Phone-to-monitor connection device
First Claim
1. A device for connecting a phone with a display area to a monitor, the device comprising:
- a phone interface forreceiving from the phone connected to the device content generated for display on the display area of the phone, the content being a markup language description of a web page that the phone received from a web site, the web page including a navigation control for navigating to another web page of the web site;
receiving from the phone user input received via the phone directed to the web page; and
sending to the phone requests relating to the web page to be sent to the web site so that when the received user input indicates to select the navigation control, a request to retrieve the other web page is sent to the phone;
a monitor interface for sending content to a monitor connected to the device;
a format converter for converting the markup language description received via the phone interface and for converting selection of navigation control to a monitor format for display of the web page on the monitor; and
a transmission component that transmits to the monitor the converted markup language description via the monitor interface so that the monitor displays the web page.
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Abstract
A device for connecting a phone to a television so that content available via the phone can be rendered on the television is provided. The phone-to-television device includes a telephone interface for receiving content from and sending commands to the connected phone and includes a television interface for transmitting the received content for rendering on the connected television. The phone-to-television device includes a converter for converting content received from the phone into a television format and includes a transmission component for transmitting the formatted content for display on the television. As the user interacts with the phone, the user can view on the television the content that is provided by the phone.
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18 Claims
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1. A device for connecting a phone with a display area to a monitor, the device comprising:
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a phone interface for receiving from the phone connected to the device content generated for display on the display area of the phone, the content being a markup language description of a web page that the phone received from a web site, the web page including a navigation control for navigating to another web page of the web site; receiving from the phone user input received via the phone directed to the web page; and sending to the phone requests relating to the web page to be sent to the web site so that when the received user input indicates to select the navigation control, a request to retrieve the other web page is sent to the phone; a monitor interface for sending content to a monitor connected to the device; a format converter for converting the markup language description received via the phone interface and for converting selection of navigation control to a monitor format for display of the web page on the monitor; and a transmission component that transmits to the monitor the converted markup language description via the monitor interface so that the monitor displays the web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A peripheral device for connecting a phone with a display area to a phone-to-television device, the peripheral device comprising:
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a phone interface that connects to an external interface of a phone; a phone-to-television device interface that sends content to a phone-to-television device; and a component that receives from the phone via the phone interface a markup language description of a web page received by the phone from a web site, the web page including a navigation control for navigating to another web page; converts the markup language description into a format for the phone-to-television device; sends the converted markup language description to the phone-to-television device via the phone-to-television device interface for display on the television in real-time so that the television displays a web page specified by the markup language description received by the phone; receives via the phone user input directed to selecting the navigation control of the web page displayed on the television; sends an indication of the selection of the navigation control to the phone-to-television device interface for displaying on the television; and sends to the phone via the phone interface a request to retrieve the other web page. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method performed by a device for connecting a phone to a monitor, the method comprising:
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receiving from the phone connected to the device a markup language description of a web page that the phone received from a web site, the web page including a navigation control for navigating to another web page; generating content of the web page for display on the monitor based on the markup language description received from the phone; sending the generated content to the monitor connected to the device; receiving from the phone user input received via the phone directed to the web page; and when the received user input indicates to select the navigation control, sending to the monitor an indication of selection of the navigation control; and sending to the phone a request to retrieve the other web page to be sent to a server by the phone. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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