MOBILE BROADCASTING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH POSITION INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20110219406A1
• Filed: 01/25/2011
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Chen, Chung-Jen
• Application Number:
  US13/013,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20110219406A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/62
• 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 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4383 Accessing a communication channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006

Abstract

A mobile broadcasting method, applied to a mobile broadcasting apparatus, includes steps of: obtaining a first position information via a signal connection between the mobile broadcasting apparatus and a communication system; obtaining a first channel information table according to the first position information; obtaining a first frequency band included in the first channel information table; receiving a first wireless broadcast signal at the first frequency band and playing a corresponding channel program; obtaining a second position information via a signal connection between the mobile broadcasting apparatus and the communication system when the mobile broadcasting apparatus is moved; obtaining a second channel information table according to the second position information; obtaining a corresponding second frequency band included in the second channel information table; and receiving a second wireless broadcast signal at the second frequency band and playing the corresponding channel program.

Claims

1. A mobile broadcasting method, applied to a mobile broadcasting apparatus with wireless channel program receiving function, comprising steps of:

obtaining a first position information of the mobile broadcasting apparatus via a signal connection between the mobile broadcasting apparatus and a communication system;

selecting a first channel information table from a plurality of channel information tables according to the first position information;

selecting a first frequency band from a plurality of frequency bands included in the first channel information table;

receiving a first wireless broadcast signal at the first frequency band and playing a channel program corresponding to the first wireless broadcast signal on the mobile broadcasting apparatus;

obtaining a second position information of the mobile broadcasting apparatus via a signal connection between the mobile broadcasting apparatus and the communication system when the mobile broadcasting apparatus is moved;

selecting a second channel information table from the plurality of channel information tables according to the second position information;

selecting a second frequency band, corresponding to the channel program, from the plurality of frequency bands included in the second channel information table; and

receiving a second wireless broadcast signal at the second frequency band and playing the channel program corresponding to the second wireless broadcast signal on the mobile broadcasting apparatus.

2. The mobile broadcasting method according to claim 1, wherein when the communication system is a mobile communication system, the step of selecting a first channel information table from a plurality of channel information tables according to the first position information further comprises steps of:

obtaining the plurality of channel information tables from a mobile communication servo of the mobile communication system; and

selecting the first channel information table from the plurality of channel information tables by the mobile communication servo according to the first position information.

3. The mobile broadcasting method according to claim 1, wherein when the communication system is a network system, the step of selecting a first channel information table from a plurality of channel information tables according to the first position information further comprises steps of:

obtaining the plurality of channel information tables from a network servo of the network system; and

selecting the first channel information table from the plurality of channel information tables by the network servo according to the first position information.

4. The mobile broadcasting method according to claim 1, wherein when the communication system is a mobile communication system, the step of selecting a first channel information table from a plurality of channel information tables according to the first position information further comprises steps of:

obtaining the plurality of channel information tables from a mobile communication servo of the mobile communication system; and

selecting the first channel information table from the plurality of channel information tables by the mobile broadcasting apparatus according to the first position information.

5. The mobile broadcasting method according to claim 1, wherein when the communication system is a network system, the step of selecting a first channel information table from a plurality of channel information tables according to the first position information further comprises steps of:

obtaining the plurality of channel information tables from a network servo of the network system; and

selecting the first channel information table from the plurality of channel information tables by the mobile broadcasting apparatus according to the first position information.

6. The mobile broadcasting method according to claim 1, wherein in the step of selecting a first frequency band from a plurality of frequency bands included in the first information table, the first frequency band is selected according to a channel program name;

and the channel program name is selected by a user or preset in the mobile broadcasting apparatus.

7. A mobile broadcasting apparatus with wireless channel program receiving function, in signal connection to a communication system, the mobile broadcasting apparatus comprises:

a signal receiving unit, in signal connection to the communication system; and

a play unit electrically connected to the signal receiving unit;

wherein a first position information of the mobile broadcasting apparatus is obtained via the signal receiving unit in signal connection to the communication system when the mobile broadcasting apparatus is positioned in a first zone, a first channel information table in a plurality of channel information tables is selected according to the first position information, a first frequency band in a plurality of frequency bands included in the first channel information table is selected, a channel program corresponding to a first wireless broadcast signal is played on the play unit after the first wireless broadcast signal is transmitted to the signal receiving unit at the first frequency band;

a second position information of the mobile broadcasting apparatus is obtained via the signal receiving unit in signal connection to the communication system when the mobile broadcasting apparatus is positioned in a second zone, a second channel information table in the plurality of channel information tables is selected according to the second position information, a second frequency band, corresponding to the channel program, in the plurality of frequency bands included in the second channel information table is selected, the channel program corresponding to a second wireless broadcast signal is played on the play unit after the second wireless broadcast signal is transmitted to the signal receiving unit at the second frequency band.

8. The mobile broadcasting apparatus with wireless channel program receiving function according to claim 7, further comprising:

a memory unit, electrically connected to the play unit, for storing the plurality of channel information tables.

9. The mobile broadcasting apparatus with wireless channel program receiving function according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of channel information tables are obtained from a mobile communication servo if the communication system is a mobile communication system.

10. The mobile broadcasting apparatus with wireless channel program receiving function according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of channel information tables are obtained from a network servo if the communication system is a network system.

11. The mobile broadcasting apparatus with wireless channel program receiving function according to claim 7, wherein the position information is obtained from the communication system or obtained through the mobile broadcasting apparatus by computing an identifying signal which is transmitted from the communication system.