Broadcasting service system using mobile communication terminal

• US 8,443,405 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2011
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Paik, Woo Hyun, Kang, Bae Guen, Park, Tae Jun, Lee, Seng Whan
• Primary Examiner(s): Lonsberry, Hunter B
• Application Number:
  US13/088,157
• Publication Number:
  US 20110197233A1
• Time in Patent Office: 760 Days
• Field of Search: 725/62, 725/88, 725/91, 725/39
• US Class Current: 725/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/06 among broadcast stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/24 Arrangements for distribution of identical information via broadcast system and non-broadcast system
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present Invention, an apparatus includes an audio video contents receiver configured to receive signals and information, a digital signal processor configured to perform demodulating, demultiplexing and decoding of digital video and audio data, and to provide output data, a storage configured to receive and temporarily store the output data from the digital signal processor, a format converter configured to receive the output data from the storage, to perform protocol conversion on the output data, and to provide format-converted output data, and a signal outputter configured to receive the format-converted output data from the format converter, and to control an encoding rate and a transmission rate of the format-converted output data to be outputted to a mobile device that is compatible with a mobile telecommunications network.

Claims

1. A digital device comprising:

an audio video contents receiver configured to receive signals and information;

a digital signal processor configured to perform demodulating, demultiplexing and decoding of digital video and audio data, and to provide output data;

a storage configured to receive and temporarily store the output data from the digital signal processor;

a format converter configured to receive the output data from the storage, to perform protocol conversion on the output data, and to provide format-converted output data; and

a signal outputter configured to receive the format-converted output data from the format converter, and to control an encoding rate and a transmission rate of the format-converted output data to be outputted to a mobile device that is compatible with a mobile telecommunications network,

wherein the audio video contents receiver, the digital signal processor, the storage, the format converter, and the signal outputter are implemented together into the digital device that supports a reception of digital television signals.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the storage is further configured to receive and store the information received via the audio video contents receiver.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the format converter is further configured to the perform protocol conversion on the information retrieved from the storage, and the signal outputter is further configured to process and output information after the protocol conversion by the format converter.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the signal outputter provided outputs to the mobile device in a wired or wireless manner.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the protocol conversion performed by the format converter comprises performing transcoding on the format-converted output data.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the transcoding on the format-converted output data is related to performing formatting to be compatible with the mobile device based on at least one of image resolution, conversion between MPEG2 and MPEG 4, supporting a wireless Internet network connection, and contents of the digital video and audio data.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein formatting of the contents of the digital video and audio data relates to at least one of editing, adding, deleting, or otherwise manipulating an electronic program guide (EPG) or other program-related data.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the audio video contents receiver further comprises a digital television broadcast receiver that receives the digital video and audio data via at least one of over-the-air broadcast signals, a wired interface, and a wireless network connection.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the signal outputter further comprises a wireless transmitter or a wired interface that cooperates with the mobile device.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the digital signals are digital television signals.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the audio video contents receiver, the digital signal processor, the storage, the format converter, and the signal outputter further cooperate to support operations for a voice call mode and a digital television signal reception mode.

12. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a digital television signal tuner component cooperating with the audio video contents receiver for receiving digital video and audio data from a broadcast content provider that provides digital television broadcast signals.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the audio video contents receiver additionally receives an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data via the mobile telecommunications network, and the EPG data allows for broadcast schedule searching using keywords, program titles, actor names and other program related concepts.

14. The device of claim 13, further comprising:

an output unit that cooperates with the signal outputter to display the digital video and provides the audio data to the user, and also outputs the received EPG data to allow user selection thereof.

15. The device of claim 1, wherein the audio video contents receiver, the digital signal processor, the storage, the format converter, and the signal outputter further cooperate to perform at least one of subscriber billing, subscriber password and access rights management, and subscriber certification via the mobile telecommunications network.

16. The device of claim 1, wherein the format converter performs the protocol conversion of signals or data complying with at least one of a ATSC standard, a DVB standard, a 3GPP standard, an OFDM standard, an MPEG-2 standard, an MPEG-4 standard, an H.26L standard, an H.263 standard, an H.26X standard, a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) standard, a PSIP (Program Stream Internet Protocol) standard, a HDML (Handheld Device Mark-up Language) format, a TTML (Tagged Text Mark-up Language) format, HDTP (Handheld Device Transport Protocol) format, an ITTP (Intelligent Terminal Transfer Protocol) format, MHEG/XHTML (Multimedia and Hypermedia Expert Group/XHyper-Text Mark-up Language) format.

17. The device of claim 1, wherein the information stored in the storage includes additional data related to at least one of program system information (PSI), service guide information, subscriber billing, subscriber password and access rights management, and subscriber certification.

18. The device claim 1, wherein the storage supports data storage techniques based upon at least one of a striping method and time-based data burst procedures using I-Frame value processing, Bit Rate Drop processing, and Macro Block and Intra/Inter compensation processing.

19. The device of claim 3, wherein the information retrieved from the storage comprises data included in an electronic program guide (EPG) information.