Portable terminal device and reception method for simultaneously displaying applications

• US 7,802,244 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2005
• Issued: 09/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sato, Shunta, Imai, Atsushi, Someya, Takahisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhen, Wei Y
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rampuria, Satish
• Application Number:
  US11/246,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20060085384A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,806 Days
• Field of Search: 717168-178, 455/418, 455/419, 455/466
• US Class Current: 717/171
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• 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 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006

Abstract

When data received separately in first and second reception processing is processed separately by first and second application programs, and when data received by the first reception processing contains specific data specifying processing by the second application program, and the specific data has regional properties, the current region where the second application program is executed is judged, and if the region does not match a region to which processing specified by the specific data belongs, the content specified by the specific data is converted based on data in a predetermined table, and processing is executed by the second application program. Accordingly, two application programs can be linked in a mobile phone unit or other terminal devices, and problems when executing one application with regional properties under control of the other application can be resolved.

Claims

1. A portable terminal device comprising:

a first reception portion, which receives data based on a first application program;

a second reception portion, which receives data based on a second application program; and

an application program execution processor configured to process data received by said first and second reception portions using said first and second application programs,

wherein said application program execution processor is further configured to determine a current region where the second application program is executed in response to said application program execution processor determining that data received by said first reception portion includes specific data specifying processing by said second application program and determining that said specific data includes regional restrictions stored therein,

wherein said application program execution processor is further configured to convert said specific data based on predetermined table data in response to a determination that the current region does not match a region stored in the specific data in which processing specified by the specific data is available, and

wherein said application program execution processor is further configured to execute the processing of the second application program utilizing the converted specific data.

2. The portable terminal device according to claim 1,

wherein said first reception portion is a reception portion which receives data via a wireless telephone line,

said second reception portion is a reception portion which receives broadcast content, and

said application program execution processor is further configured to convert a reception channel or reception frequency in said second reception portion, which is specified by data received by said first reception portion, into another reception channel or reception frequency.

3. The portable terminal device according to claim 2,

wherein the table for converting said reception channels or reception frequencies is formed based on electronic program guide information included in broadcast data received by said second reception portion.

8. The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined table for converting said specific data is generated based on information received by said second reception portion.

4. A reception method executed using a portable terminal device having an application program execution processor, the method comprising:

performing first reception processing to receive data based on a first application program,

performing second reception processing to receive data based on a second application program, and

processing data received by said first and second reception processing using said first and second application programs, the processing further including

determining the current region where the second application program is executed in response to determining that data received by said first reception processing includes specific data specifying processing by said second application program and that said specific data includes regional restrictions stored therein,

converting said specific data based on data in a predetermined table in response to a determination that the current region does not match a region stored in the specific data in which processing specified by said specific data is available, and

executing the processing of said second application program utilizing the converted specific data.

5. The reception method according to claim 4,

wherein said first reception processing is processing to receive data via a wireless telephone line,

said second reception processing is processing to receive broadcast content, and

said application program execution processing is processing to convert a reception channel or reception frequency in said second reception processing, which is specified by data received in said first reception processing, into another reception channel or reception frequency.

6. The reception method according to claim 5,

wherein the table for converting said reception channels or reception frequencies is formed based on electronic program guide information included in broadcast data received in said second reception processing.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a program executing a reception method comprising:

performing first reception processing to receive data based on a first application program,

performing second reception processing to receive data based on a second application program, and

processing data received by said first and second reception processing using said first and second application programs, the processing further including

determining a current region where the second application program is executed in response to determining that data received by said first reception processing includes specific data specifying processing by said second application program determining that said specific data includes regional restrictions stored therein,

converting said specific data based on data in a predetermined table in response to a determination that the current region does not match a region stored in the specific data in which processing specified by said specific data is available, and

executing the processing of said second application program utilizing the converted specific data.