IPTV RADIO DEVICE USING LOW-BANDWIDTH CONNECTION

• US 20130254812A1
• Filed: 03/23/2012
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Network Entertainment International LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: McCoy, Charles, Pedlow, Leo Mark Jr., Xiong, True, Wallace, Jason
• Application Number:
  US13/429,166
• Publication Number:
  US 20130254812A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2402 Monitoring of the downstream path of the transmission network, e.g. bandwidth available traffic monitoring in data switching networks H04L43/00; monitoring data switching networks utilization H04L43/0876
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25825 involving client display capabilities, e.g. screen resolution of a mobile phone optimising the visualisation of content during browsing in the Internet G06F16/9577; processing of terminal status or physical abilities in wireless networks H04W8/22; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64738 Monitoring network characteristics, e.g. bandwidth, congestion level data switched network analysis H04L41/14; monitoring functioning in data switched networks H04L43/0817; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64769 for rate control flow control in packet networks H04L47/10

Abstract

Providing audio services to an Internet television device using a low-bandwidth Internet connection, including: configuring the Internet television device to operate and receive audio services using a low-bandwidth Internet connection; presenting a list of authorized services on a display of the Internet television device; receiving a search word for desired services, searching using the search word and aggregating search results, and presenting a playlist of services and stations obtained from the search results based on user'"'"'s playback history and device'"'"'s modular capabilities, when the desired services are not in the list of authorized or recommended services; enabling a customer to select a service from the list of authorized services or playlist of services and stations; and generating and streaming audio portion of the selected service to the Internet television device. Keywords include IPTV and low-bandwidth.

Claims

1. A method of providing audio services to an Internet television device using a low-bandwidth Internet connection, the method comprising:

configuring the Internet television device to operate and receive audio services using a low-bandwidth Internet connection;

presenting a list of authorized services on a display of the Internet television device;

receiving a search word for desired services, searching using the search word and aggregating search results, and presenting a playlist of services and stations obtained from the search results based on user'"'"'s playback history and device'"'"'s modular capabilities, when the desired services are not in the list of authorized or recommended services;

enabling a customer to select a service from the list of authorized services or playlist of services and stations; and

generating and streaming audio portion of the selected service to the Internet television device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio portion is generated by extracting the audio portion from a television broadcast in near real-time or at scheduled time.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein extracting the audio portion from a television broadcast comprises

enabling the Internet television device to retrieve the audio portion from a separate file.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein enabling the Internet television device to retrieve the audio portion from a separate file comprises

providing an online address of the separate file.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio portion is generated by converting text from a print service to speech in near real-time or at scheduled time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the Internet television device is an IPTV radio device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the Internet television device comprises

configuring the Internet television device as a modular device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the Internet television device comprises

enabling the Internet television device to present to the customer a broad range of Internet radio stations, audio portions of the television stations, and converted text-to-speech of the print services.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein aggregating search results comprises

aggregating search results for a region or country where the Internet television is located.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising

providing a subtitle track in a language commonly used in the region or country where the Internet television is located.

11. A system of providing audio services to an Internet television device using a low-bandwidth Internet connection, the system comprising:

a processor configured to present a list of authorized services on a display of the Internet television device, the processor to receive a search word for desired services, search using the search word and aggregate search results, and present a playlist of services and stations obtained from the search results, when the desired services are not in the list of authorized services,

wherein a customer using the Internet television device is enabled to select a service from the list of authorized services or playlist of services and stations;

a content and service converter configured to generate audio portion of the selected service; and

a streaming unit configured to stream the generated audio portion to the Internet television device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the system is configured as a streaming and on-demand service accessible through the Internet television device.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the content and service converter includes an extractor configured to extract the audio portion from a television broadcast.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the content and service converter converts text from a print service to speech to generate the audio portion.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the Internet television device is an IPTV radio device.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the Internet television device is a modular device.

17. A non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program to provide audio services to an Internet television device using a low-bandwidth Internet connection, the computer program comprising executable instructions that cause a computer to:

present a list of recommended services on a display of the Internet television device;

receive a search word for desired services, search using the search word and aggregate search results, and present a playlist of services and stations obtained from the search results, when the desired services are not in the list of recommended services;

enable a customer to select a service from the list of recommended services or playlist of services and stations; and

generate and stream audio portion of the selected service to the Internet television device.

18. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 17, wherein executable instructions that cause a computer to generate audio portion comprise executable instructions that cause a computer to

extract the audio portion from a television broadcast.

19. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 17, wherein executable instructions that cause a computer to generate audio portion comprise executable instructions that cause a computer to

convert text from a print service to speech.

20. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 17, wherein executable instructions that cause a computer to aggregating search results comprise executable instructions that cause a computer to

aggregate search results for a region or country where the Internet television is located.