METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS OUTPUT OF DIGITAL CONTENT
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Abstract
An information apparatus with access to content is managed by establishing a communication channel between the information apparatus and an output device and receiving over the communication channel an output device profile associated with the output device. The information apparatus obtains one or more image attributes associated with the output device and conforms at least part of the content into one or more output images with the image attributes. The information apparatus generates an output data that includes the output images and is associated with the output device, and delivers the output data to the output device for rendering.
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41 Claims
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22. A method for outputting from a wireless information apparatus to an output device over a wireless communication medium at least part of a digital content accessible at least partly by the wireless information apparatus, the wireless information apparatus being a distinct device from the output device and including
a wireless communication unit for wireless communication with the output device over the wireless communication medium, an interface that includes a touch sensitive screen interface for interacting with a user, and one or more software applications for enabling the user to view at least part of the digital content, the method comprising: -
(a) searching, over the wireless communication medium with the wireless communication unit, at the wireless information apparatus, for one or more available output devices, the searching over the wireless communication medium not including searching data stored on a server over the Internet or searching data stored in the wireless information apparatus; (b) establishing, at the wireless information apparatus, a wireless communication channel between the wireless information apparatus and the one or more available output devices found in the search over the wireless communication medium with the wireless communication unit; (c) receiving, at the wireless information apparatus, over the wireless communication channel between the wireless information apparatus and the one or more available output devices, an information related to at least an available output device, the received information not previously stored or available in the wireless information apparatus; (d) providing over the touch sensitive screen interface of the wireless information apparatus to the user at least part of said information received over the wireless communication channel related to the available output device; (e) receiving over the touch sensitive screen interface of the wireless information apparatus from the user, an indication related to a selected output device associated with the said information related to the available output device provided to the user over the touch sensitive screen interface, and in dependence of receiving at least the indication of a selected output device from the user, the method further comprising, either; (f) generating, at the wireless information apparatus, an output data associated with the digital content for output at the selected output device, and transferring from the wireless information apparatus the output data associated with the digital content to the selected output device over the wireless communication channel for outputting of the digital content;
or(g) repeating steps (a) to (d) or (a) to (e). - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A wireless information apparatus for outputting to an output device over a wireless communication medium at least part of a digital content accessible at least partly by the wireless information apparatus, the wireless information apparatus being a distinct device from the output device and including
a wireless communication unit for wireless communication with the output device over the wireless communication medium, an interface that includes a touch sensitive screen interface for interacting with a user, and one or more software applications for enabling the user to view at least part of the digital content, said wireless information apparatus comprising: -
(a) means for searching, over the wireless communication medium with the wireless communication unit, at the wireless information apparatus, for one or more available output devices, the searching over the wireless communication medium not including searching data stored on a server over the Internet or searching data stored in the wireless information apparatus; (b) means for establishing, at the wireless information apparatus, a wireless communication channel between the wireless information apparatus and the one or more available output devices found in the search over the wireless communication medium with the wireless communication unit; (c) means for receiving, at the wireless information apparatus, over the wireless communication channel between the wireless information apparatus and the one or more available output devices, an information related to at least an available output device, the received information over the wireless communication channel not previously stored or available in the wireless information apparatus; (d) means for providing over the touch sensitive screen interface of the wireless information apparatus to the user at least part of said information received over the wireless communication channel related to the available output device; (e) means for receiving over the touch sensitive screen interface of the wireless information apparatus from the user, an indication related to a selected output device associated with the said information related to the available output device provided to the user over the touch sensitive screen interface, and in dependence of receiving at least the indication of a selected output device from the user, the apparatus further comprising, either; (f) means for generating, at the wireless information apparatus, an output data associated with the digital content for output at the selected output device, and means for transferring from the wireless information apparatus the output data associated with the digital content to the selected output device over the wireless communication channel for outputting of the digital content;
or(g) means for repeating steps (a) to (d) or (a) to (e). - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. A wireless information apparatus for outputting digital content accessible at least partly by the wireless information apparatus to an output device over a wireless communication medium, the wireless information apparatus being a distinct device from the output and including
a wireless communication unit for wireless communication with one or more output devices, an interface that include a touch sensitive screen interface for interacting with a user, and one or more software applications for enabling the user to view at least part of the digital content, said wireless information apparatus comprising: -
(a) means for searching over a wireless communication medium at the wireless information apparatus for wireless output devices through the wireless communication unit of the wireless information apparatus, the searching over the wireless communication medium not including searching content stored on a server over the Internet; (b) means for discovering over the wireless communication medium, at the wireless information apparatus, the one or more output devices found in the wireless search over the wireless communication medium; (c) means for receiving over wireless communication medium, at the wireless information apparatus, at least an information from one or more discovered wireless output devices, the received information over the wireless communication channel not previously stored or available in the wireless information apparatus and the information including an attribute related to the one or more discovered wireless output devices; (d) means for selecting, at the wireless information apparatus, an wireless output device from among the one or more discovered wireless output devices based at least in part on the said attribute received over the wireless communication medium from the one or more discovered wireless output devices; (e) means for obtaining, at the wireless information apparatus, authentication information for enabling wireless access from the wireless information apparatus to the selected wireless output device, the authentication information not being previously provided to the wireless information apparatus by a server and not previously stored or installed in the wireless information apparatus; (f) means for authenticating wireless access to the selected wireless output device with said authentication information, and in dependence of whether the authentication for wireless access to the selected wireless output device is successful, the wireless information apparatus further comprising, either (g) means for enabling wireless access from the wireless information apparatus to the selected wireless output device, or (h) means for repeat step (a) to (g), or (a) to (e), or (d) to (g), or (d) to (e). - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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