Providing input and output for a mobile device

• US 20080026793A1
• Filed: 12/05/2006
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Sawhney, Ishdeep S., Chang, Eric I., Teegan, Hugh A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,865,924 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances

Abstract

Providing input and output for a mobile device may be provided. At a mobile device, input may be received from at least one of a plurality of remote input devices. The plurality of remote input devices may be remote from the mobile device. The mobile device may have at least one local input device. The at least one of the plurality of remote input devices may have a greater form factor than the local input device. Next, the received input may be processed. The mobile device may transmit the output to at least one of the plurality of remote output devices. The plurality of remote output devices may be remote from the mobile device. The mobile device may have at least one local output device. The at least one of the plurality of remote output devices may have a greater form factor than the local output device.

Claims

1. A method for providing input and output for a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving, at the mobile device, the input from at least one of a plurality of remote input devices, the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices being remote from the mobile device, the mobile device having at least one local input device wherein the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices has a greater form factor than the at least one local input device;

processing the received input; and

transmitting, from the mobile device, the output to at least one of a plurality of remote output devices, the transmitted output being based on the processed input, the at least one of the plurality of remote output devices being remote from the mobile device, the mobile device having at least one local output device wherein the at least one of the plurality of remote output devices has a greater form factor than the at least one local output device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving at the mobile device comprises receiving at the mobile device comprising one of the following:

a mobile telephone, a cellular telephone, a wireless telephone, a wireless device, a hand-held personal computer, a hand-held computing device, a multiprocessor system, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronic device, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a telephone, and a pager.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, at the mobile device, the input from the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices comprises receiving, at the mobile device, the input from the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices through at least one of a plurality of corresponding local input drivers resident on the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, at the mobile device, the input from the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices comprising one of the following:

a keyboard, a mouse, and a storage device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the received input comprises processing the received input using data received from a remote application server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting, from the mobile device, the output comprises transmitting, from the mobile device, the output being created from a signal driving the at least one local output device from a processing unit located on the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting, from the mobile device, the output comprises transmitting, from the mobile device, the output comprising one of the following formats:

composite, red-green-blue (RGB), phase alternating line (PAL), national television standards committee (NTSC), sequential color with memory (SECAM), super-video (S-VIDEO), video graphics array (VGA), and digital visual interface (DVI).

8. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting, from the mobile device, the output comprises transmitting, from the mobile device, the output from one of two output drivers comprising a first output driver and a second output driver, the first output driver comprising a video out driver and the second output driver being configured to produce the output in at least one of the following formats:

composite, red-green-blue (RGB), phase alternating line (PAL), national television standards committee (NTSC), sequential color with memory (SECAM), super-video (S-VIDEO), video graphics array (VGA), and digital visual interface (DVI).

9. A system for providing input and output for a mobile device, the system comprising:

a memory storage; and

a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to;

receive input from a remote input device being remote from the mobile device having a local input device wherein the remote input device has a greater form factor than the local input device;

receive data from a remote application server;

process the received input and the received data; and

send output to a remote output device, the sent output being based on the processed input and the received data, the remote output device being remote from the mobile device having a local output device wherein the remote output device has a greater form factor than the local output device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the mobile device comprising one of the following:

a mobile telephone, a cellular telephone, a wireless telephone, a wireless device, a hand-held personal computer, a hand-held computing device, a multiprocessor system, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronic device, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a telephone, and a pager.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the processing unit being operative to send comprises the processing unit being operative to send, from the mobile device, the output being created from a signal driving the local output device from a processing unit located on the mobile device.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the processing unit being operative to send comprises the processing unit being operative to send, from the mobile device, the output from one of two output drivers comprising a first output driver and a second output driver, the first output driver comprising a video out driver and the second output driver being configured to produce the output in at least one of the following formats:

composite, red-green-blue (RGB), phase alternating line (PAL), national television standards committee (NTSC), sequential color with memory (SECAM), super-video (S-VIDEO), video graphics array (VGA), and digital visual interface (DVI).

13. A computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for providing input and output for a mobile device, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

receiving, at the mobile device, the input from at least one of a plurality of remote input devices, the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices being remote from the mobile device, the mobile device having at least one local input device wherein the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices is more ergonomic than the at least one local input device; and

transmitting, from the mobile device, the output to at least one of a plurality of remote output devices, the transmitted output being based on the input, the at least one of the plurality of remote output devices being remote from the mobile device, the mobile device having at least one local output device wherein the at least one of the plurality of remote output devices is more ergonomic than the at least one local output device.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein receiving at the mobile device comprises receiving at the mobile device comprising one of the following:

a mobile telephone, a cellular telephone, a wireless telephone, a wireless device, a hand-held personal computer, a hand-held computing device, a multiprocessor system, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronic device, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a telephone, and a pager.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein receiving, at the mobile device, the input from the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices comprises receiving, at the mobile device, the input from the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices through at least one of a plurality of corresponding local input drivers resident on the mobile device.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein receiving, at the mobile device, the input from the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices comprising one of the following:

a keyboard, a mouse, and a storage device.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein transmitting, from the mobile device, the output comprises transmitting, from the mobile device, the output being created from a signal driving the at least one local output device from a processing unit located on the mobile device.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein transmitting, from the mobile device, the output comprises transmitting, from the mobile device, the output comprising one of the following formats:

composite, red-green-blue (RGB), phase alternating line (PAL), national television standards committee (NTSC), sequential color with memory (SECAM), super-video (S-VIDEO), video graphics array (VGA), and digital visual interface (DVI).

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein transmitting, from the mobile device, the output comprises transmitting, from the mobile device, the output from one of two output drivers comprising a first output driver and a second output driver, the first output driver comprising a video out driver and the second output driver being configured to produce the output in at least one of the following formats:

composite, red-green-blue (RGB), phase alternating line (PAL), national television standards committee (NTSC), sequential color with memory (SECAM), super-video (S-VIDEO), video graphics array (VGA), and digital visual interface (DVI).

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, further comprising processing the received input using data received from a remote application server.