Mobile consumer electronic applications on internet video platform

• US 8,056,113 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2009
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Balasubramanian, Guru Prashanth, Kota, Kalyana, Pandya, Utkarsh
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid; Kristine
• Assistant Examiner(s): MONTOYA, OSCHTA I
• Application Number:
  US12/322,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20100194980A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,006 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 725/152
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/338 using television networks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4302 Content synchronisation processes, e.g. decoder synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4363 Adapting the video stream to a specific local network, e.g. a Bluetooth® network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

A request to transfer a consumer electronics (CE) application from a consumer electronics device to a TV device is received at the TV device. The CE application is received from the consumer electronics device. Application state information associated with the CE application is received from the consumer electronics device. The CE application and the application state information are stored to a memory. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

Claims

1. A television (TV) device, comprising:

a memory adapted to store consumer electronics (CE) game applications;

a communication interface module adapted to implement a communication process selected from a group consisting of cellular wireless communication, Bluetooth wireless communication, universal serial bus (USB) communication, and Internet Video Link;

an input device adapted to receive user inputs from a TV remote control device;

a display device adapted to display a Cross Media Bar (XMB) associated with a graphical user interface (GUI) of a TV user interface application; and

a processor programmed to;

receive a request to transfer a CE game application from a consumer electronics device to the TV device via the communication interface;

receive the CE game application from the consumer electronics device via the communication interface;

receive pause state information associated with the CE game application from the consumer electronics device via the communication interface;

store the CE game application to the memory;

store the pause state information to the memory;

display a user option within the XMB associated with the GUI to resume execution of the CE game application;

receive a user input request via the input device from the TV remote control device to resume execution of the CE game application; and

resume execution of the CE game application from a state represented by the pause state information in response to the user input request.