Method for using the hand-held device in a multimedia home network

• US 8,028,096 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2001
• Issued: 09/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Chevtsov, Andrei, Kochale, Axel, Brune, Thomas, Adolph, Dirk
• Primary Examiner(s): Follansbee; John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Daftuar; Saket K
• Application Number:
  US10/363,907
• Publication Number:
  US 20030171135A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,676 Days
• Field of Search: 455/422.1, 455/566, 455/569, 709/224, 709/227, 709/208, 709/209, 709/217, 709/219, 709/248, 717/168, 717/169, 717/170, 717/171, 717/172, 717/173, 717/174, 717/176, 717/177, 717/178
• US Class Current: 709/248
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hand-held device comprising connection means for supporting an internet data transmission link between the hand-held device and the internet; browser means for fetching internet data from the internet; input means for receiving a user input; and generating means for generating a command script in response to said user input, where said command script is related to said searched internet data; where said command script, when the hand-held device is connected to a multimedia home device, can be processed to initiate a transmission of at least part of said searched internet data and/or other internet data to said multimedia home device.

Claims

1. Hand-held device comprising

connection means for supporting an internet data transmission link between the hand-held device and the internet;

browser means for surfing the internet;

input means for receiving a user input;

generating means for generating a command script in response to said user input, wherein said command script is a sequence of one or more commands related to found internet data that corresponds to data found while surfing the internet and wherein said command script can be processed to initiate a transmission of at least part of said found internet data or data related to said found internet data to a multimedia home device;

means for enabling processing of said command script at a later time when the hand-held device is connected to said multimedia home device; and

interface means for handling data exchange with said multimedia home device.

2. The hand-held device according to claim 1, wherein said connection means comprise means for supporting data transmission between said hand-held device and a mobile phone, where said mobile phone is capable of receiving internet data from an internet provider means and of transmitting internet data received from said internet provider means to the hand-held device.

3. The hand-held device according to claim 1, wherein said connection means comprise a transceiving unit for direct communication between the hand-held device and said internet provider means.

4. The hand-held device according to claim 1, wherein said browser means are configured to comprise said generating means.

5. The hand-held device according to claim 1, wherein said interface means are configured to handle data exchange with a multimedia home network, when said multimedia home device is part of said multimedia home network.

6. The hand-held device according claim 1, the hand-held device further comprising storage means for storing said found internet data, wherein internet data stored in said storage means, in response to processing of said command script, can be at least partly transmitted from said storage means to said multimedia home device, when the hand-held device is connected to said multimedia home device.

7. The hand-held device according to one of the preceding claims, the hand-held device further comprising execution means for executing said command script.

8. A method for transmitting data from a hand-held device to a multimedia home device, the method comprising the steps of:

searching internet data in the interne by browser means of a hand-held device;

generating a command script by generating means of said hand-held device in response to a user input, wherein said command script is a sequence of one or more commands related to said searched internet data; and

processing said command script at a later time after finishing said internet data search, when said hand-held device is connected to said multimedia home device.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of processing said command script comprises a step of downloading to said multimedia home device at least part of said searched internet data or internet data related to said searched internet data.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein said searched internet data or said internet data related to said searched internet data are at least partly downloaded to storage means of said hand-held device, and wherein the step of processing said command script comprises a step of transmitting from said storage means to said multimedia home device at least part of said searched internet data or said other internet data.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of processing said command script comprises a step of programming said multimedia home device.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said step of programming is configured to program said multimedia home device for executing an action at a predefined time.

13. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of processing said command script is performed by execution means comprised in said hand-held device or said multimedia home device.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the step of processing said command script is performed by said execution means automatically after connecting said hand-held device to said multimedia home device.

15. The method according to claim 8, wherein said command script is generated while said searching of internet data in the internet is continuing.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein said processing comprises recording of broadcast data.