Mobile multimedia engine

• US 7,286,823 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2003
• Issued: 10/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Svener, Johan, Ledfelt, Erik, Reinholdsson, Mikael
• Primary Examiner(s): Gesesse; Tilahun
• Application Number:
  US10/359,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20030224770A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,719 Days
• Field of Search: 455/3.05, 455/412, 455/403, 455/418, 455/419, 455/412.1, 709/217, 709/218, 709/219, 463/42, 463/40
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44526 Plug-ins; Add-ons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

A mobile multimedia system for a mobile terminal for a wireless telecommunications system and a method for enabling multimedia applications in a mobile terminal. The system includes a mobile multimedia engine having a software services component and a hardware component associated with and controlled by said software services component, and an interface component having at least one interface for providing access to the mobile multimedia engine. The system further includes multimedia application software loaded, installed and run in said mobile multimedia engine via the at least one interface in said interface component.

Claims

1. A mobile multimedia system for a mobile terminal for a wireless telecommunications system, comprising:

a mobile terminal platform assembly, said mobile terminal platform assembly including;

a mobile multimedia engine having a software services component and a hardware component associated with and controlled by said software services component,

an interface component having at least one interface for providing access to the mobile multimedia engine, a middleware services layer that includes the at least one interface, wherein said interface includes an application program interface for loading installing and running the multimedia application software in the multimedia engine, that isolates the mobile multimedia engine from the multimedia application software except via the at least one interface; and

multimedia application software loaded, installed and run in said mobile multimedia engine of said mobile terminal platform assembly via said at least one interface in said interface component.

2. The mobile multimedia system according to claim 1, wherein the software component and the hardware component of said mobile multimedia engine includes software and hardware to provide one or more multimedia functions including one or more of audio/video playback, streaming audio/video, audio/video recording and video telephony.

3. The mobile multimedia system according to claim 2, wherein said mobile multimedia engine includes one or more external interfaces to one or more external devices.

4. The mobile multimedia system according to claim 3, wherein said one or more external interfaces include one or more external interfaces to one or more of a display device, a camera, a persistent memory device, an audio device and an input device.

5. The mobile multimedia system according to claim 1 wherein said multimedia application software includes one or more of multimedia application objects including a File network application object, a Video Player application object, a Canvas, Window, Font application object, a Video Device, Video Channel application object and an Audio Device, Audio Channel application object.

6. The mobile multimedia system according to claim 1, wherein said hardware component includes a Graphics Acceleration Module for enhancing video and imaging and an audio Digital Signal Processor for enhancing audio.

7. The mobile multimedia system according to claim 1, adapted for use in a WCDMA/GSM wireless telecommunications system.

8. A mobile terminal platform assembly for a mobile multimedia system for a wireless telecommunications system, comprising:

a mobile multimedia engine having a software services component and a hardware component associated with and controlled by said software services component;

at least one multimedia application software;

an interface component having at least one interface for providing at least one multimedia application with access to the mobile multimedia engine, and

a middleware services layer that includes the at least one interface, wherein said interface includes an application program interface for loading, installing and running the multimedia application software in the multimedia engine, that isolates the mobile multimedia engine from the multimedia application software using it.

9. The mobile terminal platform assembly according to claim 8, wherein the software component and the hardware component of said mobile multimedia engine includes software and hardware to provide one or more multimedia functions including one or more of audio/video playback, streaming audio/video, audio/video recording and video telephony.

10. The mobile terminal platform assembly according to claim 9, wherein said mobile multimedia engine includes one or more external interfaces to one or more external devices.

11. The mobile terminal platform assembly according to claim 10, wherein said one or more external interfaces include one or more external interfaces to one or more of a display device, a camera, a persistent memory device, an audio device and an input device.

12. The mobile terminal platform assembly according to claim 8, wherein said multimedia application software includes one or more of multimedia application objects including a File network application object, a Video Player application object, a Canvas, Window, Font application object, a Video Device, Video Channel application object and an Audio Device, Audio Channel application object.

13. The mobile terminal platform assembly according to claim 8, wherein said hardware component includes a Graphics Acceleration Module for enhancing video and imaging and an audio Digital Signal Processor for enhancing audio.

14. The mobile terminal platform assembly according to claim 8, adapted for use in a WCDMA/GSM wireless telecommunications system.

15. A mobile terminal for a wireless telecommunications system comprising:

a mobile multimedia engine having a software services component and a hardware component associated with and controlled by said software services component;

a multimedia application software;

an interface component having at least one interface for providing at least one multimedia application with access to the mobile multimedia engine, and

a middleware services layer that includes the at least one interface, wherein said interface includes an application program interface for loading, installing and running the multimedia application software in the multimedia engine, that isolates the mobile multimedia engine from the multimedia application software except via the at least one interface.

16. The mobile terminal according to claim 15, wherein said mobile multimedia engine includes one or more external interfaces to one or more external devices.

17. The mobile terminal according to claim 15, wherein said hardware component includes a Graphics Acceleration Module for enhancing video and imaging and an audio Digital Signal Processor for enhancing audio.

18. The mobile terminal according to claim 15, adapted for use in a WCDMA/GSM wireless telecommunications system.

19. A method for enabling multimedia applications in a mobile terminal for a wireless telecommunications system, comprising:

providing a mobile terminal platform assembly that includes a mobile multimedia engine having a software services component and a hardware component associated with and controlled by the software services component,

a multimedia application software;

an interface component having at least one interface for providing at least one multimedia application with access to the mobile multimedia engine, and

a middleware services layer that includes the at least one interface, wherein said interface includes an application program interface for loading, installing and running the multimedia application software in the multimedia engine, that isolates the mobile multimedia engine from the multimedia application software except via the at least one interface.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein said at least one multimedia application includes one or more of multimedia application objects including a File network application object, a Video Player application object, a Canvas, Window, Font application object, a Video Device, Video Channel application object and an Audio Device, Audio Channel application object.