Multi-media coordinated delivery system and method

• US 6,697,632 B1
• Filed: 05/07/1998
• Issued: 02/24/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sood, Prem
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Vivian
• Assistant Examiner(s): Milord, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US09/074,574
• Time in Patent Office: 2,119 Days
• Field of Search: 455/502, 455/503, 455/403, 455/422, 455/560, 455/517, 455/416, 125/48, 348/14.02, 348/14.04, 375/354, 375/355, 375/356
• US Class Current: 455/502
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/764 at the destination reformatting of additional data in video clients H04N21/4355
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method of coordinating the delivery of two independent messages, of different mediums, for simultaneous presentation is provided. The messages are communicated in a system capable of including coordination plans with the messages. The coordination plans include the identity of the independent messages, points in the messages where the coordination begins, and the duration of the presentation. Once linkage points in the first and second messages are defined, the relationship between messages is defined, so that independent messages 10 are displayed with predefined, meaningful timing. In communication system flexible enough to support real-time, two-way communications, such as wireless telephones, at least one of the messages to be coordinated can be received and presented in real-time. A system of coordinating two independent messages with a coordination plan message is also provided.

Claims

1. In a wireless communication system including at least one base station, a method for a mobile station to synchronize the presentation of a first communication stream to the presentation of at least a second communication stream, the method comprising the steps of:

a) receiving the first communication stream of information;

b) receiving the second communications stream of information;

c) receiving management fields of instructions to control to reception of the first and second communication streams; and

d) in response to the instructions received in Step c), synchronously presenting the second communication stream of information with the first communication stream of information, whereby two independent communication streams are joined with the use of accompanying coordination plans.

2. A method as in claim 1 in which Step c) includes, in response to receiving the management fields, identifying an Inter-Medium Coordination Field in a message, whereby the synchronization is conducted in the context of established communication management protocols.

3. A method as in claim 2 wherein a plurality of communication streams are received, with each stream having a unique message identification number, and in which Step c) includes identifying the Inter-Medium Coordination sub-fields as follows:

i) receiving a S1_MEDIUM_ID field to identify the first communication stream medium type;

ii) receiving a S1_MESSAGE_ID field to identify the first communication stream in Step a);

iii) receiving a S2_MEDIUM_ID field to identify the second communication stream medium type;

iv) receiving a S2_MESSAGE_ID field to identify the second communication stream in Step b);

v) receiving a S2_LENGTH field to identify the number of octets in the second communications stream;

vi) receiving a S2_RUN_LENGTH field to identify the presentation time duration of the second communications stream;

vii) receiving a COORD_PT_ID_IN_S1 field to identify a reference point in the first communications stream to synchronize the second communication stream with the first information stream; and

viii) receiving a START_OF_PLAY_DELAY field to identify a time delay, from the presentation of the coordination point identified in Sub-step vii) until the presentation of the first information stream with the second communications stream.

4. A method as in claim 3 in which the communication system is an IS-95 system, and in which the Inter-Medium Coordination sub-fields are received as follows:

i) receiving a S1_MEDIUM_ID field of ½

an octet;

ii) receiving a S1_MESSAGE_ID field of 1;

iii) receiving an S2_MEDIUM_ID field of ½

an octet;

iv) receiving an S2_MESSAGE_ID field of 1 octet;

v) receiving an S2_LENGTH field of 1 octet;

vi) receiving an S2_RUN_LENGTH field of 1 octet;

vii) receiving a COORD_PT_ID_IN_S1 field of ½

an octet; and

viii) receiving a START_OF_PLAY_DELAY field of 1 octet.

5. A method as in claim 1 wherein a receiver is provided with at least three channels to receive information of the first and second communication streams, and management fields, in which Steps a), b), and c) include receiving information on the three channels.

6. A method as in claim 1 wherein the communication system is selected from the group consisting of IS-95, W-CDMA, IS-136, and GSM.