Localized mobile digital TV

• US 8,200,200 B1
• Filed: 02/04/2008
• Issued: 06/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Belser, John, McKinney, David U., Swan, Timothy
• Primary Examiner(s): Hu, Jinsong
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shen, Qun
• Application Number:
  US12/025,478
• Time in Patent Office: 1,590 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 455/436
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/24 Arrangements for distribution of identical information via broadcast system and non-broadcast system
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/26 Arrangements for switching distribution systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/12 wherein another information is substituted for the portion of broadcast information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/51 of receiving stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• 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 21/4384 involving operations to reduce the access time, e.g. fast-tuning for reducing channel switching latency
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed describing the transmission of multimedia data to a mobile device. A system describing some of the disclosed embodiments comprises a mobile digital television transmitter transmitting a primary data stream, a transceiver transmitting a secondary data stream, and a mobile device. In some embodiments the mobile device comprises a mobile display, a mobile transceiver, and a mobile processor and receives at least the primary data stream and the secondary data. The mobile device displays data from either the primary data stream or the secondary data stream, and transmits a mobile data stream to the transceiver. The mobile data stream may comprise information relating to the status of both the primary data stream and the secondary data stream. This system may also include a server in communication with the transceiver, wherein the server is capable of determining the signal conditions of the mobile device based upon the mobile data stream and alter the secondary data stream based upon the mobile data stream.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting multimedia data, comprising:

creating a first link between a first data source and a mobile device and a second link between a second data source and the mobile device, wherein the second data source is a transmitter;

the mobile device receiving a first data stream through the first link;

the mobile device receiving a second data stream through the second link;

displaying the second data stream on the mobile device;

creating transmission statistics related to the second link, wherein the transmission statistics comprise information about the second data stream being displayed on the mobile device;

transmitting the transmission statistics through the first link;

receiving, by the mobile device, a third data stream through the first link from the first data source;

switching from displaying the second data stream on the mobile device to displaying the third data stream based upon the transmission statistics; and

receiving a customized purchasing opportunity that is relevant to a wireless user and that is determined based on the information about the second data stream being displayed on the mobile device, wherein the customized purchasing opportunity is received through the first link.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission statistics are used to determine the location of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second data source is a wireless wide area network.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the transmission statistics are used to provide information about at least one of the user'"'"'s location and the second data stream.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the third data stream is displayed when the second data link is degraded.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first data stream is provided to display promotional material.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second data source is a mobile digital television (MDTV) transmitter.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first data source is a transceiver.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission statistics includes the quality of connection of the second link.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission statistics comprise one or more of a synchronization signal, a pilot to carrier signal phase measurement, a pilot to carrier noise signal, a frequency offset measurement, a frequency stability measurement, an in-bound signaling measurement, and an out-of-transmission signal measurement.

11. A system for content delivery, comprising:

a mobile digital television transmitter, wherein the mobile digital television transmitter transmits a primary data stream;

a transceiver, wherein the transceiver transmits a secondary data stream;

a mobile device, wherein the mobile device comprises a mobile display, a mobile transceiver, and a mobile processor, wherein the mobile device receives at least the primary data stream and the secondary data stream, and wherein the mobile device displays data from either the primary data stream or the secondary data stream, and wherein the mobile device transmits a mobile data stream to the transceiver, wherein the mobile data stream comprises transmission statistics relating to the status of both the primary data stream and the secondary data stream, wherein the transmission statistics comprise information about the data being displayed from either the primary data stream or the secondary data stream, and wherein the mobile device receives a customized purchasing opportunity through the secondary data stream; and

a server, wherein the server is in communication with the transceiver, wherein the server is capable of determining the signal conditions of the mobile device based upon the mobile data stream and alter the secondary data stream based upon the mobile data stream, wherein the server determines the customized purchasing opportunity relevant to a wireless user that is based on the information about the second data stream being displayed on the mobile device.

12. The system of content delivery of claim 11, wherein the mobile data stream allows the server to determine the location of the mobile device.

13. The system of content delivery of claim 11, wherein the secondary data stream comprises promotional material regarding consumer opportunities based upon the mobile data stream.

14. The system of content delivery of claim 11, further comprising a second transmitter, wherein if the signal from the transmitter to the mobile device is lost, the server feeds the primary data stream from the transmitter to the second transmitter and instructs the mobile device to display the primary data stream from the second transmitter.

15. The system of content delivery of claim 12, wherein the secondary data stream comprises promotional material regarding consumer opportunities based upon the location of the mobile device.