Folding electronic apparatus and program for receiving digital television broadcast

• US 7,813,761 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2004
• Issued: 10/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Minami, Tsuyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Pérez-Gutiérrez; Rafael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Arevalo; Joseph
• Application Number:
  US11/006,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20050151871A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,136 Days
• Field of Search: 455/552.1, 455/556.4, 455/556.1, 455/550.1, 455/575.3, 455/575.1, 455/566, 455/415, 455/420, 455/552, 455/556, 455/550, 455/575, 455/558, 455/15, 455/569.2, 455/41.2, 379/433.06, 379/433.13, 701/201, 709/203, 709/217, 370/331, 370/433.06, 370/433.13, 370/203, 370/217
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/47 for recognising genres
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/65 for using the result on users' side
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• 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 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• 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 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display

Abstract

A portable electronic apparatus including a main and a sub display and a cover that is opened/closed in use. A “keyword” is selected on a function setting picture displayed on the main display, thereby displaying a keyword input picture. A desired keyword, for example, “Weather forecast” is then inputted. When a data broadcast including a match of the set keyword is received during reception of a digital television broadcast, a video and data broadcast are displayed on the main and sub displays, respectively.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a body;

a cover connected foldingly to the body such that the cover is movable between an open position in which the cover does not cover the body and a closed position in which the cover covers the body;

a receiver which receives a digital television broadcast;

a first display viewable when the cover is in the open position;

a second display viewable at least when the cover is in the closed position;

a video display control unit which displays a video included in the digital television broadcast received by the receiver;

a keyword setting unit which sets a keyword;

a keyword determining unit which determines whether a match of the keyword set by the keyword setting unit is included in data of a data broadcast included in the digital television broadcast received by the receiver; and

a data broadcast display control unit which displays on the second display the data broadcast included in the received digital television broadcast when the keyword determining unit determines that a match of the keyword set by the keyword setting unit is included in the data of the data broadcast.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a determining unit which determines whether the receiver has started to receive the digital television broadcast; and

an information alarm unit which gives a predetermined information alarm when the determining unit determines that the receiver has started to receive the digital television broadcast.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein, when the keyword determining unit determines that a match of the keyword is not included in data of the data broadcast included in the received digital television broadcast, the broadcast display control unit divides a display area of the first display into two subareas, and then displays the video and the data broadcast included in the digital television broadcast on the two subareas, respectively, of the display area of the first display.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 3, wherein, when the keyword determining unit determines that a match of the keyword is included in data of the data broadcast included in the received digital television broadcast, the data broadcast display control unit displays the video included in the digital television broadcast on the whole display area of the first display.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a communicating unit that is connectable to a public radio communication network to which a plurality of content providing servers are connected;

an accessed destination data determining unit which determines whether data of a data broadcast included in the digital television broadcast received by the receiver includes information on a content providing server to be accessed; and

a data acquiring unit which connects the communicating unit to the content providing server to be accessed and which acquires desired information from the content providing server, when the accessed destination data determining unit determines that data of the data broadcast included in the received digital television broadcast includes information on the content providing server.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus comprises a mobile telephone having a radio communication function.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus comprises a PDA.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a program that is executable by an electronic apparatus comprising a body, a cover connected foldingly to the body such that the cover is movable between an open position in which the cover does not cover the body and a closed position in which the cover covers the body, a receiver which receives a digital television broadcast, a first display viewable when the cover is in the open position, and a second display viewable at least when the cover is in the closed position, wherein the program is executable by the electronic apparatus to perform functions comprising:

displaying a video included in the digital television broadcast received by the receiver;

setting a keyword;

determining whether a match of the set keyword is included in data of a data broadcast included in the digital television broadcast received by the receiver; and

displaying on the second display the data broadcast included in the received digital television broadcast when it is determined that a match of the set keyword is included in the data of the data broadcast.