System and method for sending and receiving images via wireless audio channels
First Claim
1. In an audio system without imaging support for wirelessly transmitting and receiving a primarily audio data stream via over-the-air audio radio service, an improvement wherein said improvement comprises:
- first means for providing an image; and
second means for inserting said image into said audio data stream prior to transmission thereof via the over-the-air audio radio service in the audio system without imaging support, said audio data stream comprising audio channels and said image corresponding to at least one of said audio channels;
wherein said audio data stream comprises service components corresponding to audio services provided via said audio channels, at least one service component comprising said image and reference information associating said image data with at least one audio service of said audio channels, and control data identifying the respective service components as one of audio and image.
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Abstract
A system and method for adding images to a wireless audio service. The invention is adapted for use in a system for wirelessly transmitting and receiving an audio data stream and includes an arrangement for providing an image and a mechanism for inserting the image into the data stream prior to transmission thereof. In the illustrative embodiment, a third arrangement is provided for receiving and decoding the data stream to extract and a fourth arrangement is included for displaying the image while the audio signal is output. The fourth arrangement may be a digital radio, i.e., a radio adapted to process digital signals, such as a satellite radio, high definition radio, digital AM or other suitable primarily audio wireless communication system. In a specific embodiment, the invention includes an arrangement for automatically inserting a selected image in the stream. In the illustrative embodiment, this arrangement includes a source selector, an image editor coupled to the source selector, an image resizer, an image compressor, and an arrangement for allowing a user to add text, color, style and/or other information to an image output by the compressor. The invention further includes an arrangement for adding images from an archive to the stream and a graphical picture show composer for providing an image queue. An image server is included for feeding the image queue to the output data stream provided by a system server such as an XM or Sirius satellite radio server.
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18 Claims
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1. In an audio system without imaging support for wirelessly transmitting and receiving a primarily audio data stream via over-the-air audio radio service, an improvement wherein said improvement comprises:
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first means for providing an image; and second means for inserting said image into said audio data stream prior to transmission thereof via the over-the-air audio radio service in the audio system without imaging support, said audio data stream comprising audio channels and said image corresponding to at least one of said audio channels; wherein said audio data stream comprises service components corresponding to audio services provided via said audio channels, at least one service component comprising said image and reference information associating said image data with at least one audio service of said audio channels, and control data identifying the respective service components as one of audio and image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. In an audio system without imaging support for wirelessly transmitting and receiving an audio data stream via over-the-air audio radio service, an improvement wherein said improvement comprises the steps of:
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providing an image; and inserting said image into said audio data stream prior to transmission thereof via the over-the-air audio radio service over-the-air audio radio service in the audio system without imaging support, said audio data stream comprising audio channels and said image corresponding to one of said audio channels; wherein said audio data stream comprises service components corresponding to audio services provided via said audio channels, at least one service component comprising said image and reference information associating said image data with at least one audio service of said audio channels, and control data identifying the respective service components as one of audio and image. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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