ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A HANDHELD DEVICE

• US 20100211655A1
• Filed: 07/11/2008
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
• Original Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/S
• Inventors: Jensen, Soren Borup
• Application Number:
  US12/734,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20100211655A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2834 Switching of information between an external network and a home network access arrangements H04L12/2856
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• 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 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114

Abstract

An assembly of a handheld device and one or more devices controllable by the handheld device and for providing events, such as audio/video/images to a user. The handheld device is adapted to receive streamed media information and stream the information to the providing means. Alternatively, the handheld device may instruct the providing means to receive the stream from another source. The handheld device may operate devices within a given distance and turn off devices farther away.

Claims

1. An assembly of a handheld device, a media transmitter and a media provider, wherein:

the media transmitter is adapted to wirelessly stream media information,

the handheld device is adapted to;

receive instructions from a user and to output corresponding information and

receive streamed media information from the media transmitter and output corresponding, streamed media information,

the media provider is adapted to;

receive the corresponding information from the handheld device and act accordingly and

receive the corresponding, streamed media information from the handheld device and simultaneously provide this to the user.

2. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the handheld device is adapted to receive information from the media transmitter and/or the media provider and act accordingly.

3. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the handheld device is adapted to provide the received, streamed media information to the user.

4. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the handheld device comprises means for processing the received, streamed media information to generate the corresponding media information.

5. An assembly of a handheld device, a media transmitter and a plurality of media providers, wherein:

the media transmitter is adapted to wirelessly provide one or more streams of media information,

the handheld device is adapted to;

receive instructions from a user as to an identified stream of media information from the media transmitter,

identify one or more of the media providers in the vicinity of the handheld device and output information relating to the identified stream to the identified media providers,

each media provider is adapted to;

receive the output information,

receive the identified stream and

provide the received stream to the user.

6. An assembly according to claim 5, wherein the handheld device is adapted to:

identify media providers which provide the received stream to the user and which are not in the vicinity of the handheld device and

output deactivation instructions thereto, each media provider being adapted to, after having received deactivation instructions, not provide received media information to the user.

7. An assembly according to claim 5, wherein:

the handheld device is adapted to receive additional instructions from the user and to output corresponding information to the media players, and

each media provider is adapted to receive the corresponding information from the handheld device and act accordingly.

8. An assembly according to claim 5, wherein:

the handheld device is further adapted to receive the identified stream of media information from the media transmitter and stream the received stream to the identified media providers,

each media provider is adapted to receive the stream from the handheld device.

9. An assembly according to claim 5, wherein the handheld device is adapted to receive information from the media transmitter and/or the media receiver(s) and act accordingly.

10. An assembly according to claim 5, wherein the handheld device is adapted to provide the received, streamed media information to the user.

11. An assembly according to claim 5, wherein the handheld device comprises means for processing the received, streamed media information to generate corresponding media information and to output, as the streamed information, the corresponding media information.