CONTENT SHARING VIA DISCOVERY OF AND TRANSFER TO NEARBY MORE CAPABLE DEVICES

• US 20080235599A1
• Filed: 03/19/2007
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Li, Zili, Emmert, Steve
• Application Number:
  US11/688,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20080235599A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• 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 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365

Abstract

A method, mobile telecommunications apparatus, and electronic device for optimally presenting media content are disclosed. A memory stores the media content. A processor identifies a media type for the media content and identifies capable media devices among proximate media devices. An interface transfers the media content to a selected media device.

Claims

1. A method for presenting media content, comprising:

identifying a media type for media content in a mobile telecommunications apparatus;

identifying capable media devices for that media type; and

transferring the media content to a selected media device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a format type for the selected media device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising reformatting the media content for the selected media device.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising selecting the selected media device based on the format type.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein capable media devices are identified using radio frequency identification devices.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein media type is one of video, audio, image, or text.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining an optimum media device to present the media content; and

selecting the optimum media device to present the media content.

8. A mobile telecommunications apparatus that receives media content, comprising:

a processor that identifies a media type for the media content and identifies capable media devices among proximate media devices; and

an interface that transfers the media content to a selected media device.

9. The mobile telecommunications apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor determines a format type for the selected media device.

10. The mobile telecommunications apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor reformats the media content for the selected media device.

11. The mobile telecommunications apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor selects the selected media device based on the format type.

12. The mobile telecommunications apparatus of claim 8, further comprising an automatic identification interface to identify proximate media devices.

13. The mobile telecommunications apparatus of claim 8, wherein media type is one of video, audio, image, or text.

14. The mobile telecommunications apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor determines an optimum media device to present the media content and selects the optimum media device to present the media content.

15. An electronic device that receives media content, comprising:

a processor that identifies a media type for the media content and identifies capable media devices among proximate media devices; and

an interface that transfers the media content to a selected media device.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor determines a format type for the selected media device.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the processor reformats the media content for the selected media device.

18. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the processor selects the selected media device based on the format type.

19. The electronic device of claim 15, further comprising an automatic identification interface to identify proximate media devices.

20. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor determines an optimum media device to present the media content and selects the optimum media device to present the media content.