Methods for universal data output
DCFirst Claim
1. A pervasive mobile data output method for rendering at an output device content at least partly accessible with an information apparatus, the information apparatus including at least one wireless communication unit, the pervasive mobile output method comprising:
- accessing at the information apparatus at least part of said content;
opening at the information apparatus a wireless communication channel;
searching wirelessly at the information apparatus for wireless output devices available for wireless communication;
receiving at the information apparatus and over the wireless communication channel at least one attribute corresponding to each wireless output device found in the search;
selecting at the information apparatus a wireless output device found in the search based at least in part on a received attribute;
conforming at the information apparatus at least part of the content into one or more output images;
generating at the information apparatus an intermediate output data that includes said one or more output images, the intermediate output data conforming at least partly based on said received attribute of the selected output device;
establishing a wireless connection between the information apparatus and the selected wireless output device;
transmitting the intermediate output data from the information apparatus to an output controller that is distinct from the information apparatus and associated with the selected output device, the output controller including at least one wireless communication unit;
converting at the output controller the intermediate output data into an output data acceptable for rendering at the output device, and delivering the output data to the output device for rendering;
conforming at the output device the output data into a data format that is acceptable for rendering by a rendering engine in the output device, and delivering the data format to the rendering engine for output,whereby, the information apparatus is able to output, in a mobile pervasive manner, one or more images representative of said content to an output device without the need to install an output device driver specific to that output device.
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Abstract
A data output method for rendering at an output device content accessible with an information apparatus, includes obtaining at the information apparatus one or more rasterization parameters corresponding to the output device and conforming at the information apparatus at least part of the data content into one or more output images with said one or more rasterization parameters. An intermediate output data is transmitted from the information apparatus to an output controller that is distinct from the information apparatus and associated with the selected output device, the intermediate output data including one or more output image. The intermediate output data is converted at the output controller into an output data acceptable for rendering at the output device.
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37 Claims
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1. A pervasive mobile data output method for rendering at an output device content at least partly accessible with an information apparatus, the information apparatus including at least one wireless communication unit, the pervasive mobile output method comprising:
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accessing at the information apparatus at least part of said content; opening at the information apparatus a wireless communication channel; searching wirelessly at the information apparatus for wireless output devices available for wireless communication; receiving at the information apparatus and over the wireless communication channel at least one attribute corresponding to each wireless output device found in the search; selecting at the information apparatus a wireless output device found in the search based at least in part on a received attribute; conforming at the information apparatus at least part of the content into one or more output images; generating at the information apparatus an intermediate output data that includes said one or more output images, the intermediate output data conforming at least partly based on said received attribute of the selected output device; establishing a wireless connection between the information apparatus and the selected wireless output device; transmitting the intermediate output data from the information apparatus to an output controller that is distinct from the information apparatus and associated with the selected output device, the output controller including at least one wireless communication unit; converting at the output controller the intermediate output data into an output data acceptable for rendering at the output device, and delivering the output data to the output device for rendering; conforming at the output device the output data into a data format that is acceptable for rendering by a rendering engine in the output device, and delivering the data format to the rendering engine for output, whereby, the information apparatus is able to output, in a mobile pervasive manner, one or more images representative of said content to an output device without the need to install an output device driver specific to that output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A pervasive mobile data output method for rendering content to an output device from a mobile wireless information apparatus, the content being at least partly accessible with the information apparatus, the output device being a distinct device from the information apparatus and including a wireless communication unit, the method comprising:
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opening a wireless communication channel at the information apparatus; searching wirelessly at the information apparatus for wireless output devices available for wireless communication; receiving over the wireless communication channel at least one device attribute associated with at least one available wireless output device, the device attribute including at least an indication of a supported output device profile; selecting a wireless output device found in the search based at least in part on the received device attribute; conforming at the information apparatus at least part of the content into one or more device independent output images with at least one predefined or standard parameter; generating at the information apparatus an intermediate output data that includes said one or more output images, the intermediate output data conforming at least partly to said supported output device profile of a selected output that is included in said device attribute of the selected wireless output device and received over the wireless communication channel; establishing a point to point wireless connection between the information apparatus and the selected output device; delivering the intermediate output data over the wireless connection for rendering at the selected wireless output device; decoding at the output device the intermediate output data; converting at said output device the intermediate output data into an output data format acceptable for rendering by an output engine included in said output device, and sending the output data to the output engine for rendering, whereby the wireless information apparatus is able to pervasively output one or more images representative of said content to an output device without need to install an output device driver specific to that output device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of mobile wireless data output from an information apparatus with access to at least part of a content to a wireless output device by short range wireless communication, wherein the information apparatus includes at least one wireless communication unit and is a distinct device from the output device, the method comprising:
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opening a wireless communication channel; discovering wirelessly one or more wireless devices that are available for wireless connection; receiving over the wireless communication channel an attribute corresponding to each discovered wireless device, the attribute including one or more of a name, a device type, a device address, and an indication of a supported output device profile; selecting a wireless output device from among the one or more discovered wireless devices based at least in part on the received attribute; obtaining a security key at the information apparatus, the security key enabling wireless data transfer to the selected output device; sending a security code related at least partly to the security key over the wireless communication channel and requesting the selected wireless output device to open a wireless connection channel for data transfer; receiving over the wireless communication channel a response related to an authentication; and if the received response is positive, establishing a wireless connection channel between the information apparatus and the selected wireless output device, conforming, at the information apparatus, at least part of the content into an output data encoded with at least one format, the conforming relating at least in part to the attribute received over the wireless communication channel, and transferring the output data from the information apparatus to the selected output device over said wireless connection channel for rendering, receiving at the selected output device the output data, performing at the selected output device at least one decoding operations on said output data, and converting the output data into an output engine data acceptable for rendering by an output engine included in the selected output device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A pervasive mobile data output method for rendering at an output device content that is at least partly accessible with an information apparatus, the information apparatus being a distinct device from the output device and including a wireless communication unit, the output device including a wireless communication unit for wireless communication, a controller for decoding intermediate output data received at the output device, and a rendering engine, the pervasive mobile output method comprising:
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accessing at the information apparatus at least part of said content; opening at the information apparatus a wireless communication channel; searching wirelessly at the information apparatus for wireless output devices available for wireless communication; receiving at the information apparatus and over the wireless communication channel at least one attribute corresponding to each wireless output device found in the search; selecting at the information apparatus a selected wireless output device found in the search based at least in part on a received attribute, the selected wireless output device having an associated output controller; conforming at the information apparatus at least part of the content into one or more output images; generating at the information apparatus an intermediate output data that includes said one or more output images;
the intermediate output data being at least partly compatible with said received attribute of the selected wireless output device;establishing a wireless connection between the information apparatus and the selected wireless output device; wirelessly transmitting the intermediate output data from the information apparatus to the selected wireless output device where the intermediate output data are decoded for rendering at the output device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A pervasive mobile data output method for rendering content to an output device from a mobile wireless information apparatus, the content being at least partly accessible with the information apparatus, the output device being a distinct device from the information apparatus and including a wireless communication unit, the method comprising:
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opening a wireless communication channel at the information apparatus; searching wirelessly at the information apparatus for wireless output devices available for wireless communication; receiving over the wireless communication channel at least one device attribute associated with at least one available wireless output device, the device attribute including at least an indication of a supported output device profile; selecting a wireless output device found in the search based at least in part on the received device attribute; conforming at the information apparatus at least part of the content into one or more device independent output images with at least one predefined or standard parameter; generating at the information apparatus an intermediate output data that includes said one or more output images, the intermediate output data conforming at least partly to said supported output device profile of a selected output that is included in said device attribute of the selected wireless output device and received over the wireless communication channel; establishing a point to point wireless connection between the information apparatus and the selected output device; and delivering the intermediate output data over the wireless connection for rendering at the selected wireless output device for rendering. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of mobile wireless data output from an information apparatus with access to at least part of a content to a wireless output device by short range wireless communication, wherein the information apparatus includes at least one wireless communication unit and is a distinct device from the output device, the method comprising:
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opening a wireless communication channel; discovering wirelessly one or more wireless devices that are available for wireless connection; receiving over the wireless communication channel an attribute corresponding to each discovered wireless device, the attribute including one or more of a name, a device type, a device address, and an indication of a supported output device profile; selecting a wireless output device from among the one or more discovered wireless devices based at least in part on the received attribute; obtaining a security key at the information apparatus, the security key enabling wireless data transfer to the selected output device; sending at least part of the security key over the wireless communication channel and requesting the selected wireless output device to open a wireless connection channel for data transfer; receiving over the wireless communication channel a response related to an authentication; and if the received response is positive, establishing a wireless connection channel between the information apparatus and the selected wireless output device, and conforming, at the information apparatus, at least part of the content into an output data encoded with at least one format, the conforming relating at least in part to the attribute received over the wireless communication channel, and transferring the output data from the information apparatus to the selected output device over said wireless connection channel for rendering. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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