Wireless media system-on-chip and player

• US 8,463,184 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2012
• Issued: 06/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Syndefense
• Original Assignee: Robin Dua
• Inventors: Dua, Robin
• Primary Examiner(s): Milord, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US13/556,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20130045680A1
• Time in Patent Office: 322 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/2.01, 455/41.3, 455/3.06, 455/556.1, 455/552.1, 455/557, 455/41.1
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/281 indicating a format for calling an appliance service function in a home automation network for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2816 Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1068 Discovery involving direct consultation or announcement among potential requesting and potential source peers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 : Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 : Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 : adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A wireless media player and a related system and methodology are disclosed. One aspect of the wireless media player system pertains to a virtual connector system, apparatus, and method for the automatic establishment of wireless connectivity with other electronic devices. In one embodiment, the media player device employs the use of integrated Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to exchange communication settings, media capability, and other parameters with an external device that also has integrated RFID technology. The automatic exchange of settings and other information via a proximity-based RFID data exchange allows a media player to quickly establish a secure communication link with another device via a commonly supported wireless protocol such as Ultra Wideband (UWB) or Bluetooth. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a method of using the captured media capability of the connecting device to customize certain menu options and software parameters in the media player.

Claims

1. A system-on-chip device, comprising:

a Bluetooth radio device and antenna to transmit and receive data wirelessly via a Bluetooth communication protocol, the Bluetooth radio device being coupled to a Bluetooth sequencer to execute at least one layer of a Bluetooth stack;

a Near Field Communication (NFC) module including a first NFC tag to selectively provide wireless connectivity data via a NFC communication link;

a digital signal processor (DSP) and coder-decoder (CODEC) device to process and output at least one audio signal received via the Bluetooth radio device;

a input/output interface to receive input selections and output operation information to a user;

a memory device;

a processor coupled to the NFC module, the Bluetooth sequencer, the input/output interface, and the DSP and CODEC to control the at least one operation thereof, and to retrieve data stored in the memory device; and

a power management device to control the power supplied to at least one the NFC module, the Bluetooth sequencer, the input/output interface, and the DSP and CODEC during one or more states of operation of the system-on-chip device.

2. The system-on-chip device of claim 1, wherein the DSP and CODEC device are coupled to at least one speaker to output the processed audio signal.

3. The system-on-chip device of claim 1, wherein the input/output interface comprises at least one push-button, a display, and light emitting diodes (LEDs).

4. The system-on-chip device of claim 1, wherein the NFC module includes a memory to store at least one of communication setting and one or more device profiles.

5. The system-on-chip device of claim 1, wherein the NFC module includes an NFC reader to selectively retrieve the wireless connectivity data via the NFC communication link.

6. A wireless audio apparatus, comprising:

a system-on-chip device, comprising;

a Bluetooth radio device and antenna to transmit and receive data wirelessly via a Bluetooth communication protocol, the Bluetooth radio device being coupled to a Bluetooth sequencer to execute at least one layer of a Bluetooth stack;

a Near Field Communication (NFC) module including a first NFC tag to selectively retrieve and provide wireless connectivity data via a NFC communication link;

a digital signal processor (DSP) and coder-decoder (CODEC) device to process and output at least one audio signal received via the Bluetooth radio device;

a input/output interface to receive input selections and output operation information to a user;

a memory device;

a processor coupled to the NFC module, the Bluetooth sequencer, the input/output interface, and the DSP and CODEC to control the at least one operation thereof, and to retrieve data stored in the memory device; and

a power management device to control the power supplied to at least one the NFC module, the Bluetooth sequencer, the input/output interface, and the DSP and CODEC during one or more states of operation of the system-on-chip device; and

at least one speaker to output the audio signal processed by the DSP and CODEC device.

7. The wireless audio apparatus of claim 6, wherein the input/output interface comprises at least one push-button, a display, and light emitting diodes (LEDs).

8. The wireless audio apparatus of claim 6, wherein the NFC module includes an NFC reader to selectively retrieve the wireless connectivity data via the NFC communication link.

9. The wireless audio apparatus of claim 6, wherein the NFC module includes a memory to store at least one of communication setting and one or more device profiles.

10. The wireless audio apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

a selectable activation button to control the NFC module to request at least on NFC communication with an external wireless electronic device to provide descriptive data of the wireless audio apparatus.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a system-on-chip package having an integrated circuit including;

a wireless communication transceiver to communicate with an external device over a wireless communication channel;

another wireless communication transceiver to communicate with the external device over a near proximity wireless communication channel independently of the wireless communication channel;

a memory communicatively coupled to the another wireless communication transceiver and to store therein device-descriptive data to be transmitted to the external device over the near proximity wireless communication channel; and

an output module to generate a user-perceptible output from data transmitted over the wireless communication channel.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the wireless communication transceiver is a Bluetooth transceiver.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the near proximity communication transceiver includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) transceiver.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the near proximity communication transceiver is a Near Field Communication (NFC) transceiver.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the output module includes a coder-decoder (CODEC).