Methods, systems and apparatus for displaying the multimedia information from wireless communication networks

• US 8,050,711 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2011
• Issued: 11/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Innovation Sciences, LLC
• Original Assignee: Sellerbid Incorporated (Innovation Sciences, LLC)
• Inventors: Wang, Teijun, Wang, Ximing, Halal, William E., Wang, Tiehong Ann
• Primary Examiner(s): Eng; George
• Assistant Examiner(s): MILLER, BRANDON J
• Application Number:
  US12/929,408
• Publication Number:
  US 20110149148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 284 Days
• Field of Search: 455/500, 455/3.06, 455/414.4, 455/566, 455/557, 455/556.1, 455/66.1, 455/414.1, 455418-420, 375/240.01, 375/240.02, 375/240.18, 348/14.07, 348/14.12, 348/14.13, 348/384.1, 348/441
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/02 Handling of images in compressed format, e.g. JPEG, MPEG
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/02 Graphics controller able to handle multiple formats, e.g. input or output formats
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/12 Use of DVI or HDMI protocol in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/005 Adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/006 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/40 using video transcoding, i.e. partial or full decoding of a coded input stream followed by re-encoding of the decoded output stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/44 Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/70 characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/85 using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• 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 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4621 Controlling the complexity of the content stream or additional data, e.g. lowering the resolution or bit-rate of the video stream for a mobile client with a small screen arrangements for using the results of monitoring on user's side in broadcast systems H04H60/65; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/38 Transmitter circuitry for the transmission of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/01 Conversion of standards , e.g. involving analogue television standards or digital television standards processed at pixel level
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/0125 one of the standards being a high definition standard
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/24 Systems for the transmission of television signals using pulse code modulation H04N21/00 takes precedence

Abstract

Video signals for a mobile terminal are converted to accommodate reproduction by an alternative display terminal. The video signal is processed to provide a converted video signal appropriate for an alternative display terminal that is separate from the mobile terminal. This converted video signal is then provided for the alternative display terminal to accommodate the corresponding video display on a screen provided by the alternative (e.g., external) display terminal.

Claims

1. A method for processing signals to accommodate reproduction by an alternative display terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, by a conversion device, a video signal appropriate for displaying a video content on a mobile terminal, the video signal being received by the conversion device from a cellular network communication that is sent to the mobile terminal and then received by the conversion device;

processing, by the conversion device, the video signal to produce a converted video signal for use by the alternative display terminal, wherein processing by the conversion device includes converting the video signal from a compression format appropriate for the mobile terminal to a display format for the alternative display terminal that is different from the compression format, such that the converted video signal produced by the conversion device comprises the display format for the alternative display terminal; and

providing the converted video signal from the conversion device to the alternative display terminal to accommodate displaying the video content by the alternative display terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is a cellular phone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is a personal digital assistant.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the video signal, processing the video signal to produce the converted video signal, and providing the converted video signal to the alternative display terminal is performed using power from a source that differs from an internal power supply of the mobile terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the conversion device resides in the alternative display terminal.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the video signal received is part of a multimedia signal that is received in the cellular network communication.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the alternative display terminal is an external display terminal.

8. A system for processing signals to accommodate reproduction by an alternative display terminal, the system comprising:

means for receiving a video signal appropriate for displaying a video content on a mobile terminal, the video signal being received from a cellular network communication that is sent to the mobile terminal and then received by the means for receiving the video signal;

means for processing the video signal to produce a converted video signal for use by the alternative display terminal, wherein processing by the means for processing the video signal includes converting the video signal from a compression format appropriate for the mobile terminal to a display format for the alternative display terminal that is different from the compression format, such that the converted video signal produced by the means for processing the video signal comprises the display format for the alternative display terminal; and

means for providing the converted video signal to the alternative display terminal to accommodate displaying the video content by the alternative display terminal.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the mobile terminal is a cellular phone.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the mobile terminal is a personal digital assistant.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein receiving the video signal, processing the video signal to produce the converted video signal, and providing the converted video signal to the alternative display terminal is performed using power form a source that differs from an internal power supply of the mobile terminal.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for receiving the video signal, means for processing the video signal to produce the converted video signal, and means for providing the converted video signal to the display terminal reside in a conversion module within the alternative display terminal.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the video signal received is part of a multimedia signal that is received in the cellular network communication.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the alternative display terminal is an external display terminal.

15. An apparatus for processing signals to accommodate reproduction by an alternative display terminal, the apparatus comprising:

an interface, which receives a video signal appropriate for displaying a video content on a mobile terminal, the video signal being received from a cellular network communication that is sent to the mobile terminal and then received by the interface;

a signal conversion hardware component, in operative communication with the interface, which processes the video signal to produce a converted signal for use by the alternative display terminal, wherein processing by the signal conversion hardware component includes converting the video signal from a compression format appropriate for the mobile terminal to a display format for the alternative display terminal that is different from the compression format, such that the converted video signal comprises the display format for the alternative display terminal; and

a device interface, in operative communication with the signal conversion hardware component, which provides the converted video signal to the alternative display terminal to accommodate displaying the video content by the alternative display terminal.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the mobile terminal is a cellular phone.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the mobile terminal is a personal digital assistant.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein power to receive the video signal, process the video signal to produce the converted video signal, and provide the converted video signal to the alternative display terminal is from a source that differs from an internal power supply of the mobile terminal.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus resides in the alternative display terminal.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the video signal received is part of a multimedia signal that is received in the cellular network communication.

21. A computer memory having program code stored thereon for processing signals to accommodate reproduction by an alternative display terminal, the program code executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a video signal appropriate for displaying a video content on a mobile terminal, the video signal being received from a cellular network communication that is sent to the mobile terminal;

processing the video signal to produce a converted video signal for use by the alternative display terminal, wherein processing includes converting the video signal from a compression format appropriate for the mobile terminal to a display format for the alternative display terminal that is different from the compression format, such that the converted video signal comprises the display format for the alternative display terminal; and

providing the converted video signal to the alternative display terminal to accommodate displaying the video content by the alternative display terminal.