Wireless attached reader screen for cell phones

• US 8,665,219 B2
• Filed: 09/18/2009
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• 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: Unger, Robert A.
• Primary Examiner(s): PARDO, THUY N
• Application Number:
  US12/562,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20110069073A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,628 Days
• Field of Search: 345/520, 345/173, 345/156, 345/169, 345/2.3, 345/204, 345/211, 345/619, 345/660, 345/418, 715/830, 715/776, 715/818, 725/53, 725/110, 709/224
• US Class Current: 345/169
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

A display device is provided comprising a housing, a communication means within the housing configured to receive content from a local content source device external to the housing and to transmit messages to the local content source device, wherein the content comprises a static screen image, a storage means configured to store the content having been received from the content source device, wherein the storage means stores no more than a single static screen image and a display configured to display the content. A method for use with the display device is further provided.

Claims

1. A local content source device, comprising:

a housing configured to be hand-held;

communication means within the housing configured to establish a communication channel with a local display device external to the housing;

a display screen integrated with the housing and configured to display books;

a processor; and

a computer readable medium coupled to the processor, storing application machine code, wherein the processor is configured to execute the application machine code to;

establish the communication channel with the local display device wherein the communication channel is configured to transmit content to the local display device, and wherein each transmittal contains content corresponding to a single static screen image;

transmit a first single static screen image corresponding to a content to the local display device; and

transmit a second single static screen image corresponding to the content to the local display device only in response to receiving a request from the local display device;

wherein the content corresponds to a book and the first and second single static screen images correspond to pages of the book.

2. The local content source device of claim 1, wherein one or both the first single static screen image and the second single static screen image are retrieved through the communication means from a remote location.

3. The local content source device of claim 1, wherein the one or both the first single static screen image and the second single static screen image is stored locally at the local content source device.

4. The local content source device of claim 1, wherein the communication means is a wireless communication means.

5. The local content source device of claim 1, wherein the communication means comprises a Bluetooth connection.

6. The local content source device of claim 1, wherein the communication means comprises a LAN connection.

7. The local content source device of claim 1, wherein the communication means is a wired communication means.

8. The local content source device of claim 1, further comprising:

global positioning means configured to determine a position of the local display device.

9. The local content source device of claim 1, further comprising, user input means configured to allow a user to enter a user request for the content.

10. The local content source device of claim 1, wherein the request is received from the local display device through the communication means.

11. The local content source device of claim 1, wherein the request is received from a remote device other than the local display device.

12. A method comprising:

establishing a communication channel from a local content source device with a local display device, wherein the communication channel enables transmitting content to the local display device, and wherein each transmittal contains content corresponding to a single static image;

transmitting a first static screen image corresponding to a content to the local display device; and

transmitting a second single static screen image corresponding to the content to the local display device only in response to the request receiving a request from the local display device;

wherein the content corresponds to a book and the first and second single static screen images correspond to pages of the book.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the receiving the request comprises receiving the request from the local display device over the communication channel.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the receiving the request comprises receiving the request through a user input means.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining a position of the local display device; and

storing the position.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising retrieving the first static screen image in response to establishing the communication channel.

17. The method claim 12, further comprising:

determining that the request is for new static screen image; and

retrieving the second static screen image corresponding to the request when it is determined that the request is for new content.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the second static screen image is locally stored at the local content source device and retrieving the second static screen image comprises retrieving the stored second static screen image.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the second static screen image is not locally stored at the local content source device, and retrieving the second static screen image comprises requesting the second static screen image from a remote source.

20. The local content source device of claim 12, further comprising:

determining that the request is for modifying the first static screen image; and

modifying the first static screen image according to the request, such that the second static screen image corresponds to the modified first static screen image.

21. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a communication request for establishing the communication channel from the local display device, wherein establishing the communication channel comprises establishing the communication channel in response to receiving the communication request.