INTELLIGENT CLIENT: MULTIPLE CHANNEL SWITCHING OVER A DIGITAL BROADCAST NETWORK

• US 20090183205A1
• Filed: 01/16/2008
• Published: 07/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Kosiba, David Alan, Rothrock, George Allen, McCartie, Jonathan Paul, Glassman, Nicholas Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 9,462,020 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/46 for recognising users' preferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/65 for using the result on users' side
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets

Abstract

A digital broadcast network is disclosed that can divide an application into multiple channels to be distributed to receiving devices. A receiving device can selectively accept one or more of the multiple channels depending on various criteria including selection parameters and device capability. The selective choice of at least a subset of the application can provide an acceptable depth and delivery of data to improve the user experience. Text and standard data experiences can be combined with an audio counterpart, with pre-loaded client-side media files, and/or with pre-loaded client-side media files and a live audio stream, which can enrich a user experience.

Claims

1. A method for rendering content, comprising:

identifying a plurality of channels that include respective sets of content; and

aggregating a subset of the channels to render a set of aggregated or parsed content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the plurality of channels comprises detecting a tag associated with each of the plurality of channels, wherein the tag includes information relating to a content of each of the plurality of channels.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising selectively accepting at least the subset of channels based on the detected tag information and at least one selection parameter that includes at least one of a rule, a policy, a user preference, a user state, a time of day, a current activity, or combinations thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting the subset of channels based in part on a location.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining an associated channel based on information included in at least one of the plurality of channels.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising ignoring at least one channel of the plurality of channels associated with an application on a user device if the at least one channel does not conform to at least one selection parameter.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein aggregating a subset of channels is performed in real-time.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting the subset of channels by reference to data corresponding to available resources and notifying a user if available resources are not adequate to support at least one of the plurality of channels.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a customized home page based on the aggregated subset of channels.

10. A device for rendering content, comprising:

a computer platform having a memory and a processor, wherein the memory comprises a selection parameter;

a user interface in communication with the computer platform;

a channel identifier that identifies a plurality of channels that include respective sets of content; and

an aggregation component that aggregates a subset of the plurality of channels to render a set of aggregated or parsed content.

11. The device of claim 10, the channel identifier detects an indicator included in each of the plurality of channels, wherein the indicator provides information associated with each of the plurality of channels, the device further comprises a channel selector that accepts at least the subset of channels based on the detected tag information and at least one selection parameter that includes at least one of a rule, a policy, a user preference, a user state, a time of day, and a current activity, or combinations thereof.

12. The device of claim 11, further comprises a location component that determines a location, wherein a channel selector uses the location to select the subset of channels.

13. The device of claim 11, the channel identifier further determines an associated channel based on the indicator information of at least one channel of the plurality of channels.

14. The device of claim 11, further comprises a channel selector that disregards at least one channel of the plurality of channels associated with a single application of the device if the at least one channel does not conform to at least one selection parameter.

15. The device of claim 11, the aggregation component aggregates the subset in real time.

16. The device of claim 11, further comprises an optimization component that determines available resources, wherein each selected channel of the plurality of channels is selected based in part on the determined available resources, the interface component presents a notification if the available resources are not adequate to support at least one of the plurality of channels.

17. The device of claim 11, further comprises a preferences module that creates a customized home page based in part on the aggregated subset of channels.

18. An apparatus for selectively rendering at least a subset of content, comprising:

means for identifying a plurality of channels that include respective sets of content; and

means for aggregating a subset of the channels to render a set of aggregated or parsed content.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the means for identifying a plurality of channels further detects a tag associated with each of the plurality of channels, the tag includes information relating to a content of each of the plurality of channels.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising a means for selectively accepting at least the subset of channels based on the detected tag information and at least one selection parameter.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the selection parameter includes at least one of a rule, a policy, a user preference, a user state, a time of day, a current activity, or combinations thereof.

22. The apparatus of claim 20, further comprises means for selecting the subset of channels based in part on a location.

23. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising means for determining an associated channel based on information included in at least one of the plurality of channels.

24. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising means for ignoring at least one channel of the plurality of channels associated with an application on a user device if the at least one channel does not conform to at lest one selection parameter.

25. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the aggregating a subset of channels is performed in real-time.

26. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising means for selecting the subset of channels with reference to data corresponding to available resources and means for notifying a user if available resources are not adequate to support at least one of the plurality of channels.

27. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising means for creating a customized home page based on the aggregated subset of channels.

28. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-executable instructions for:

identifying a plurality of channels that include respective sets of content, wherein each of the plurality of channels is associated with an identifier; and

aggregating a subset of the channels to render a set of aggregated or parsed content.

29. The machine-readable medium of claim 28, the instructions further comprising:

selectively accepting at least the subset of channels based on the identifier and at least one of a selection parameter, a location, available resources, or combinations thereof.

30. In a wireless communication system, an apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to;

identify a plurality of channels that include respective sets of content;

accept at least a subset of the channels based on the identifier and at least one of a selection parameter, a location, available resources, or combinations thereof, and

aggregate the subset of channels to render a set of aggregated or parsed content.

31. A method for providing content, comprising:

parsing a set of data associated with a single user application into multiple streams; and

tagging the respective streams with information to identify content categories within each stream.

32. The method of claim 31, further comprising transmitting each of the multiple streams at substantially the same time to one or more receiving devices.

33. The method of claim 32, further comprising shifting the transmission timing of at least one stream based on a transmission speed.

34. The method of claim 31, further comprising including at least one associated stream information with the tagged information.

35. The method of claim 31, wherein the set of data is parsed in a predetermined manner.

36. A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:

a computer platform having a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores information related to decisions made by the processor; and

a parser that divides an application into multiple channels; and

a labeler that tags each channel with information to identify content within each channel.

37. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 36, further comprising a transmitter that sends each of the multiple channels at substantially the same time.

38. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 36, the transmitter slightly delays sending at least one of the multiple channels based on a transmission speed.

39. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 36, the identifier includes at least one associated channel information with the tag.

40. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 36, the parser divides the application into multiple channels based on the type of content or the content information.

41. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 36, the parser divides the application in a predetermined manner.

42. An apparatus for selectively providing multiple streams of content, comprising:

means for parsing a set of data into multiple streams; and

means for tagging the respective streams with information to identify content within each stream.

43. The apparatus of claim 42, further comprising means for transmitting each of the multiple streams at substantially the same time or shifting the transmission timing of at least one stream based on a transmission speed.

44. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-executable instructions for:

dividing an application into multiple channels; and

tagging each channel with information to identify content within each channel.

45. The machine-readable medium of claim 44, the instructions further comprising sending each of the multiple channels at substantially the same time.

46. The machine-readable medium of claim 44, the instructions further comprising slightly delaying the sending of at least one of the multiple channels based on a transmission speed.

47. The machine-readable medium of claim 44, the instructions further comprising dividing the application into multiple channels based on the type of content or the content information.

48. The machine-readable medium of claim 44, the instructions further comprising dividing the application into multiple channels in a predetermined manner.

49. In a wireless communication system, an apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to;

parse a set of data into multiple streams;

tag the respective streams with information to identify content within each stream; and

transmit each of the multiple streams at substantially the same time to or at different times.