Mobile terminals, methods and computer program products incorporating podcast link activation control

• US 20070149183A1
• Filed: 12/22/2005
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Griffin, Jeffrey, Dunko, Gregory
• Granted Patent: US 8,606,251 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a processor operatively associated with a radio communications circuit and configured to store a podcast including an embedded link to content outside of the mobile terminal. The processor is further configured to control activation of the embedded link responsive to a communications status of the mobile terminal and/or a configuration of a user interface of the mobile terminal. For example, the communications status may include availability of communications between the mobile terminal and a storage location of the content, or presence of a particular call and/or a message. The user interface configuration may include, for example, a current display mode or physical arrangement of the terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a radio communications interface circuit; and

a processor operatively associated with the radio communications circuit and configured to store a podcast including an embedded link to content outside of the mobile terminal and to control activation of the embedded link responsive to a communications status of the mobile terminal and/or a configuration of a user interface of the mobile terminal.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the communications status comprises availability of communications between the mobile terminal and a storage location of the content and/or presence of a call and/or a message.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a display having a plurality of display modes, and wherein the processor is configured to control activation of the embedded link responsive to a current display mode of the mobile terminal.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a housing that is changeable among a plurality of physical arrangements, and wherein the process is configured to control activation of the embedded link responsive to a current physical arrangement of the housing.

5. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to enable or disable selection of the link responsive to the communications status and/or the configuration of the user interface.

6. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to control activation of the embedded link during playback of the podcast based on the communications status and/or the configuration of the user interface of the mobile terminal.

7. A method comprising:

storing a podcast in a mobile terminal, the podcast including an embedded link to content stored outside of the mobile terminal; and

controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a communications status of the mobile terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the communications status comprises presence of a call and/or a message.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the communications status comprises availability of communications between the mobile terminal and a storage location of the content.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a communications status of the mobile terminal comprises enabling or disabling selection of the link responsive to the communications status.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the embedded link comprises a hyperlink.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a communications status of the mobile terminal comprises controlling activation of the embedded link during playback of the podcast.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a communications status of the mobile terminal comprises controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to the communications status of the mobile terminal and a configuration of a user interface of the mobile terminal.

14. A mobile terminal configured to perform the method of claim 7.

15. A computer program product comprising computer program code embodied in a computer-readable medium, the computer program code comprising program code configured to perform the method of claim 7.

16. A method comprising:

storing a podcast in a mobile terminal, the podcast including an embedded link to content stored outside of the mobile terminal; and

controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a configuration of a user interface of the mobile terminal.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the mobile terminal has a plurality of display modes, and wherein controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a configuration of a user interface of the mobile terminal comprises controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a current display mode of the mobile terminal.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a housing changeable among a plurality of physical arrangements, and wherein controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a configuration of a user interface of the mobile terminal comprises controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a current physical arrangement of the housing of the mobile terminal.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a configuration of a user interface of the mobile terminal comprises enabling or disabling selection of the link based on the configuration of the user interface.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the embedded link comprises a hyperlink.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a configuration of a user interface of the mobile terminal comprises controlling activation of the embedded link during playback of the podcast.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to a configuration of a user interface of the mobile terminal comprises controlling activation of the embedded link responsive to the configuration of the user interface and a communications status of the mobile terminal.

23. A mobile terminal configured to perform the method of claim 16.

24. A computer program product comprising computer program code embodied in a computer-readable medium, the computer program code comprising program code configured to perform the method of claim 16.