MOBILE TERMINAL, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE MOBILE TERMINAL AND THE TELEVISION RECEIVER

• US 20130179928A1
• Filed: 06/22/2012
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Nagata, Junichi, Mizuno, Sota, Saitou, Tatsuro
• Application Number:
  US13/531,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20130179928A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/81
• 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 21/4222 Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415
• 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

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a mobile terminal and a television receiver, and a communication system which includes the mobile terminal and the television receiver are provided. In the communication system, the mobile terminal and the television receiver are configured to be interactively communicable with each other. The mobile terminal which uses a first address on a network, converts the first address into a second address suitable for the performance of the television receiver and usable by the television receiver. The television receiver automatically activates an application for displaying the data acquired using the second address.

Claims

1. A communication system in which a mobile terminal and a television receiver are configured to be interactively communicable with each other, comprising:

a converter configured to convert a first address on a network used by the mobile terminal into a second address suitable for performance of the television receiver and usable by the television receiver; and

an activation module configured to automatically activate an application used to display data acquired by the television receiver using the second address.

2. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the converter is provided in one of the mobile terminal, the television receiver, and an external server to be accessed by the mobile terminal or the television receiver.

3. The communication system of claim 1, wherein the first and second addresses on the network are URLs, and the application is a program code used to access a server to acquire content and output the content to a display.

4. A mobile terminal configured to be interactively communicable with a television receiver and a server on a network, comprising:

a converter configured to convert a first address on the network into information including a second address suitable for performance of the television receiver.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the second address is information which is permitted to serve as a trigger for activating a particular application in the television receiver.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the converter transmits the first address to the server, and receives the second address from the server, the second address being converted by the server.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the first address on the network is a URL, and the particular application is a program code for accessing the server to acquire content and output the content to a display.

8. A television receiver configured to be interactively communicable with a mobile terminal and a server on a network, comprising:

an activation module configured to activate an application if receiving an address from the mobile terminal; and

an accessing module configured to access the server using the address, or using information obtained by converting the address.

9. The television receiver of claim 8, wherein the address used to access the server is obtained by converting a mobile address, used by the mobile terminal, to be suitable for performance of the television receiver and usable by the television receiver.

10. The television receiver of claim 9, wherein the mobile address is converted by the server to be usable by the television receiver.