Broadcast information transmitting apparatus and method for a mobile communication terminal

• US 7,983,700 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2006
• Issued: 07/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: An, Bo-Mi
• Primary Examiner(s): CAI, WAYNE HUU
• Application Number:
  US11/461,304
• Publication Number:
  US 20070026902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,814 Days
• Field of Search: 4554121-4122, 455/414.1, 455/414.3, 4554561-4566, 455/457, 455/566, 455/466, 455 301- 303, 725 34- 42, 725/45, 725/46, 725/50, 725/54, 725/55, 725/58, 725 60- 63, 725/73, 725/74, 725/86, 725/87, 725100-104, 725/106
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/57 for mobile receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/18 Arrangements characterised by circuits or components specially adapted for receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/80 characterised by transmission among terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/91 Mobile communication networks for accessing the Internet H04H60/85

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal comprises a display for displaying broadcast content; a controller for extracting broadcast information about broadcast content displayed on the display unit and for storing the broadcast information in a first message; and a transceiver for transmitting the first message to a second mobile communication terminal, such that the second mobile communication terminal is configured to display the broadcast content based on the broadcast information.

Claims

1. A method for communicating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, at a mobile terminal, broadcast information relating to broadcast content;

storing the broadcast information in memory associated with the mobile terminal;

displaying the broadcast content that is currently being broadcasted by a broadcast provider on a display of the mobile terminal;

receiving an input of a telephone number of a target terminal while the broadcast content is being displayed;

receiving an input for call connection after receiving the input of the telephone number of the target terminal;

generating a request message for call connection in response to the input for call connection, the request message comprising a designated field for storing the broadcast information including at least information for identifying the broadcast provider or a broadcast channel on which the broadcast content is broadcasted;

automatically transmitting the generated request message to the target terminal to establish communication with the target terminal for a call; and

causing displaying of the transmitted request message at the target terminal upon establishing the communication for the call, permitting the target terminal to tune to the broadcast channel identified by the at least information included in the request message, and to display the broadcast content that is currently being displayed on the display of the mobile terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the request message is an origination message.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the request message further comprises a mobile identification number (MIN), an electronic serial number (ESN), and the telephone number of the target terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast information further comprises parental guidance information for the broadcast content.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving of the broadcast information comprises:

receiving the broadcast information via an IP protocol network.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast information includes one or more of a program starting/ending time, a length of a program name, a uniform resource locator (URL), a broadcasting program channel, a broadcast time, a viewable age, or remaining running time of the broadcast content.

7. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive broadcast information relating to broadcast content;

a memory configured to store the broadcast information;

a display configured to display the broadcast content currently being broadcasted by a broadcast provider;

an input unit; and

a controller configured to;

receive an input of a telephone number of a target terminal via the input unit while the broadcast content is being displayed;

generate a request message for call connection upon receiving an input for call connection via the input unit after receiving the input of the telephone number of the target terminal, the request message comprising a designated field for storing the broadcast information including at least information for identifying the broadcast provider or a broadcast channel on which the broadcast content is broadcasted; and

automatically transmit the generated request message to the target terminal to establish communication with the target terminal for a call,

wherein the transmitted request message, which is received by the target terminal upon establishing the communication for the call, causes displaying of the request message at the target terminal, permitting the target terminal to tune to the broadcast channel identified by the at least information included in the request message, and to display the broadcast content that is currently being displayed on the display of the mobile terminal.

8. The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the request message is an origination message.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the broadcast information further comprises data identifying timing information associated with the broadcast content, wherein the timing information comprises at least one of a program starting time, a program ending time, or a program duration, of the broadcast content.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the broadcast information further comprises parental guidance information for the broadcast content.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the request message further comprises a mobile identification number (MIN), an electronic serial number (ESN), and the telephone number of the target terminal.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the receiving of the broadcast information by the transceiver comprises:

receiving the broadcast information via an IP protocol network.

13. The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the broadcast information includes one or more of a program starting/ending time, a length of a program name, a uniform resource locator (URL), a broadcasting program channel, a broadcast time, a viewable age, or remaining running time of the broadcast content.