SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND SYNCHRONIZING CONTENT ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20130117468A1
• Filed: 07/07/2011
• Published: 05/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Einnovations Holdings Pte. Ltd. (PLDT, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Smart Hub Pte Limited
• Inventors: Ibasco, Alex D., Losantas, Jose Lorenzo, Balace, Valenice G., Aguas, Aames Crispin S., Yu, William Emmanuel S., Joson, Eduardo Ramon G.
• Application Number:
  US13/809,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20130117468A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/248
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26258 for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/631 Multimode Transmission, e.g. transmitting basic layers and enhancement layers of the content over different transmission paths or transmitting with different error corrections, different keys or with different transmission protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program

Abstract

A system and method for receiving and synchronizing content on a communication device that includes a source configured to provide a first content to the communication device via a first channel; a host of the communication device configured to push a second content to the communication device via a second channel, the second channel separate and independent from the first channel; wherein in operation, the first content and second content are synchronized at the communication device via a presentation layer of the communication device is disclosed. The system and method are particularly advantageous to provide a seamless experience to a user.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A system for receiving and synchronizing content on a communication device comprising:

a source configured to provide a first content to the communication device via a first channel;

a host of the communication device configured to push a second content to the communication device via a second channel, the second channel separate and independent from the first channel; and

an adaptive system arranged to take into account historic actions of the communication device and thereafter profiles the communication device to determine relevant second content to be pushed to the communication device;

wherein in operation, the first content and second content are synchronized at the communication device via a presentation layer of the communication device.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the first content and second content are synchronized at the communication device based on a synchronization cue that is generated by the source of the first content to the communication device.

16. The system according to claim 14 further comprising a user profile database containing information specific to the user of the communication device, the profile database adapted to push user specific information to the second channel to be appended to the second content.

17. The system according to claim 14, wherein the source is a radio broadcast;

analogue TV;

digital TV;

or satellite feed.

18. The system according to claim 14, wherein the host and the communication device is a telecommunications carrier and a mobile device respectively.

19. The system according to claim 14, further comprising a location-based service to push location information relating to the first content to the communication device from the second channel.

20. A method for receiving and synchronizing content on a communication device comprising the steps of:

receiving at the communication device a first content from a source via a first channel;

receiving at the communication device a second content from a host of the communications device via a second channel;

the second channel separate and independent from the first channel;

profiling the communication device by taking into account historic actions of the communication device and thereafter determine relevant second content to be pushed to the communication device; and

synchronizing the first content and the second content via a presentation layer of the communication device.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the step of synchronization is facilitated by a synchronization cue that is generated by the source of the first content to the communication device.

22. The method according to claim 20 further comprising the step of receiving from a user profile database information specific to the user of the communication device and appending the information specific to the user of the communication device to the second content prior to synchronization.

23. The method according to claim 20, wherein the source is a radio broadcast;

analogue TV;

digital TV;

or satellite feed.

24. The method according to claim 20, wherein the host and the communication device is a telecommunications carrier and a mobile device respectively.

25. The method according to claim 20, further comprising a step of checking if the received second content is an event identifier, a synchronization cue or details on the song being played prior to synchronizing the first content and the second content.

26. A computer program product comprising a plurality of data processor executable instructions that when executed by a data processor in a communication device causes the communication device to perform the method of claim 20.