45 Picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen

Abstract

A system and method of navigating among multiple real-time data streams on a mobile device is presented. Multiple thumbnail image representations are displayed wherein each thumbnail image is associated with an available real-time data stream. A user provides navigation input via a user interface for navigating among the multiple displayed thumbnail image representations. The thumbnail image representation currently selected based on the navigation input is highlighted or otherwise made to stand out on the mobile device display. The user then selects a highlighted thumbnail image representation, via the user interface, thereby activating the real-time data stream associated with the highlighted thumbnail image representation. This causes the real-time data stream associated with the selected highlighted thumbnail image representation to be displayed on the mobile device display.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. A method of navigating among multiple real-time data streams on a mobile device, the method comprising:

displaying multiple thumbnail image representations, each thumbnail image representation associated with an available real-time data stream;

receiving navigation input from a user interface, the navigation input for navigating among the multiple displayed thumbnail image representations;

highlighting the thumbnail image representation currently selected based on the navigation input;

receiving selection input from the user interface, the selection input for activating the real-time data stream associated with the highlighted thumbnail image representation; and

displaying the real-time data stream associated with the selected highlighted thumbnail image representation on a mobile device display.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising activating the audio portion of the real-time data stream associated with the highlighted thumbnail image representation.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the thumbnail image representations are still images captured from their associated real-time data streams.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein each thumbnail image representation is itself a real-time data stream.

20. A mobile device for navigating among multiple real-time data streams comprising:

a data stream receiver for receiving multiple real-time data streams;

a display for displaying multiple thumbnail image representations, each thumbnail image representation associated with an available real-time data stream;

a user interface for receiving navigation input, the navigation input for navigating among the multiple displayed thumbnail image representations; and

a processor coupled with the data stream receiver, display, and user interface wherein the thumbnail image representation currently selected based on the navigation input is highlighted, and received selection input from the user interface activates the real-time data stream associated with the highlighted thumbnail image representation such that it is displayed on the mobile device display.

21. The mobile device of claim 20 wherein the audio portion of the real-time data stream associated with the highlighted thumbnail image representation is activated.

22. The mobile device of claim 20 wherein the thumbnail image representations are still images captured from their associated real-time data streams.

23. The mobile device of claim 20 wherein each thumbnail image representation is itself a real-time data stream.

24. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable storage medium for navigating among multiple real-time data streams on a mobile device, the computer program product comprising:

computer program code for displaying multiple thumbnail image representations, each thumbnail image representation associated with an available real-time data stream;

computer program code for receiving navigation input from a user interface, the navigation input for navigating among the multiple displayed thumbnail image representations;

computer program code for highlighting the thumbnail image representation currently selected based on the navigation input;

computer program code for receiving selection input from the user interface, the selection input for activating the real-time data stream associated with the highlighted thumbnail image representation; and

computer program code for displaying the real-time data stream associated with the selected highlighted thumbnail image representation on a mobile device display.

25. The computer program product embodied on a computer readable storage medium of claim 24 further comprising computer program code for activating the audio portion of the real-time data stream associated with the highlighted thumbnail image representation.

26. The computer program product embodied on a computer readable storage medium of claim 24 wherein the thumbnail image representations are still images captured from their associated real-time data streams.

27. The computer program product embodied on a computer readable storage medium of claim 24 wherein each thumbnail image representation is itself a real-time data stream.