System and method for using a hand held device to display a readable representation of an audio track

• US 7,102,688 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2001
• Issued: 09/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Universal Electronics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Universal Electronics, Inc.
• Inventors: Huang, Steve LanPing, Hayes, Patrick H., Presseau, Joyce M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Natnael, Paulos M.
• Application Number:
  US09/905,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20020140855A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,880 Days
• Field of Search: 348/465, 348/468, 348/553, 348/564, 348/734, 704/270, 704/277, 704/235
• US Class Current: 348/465
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/21 Programming remote control devices via third means
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/92 Universal remote control
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/202 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• 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 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4431 characterized by the use of Application Program Interface [API] libraries
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles

Abstract

A system and method for using a hand held device having a display to display a readable representation of an audio track of a playing media such as, for example, a television program, a compact disc, or digital video disc. In one embodiment, the system generally includes a consumer appliance for playing the media wherein the consumer appliance is adapted to transmit a signal including data that is a representation of the audio track. In a further embodiment, the representation of the audio track can be downloaded to the hand-held device from an external source such as, for example, a Web site on the Internet.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a hand-held device having a display; and

a consumer appliance having an application for reading closed captioning information from a video signal and for loading the closed captioning information read from the video signal into a pre-formatted mark-up language page;

wherein the hand-held device and the consumer appliance are adapted to communicate such that the consumer appliance can transmit the mark-up language page to the hand-held device and the hand-held device can display the mark-up language page including a representation of the closed captioning information in the display.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the hand-held device comprises a memory for storing the mark-up language page and a program for replaying the stored closed captioning information included in the mark-up language page.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the hand-held device comprises a browser application for displaying the mark-up language page in the display.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the hand-held device comprises a remote-control having a memory in which is stored command codes for commanding the operation of a plurality of different consumer appliances.

5. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the hand-held device periodically transmits requests to the consumer appliance to receive a refresh of the mark-up language page.

6. The system as recited in claim 5, wherein the requests are periodically transmitted at a refresh time interval specified within a field within the mark-up language page.

7. A system, comprising:

a hand-held device having a display; and

a karaoke device having an application for reading song lyrics from a recorded media and for loading the song lyrics read from the recorded media into a pre-formatted mark-up language page;

wherein the hand-held device and the karaoke device are adapted to communicate such that the karaoke device can transmit the mark-up language page to the hand-held device and the hand-held device can display the mark-up language page including a representation of the song lyrics in the display.

8. A system, comprising:

a hand-held device having a display; and

a consumer appliance having an application for reading movie sub-titles from a recorded media and for loading the movie sub-titles read from the recorded media into a pre-formatted mark-up language page;

wherein the hand-held device and the consumer appliance are adapted to communicate such that the consumer appliance can transmit the mark-up language page to the hand-held device and the hand-held device can display the mark-up language page including a representation of the movie sub-titles in the display.

9. The system as recited in claim 8, wherein the recorded media is a digital video disc.

10. In a hand-held device having a display operable in connection with a consumer appliance having an application for reading closed captioning information from a video signal, a method for displaying information related to a viewed program, comprising:

transmitting to the consumer appliance a request to receive a mark-up language page including information indicative of the closed captioning information and a field which specifies a refresh time interval; and

displaying the received mark-up language page including the information indicative of the closed captioning information in the display;

wherein the request to receive information is periodically transmitted at the refresh time interval specified within the field included within the mark-up language page.

11. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein the hand-held device comprises a browser application for displaying the mark-up language page received from the consumer appliance in which is placed the closed captioning information.

12. The method as recited in claim 10, further comprising the step of storing the closed captioning information and the step of displaying is performed in response to activation of a key associated with the hand-held device.

13. A readable media having instructions for displaying information, comprising:

transmitting to a consumer appliance a request to receive a mark-up language page including the information and a field which specifies a refresh time interval; and

displaying the received mark-up language page including the information in the display;

wherein the request to receive information is periodically transmitted at the refresh time interval specified within the field included within the mark-up language page.

14. The readable media as recited in claim 13, wherein the hand-held device comprises a browser application for displaying the mark-up language page received from the consumer appliance.

15. The readable media as recited in claim 14, wherein the instructions further perform the step of storing the information and wherein the step of displaying is performed in response to activation of a key associated with the hand-held device.