Method and Apparatus for Transferring Multimedia Signals from a Handheld Device to a Computer System for Display
First Claim
1. A handheld device comprising:
- at least one receiver operative to generate at least one demodulated multimedia signal based on at least one broadcast multimedia signal; and
an interface operative to transfer the at least one demodulated multimedia signal or at least one decoded multimedia signal, based on the at least one demodulated multimedia signal, to a computer system, external to the handheld device, for at least one of;
reproduction on the at least one computer system and transmission to another computer system.
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Abstract
A demodulated multimedia signal is generated based on a captured handheld multimedia signal or a captured terrestrial multimedia signal where the handheld multimedia signal is formatted for reproduction on a handheld device and the terrestrial multimedia signal is formatted for reproduction on a computer system. The demodulated multimedia signal or a decoded multimedia signal (based on the demodulated multimedia signal) is transferred to a computer system for visual and/or audible reproduction on a computer system or for transmission to another computer system. The video information associated with the transferred signal is scaled by the computer system prior to display to match the display characteristics and capabilities of the computer system. The transferred signal may correspond to multiple channels of multimedia signals thereby enabling the display of multiple multimedia signals at the same time.
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52 Claims
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1. A handheld device comprising:
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at least one receiver operative to generate at least one demodulated multimedia signal based on at least one broadcast multimedia signal; and an interface operative to transfer the at least one demodulated multimedia signal or at least one decoded multimedia signal, based on the at least one demodulated multimedia signal, to a computer system, external to the handheld device, for at least one of;
reproduction on the at least one computer system and transmission to another computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A handheld device comprising:
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at least one receiver operative to generate at least one demodulated multimedia signal based on at least one broadcast multimedia signal; a demultiplexor operative receive and demultiplex, based on user input, at least one of; the at least one demodulated multimedia signal; and at least one decoded multimedia signal, based on the at least one demodulated multimedia signal; wherein the demultiplexor is further operative to generate at least one of one or more video multimedia signals and one or more audio multimedia signals; and an interface operatively coupled to an external computer system wherein the interface is operative to transfer at least one of; the one or more video multimedia signals; the one or more audio multimedia signals to the computer system; the at least one demodulated multimedia signal; and the at least one decoded multimedia signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for using a handheld device in communication with a computer system, external to the handheld device, the method comprising:
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generating at least one demodulated multimedia signal based on at least one broadcast multimedia signal; and transferring the at least one demodulated multimedia signal or at least one decoded multimedia signal, based on the at least demodulated signal, to the computer system for at least one of;
reproduction on the computer system and transmission to another computer system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for using a handheld device in communication with a computer system, external to the handheld device, the method comprising:
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generating at least one demodulated multimedia signal based on at least one broadcast multimedia signal; generating at least one of;
one or more video multimedia signals and one or more audio multimedia signals based on at least one of;the at least one demodulated multimedia signal; and at least one decoded multimedia signal, based on the at least one demodulated multimedia signal; and transferring to the computer system at least one of; the one or more video multimedia signals; the one or more audio multimedia signals; the at least one demodulated multimedia signal; and the at least one decoded multimedia signal. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer system comprising:
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an interface operative to receive a transferred signal from a handheld device external to the computer system, wherein the transferred signal comprises one of; a handheld demodulated multimedia signal; a handheld decoded multimedia signal; a terrestrial demodulated multimedia signal; and a terrestrial decoded multimedia signal. wherein the handheld demodulated multimedia signal and the handheld decoded multimedia signal are formatted for at least one of;
visual reproduction and audible reproduction on the handheld device and wherein the terrestrial demodulated multimedia signal and the terrestrial decoded multimedia signal are formatted for at least one of;
visual reproduction and audible reproduction on the computer system or another computer system. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for using a computer system in communication with a handheld device external to the computer system, the method comprising:
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receiving a transferred signal from the handheld device, wherein the transferred signal comprises one of; a handheld demodulated multimedia signal; a handheld decoded multimedia signal; a terrestrial demodulated multimedia signal; and a terrestrial decoded multimedia signal; and wherein the handheld demodulated multimedia signal and the handheld decoded multimedia signal are formatted for at least one of;
visual reproduction and audible reproduction on the handheld device and wherein the terrestrial demodulated multimedia signal and the terrestrial decoded multimedia signal formatted for at least one of;
visual reproduction and audible reproduction on the computer system or another computer system. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A system comprising:
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a handheld device operative to transfer a demodulated multimedia signal or a decoded multimedia signal based on a broadcast multimedia signal; and a computer system, external to the handheld device, operative to receive the transferred demodulated multimedia signal or the transferred decoded multimedia signal for at least one of; visual reproduction, on the computer system, of video information associated with the handheld multimedia signal; audible reproduction, on the computer system, of audio information associated with the handheld multimedia signal; transferring the transferred demodulated multimedia signal to another computer system; and transferring the transferred decoded multimedia signal to the another computer system. - View Dependent Claims (52)
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