Apparatus, systems and methods for presenting displayed image information of a mobile media device on a large display and control of the mobile media device therefrom

• US 8,843,358 B2
• Filed: 02/03/2011
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dish Technologies LLC (Echostar Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Echostar Technologies LLC (Echostar Corporation)
• Inventors: Newell, Nicholas
• Primary Examiner(s): Jacob, Mary C
• Application Number:
  US13/020,597
• Publication Number:
  US 20120200571A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,328 Days
• Field of Search: 703/23, 345/173, 345/2.2
• US Class Current: 703/23
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/027 Arrangements and methods specific for the display of internet documents

Abstract

Systems and methods are operable to concurrently present images on a small display of a mobile media device and a large display of a media presentation system. An exemplary method receives emulated information from a mobile media device, wherein the emulated information corresponds to at least one image that is being currently presented on a display of the mobile media device; generates at least one image based upon the received emulated information, wherein the at least one image is configured for presentation on a display of a media system; and communicates the at least one image to a display of the media system. The image presented on the display of the media system is substantially the same image presented on the display of the mobile media device. The image presented on the display of the media system is substantially larger than the image presented on the display of the mobile media device.

Claims

1. A method of concurrently presenting information on a display of a mobile media device and a display of a media system, wherein the media system includes a media device that provides images to the display of the media system, comprising:

communicatively coupling the media device and the mobile media device via a first communication link;

receiving, at the media device via the first communication link, emulated information from the mobile media device, wherein the emulated information corresponds to at least one image that is being currently presented on a display of the mobile media device, wherein the emulated information includes information that causes the media device to access at least one high resolution image from a remote device;

establishing a second communication link between the media device and the remote device, wherein the second communication link is established in response to the media device receiving the emulated information from the mobile media device via the first communication link, and wherein the second communication link is different from the first communication link;

receiving, at the media device via the second communication link, high resolution image data from the remote device, wherein the received high resolution image data includes sufficient data to generate the at least one high resolution image;

generating the at least one high resolution image based upon the high resolution image data received from the remote device, wherein the at least one high resolution image is configured for presentation on the display of the media system;

communicating the generated at least one high resolution image to the display of the media system; and

presenting the communicated at least one high resolution image on the display of the media system,

wherein the display of the media system is substantially larger than the display of the mobile media device,

wherein the at least one high resolution image presented on the display of the media system is substantially the same as a low resolution image presented on the display of the mobile media device, and

wherein the at least one high resolution image presented on the display of the media system is substantially larger than the low resolution image presented on the display of the mobile media device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the emulated information comprises:

receiving, at the media device from the mobile media device via the first communication link, image data corresponding to a graphic icon corresponding to an operation of the mobile media device, wherein the received image data is used to generate at least one additional image corresponding to the graphic icon, and

presenting the at least one additional image corresponding to the graphic icon on the display of the media system,

wherein a change in operation of the mobile media device by a user of the mobile media device causes a corresponding change in the image of the graphic icon presented on the display of the media system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the emulated information received at the media device from the mobile media device via the first communication link includes emulated active information comprising active link information configured to establish the second communication link from the media device to the remote device in response to receiving the emulated information from the mobile media device, and further comprising:

establishing the second communication link from the media device to the remote device in response to the media device receiving the emulated active information from the mobile media device, wherein the second communication link between the media device and the remote device is established based on the active link information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving the high resolution image data from the remote device via the established second communication link comprises:

receiving, at the media device, a high resolution video image from the remote device via the established second communication link, wherein the received high resolution video image corresponds to a low resolution video image presented on the display of the mobile media device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the emulated information comprises:

receiving, at the media device from the mobile media device via the first communication link, emulated active information corresponding to a virtual touch sensitive controller on the mobile media device, wherein the emulated active information comprises image information configured to present a selectable image corresponding to the virtual touch sensitive controller on the mobile media device, and wherein the emulated active information is generated by a user via operation of the virtual touch sensitive controller on the mobile media device and is configured to cause the mobile media device to execute a predefined function;

generating, at the media device, an image corresponding to the virtual touch sensitive controller based upon the received emulated active information; and

communicating the image of the virtual touch sensitive controller to the display of the media system, wherein the display of the media system is a touch sensitive display, and wherein the image of the virtual touch sensitive controller is configured for presentation on the touch sensitive display of the media system,

wherein the image of the virtual touch sensitive controller presented on the touch sensitive display of the media system is substantially the same image of the virtual touch sensitive controller presented on the touch sensitive display of the mobile media device, and

wherein the image of the virtual touch sensitive controller presented on the touch sensitive display of the media system is substantially larger than the image of the virtual touch sensitive controller presented on the touch sensitive display of the mobile media device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving, at the media device, a user initiated touch signal from the touch sensitive display of the media system, wherein the user initiated touch signal comprises at least touch location information identifying a touch location of a user'"'"'s digit on the touch sensitive display of the media system;

determining, at the media device, whether the touch location information corresponds to a location of a virtual touch sensitive controller;

generating, at the media device, command and control information in response to the touch location information corresponding to the location of the virtual touch sensitive controller; and

communicating the command and control information from the media device to the mobile media device via the first communication link, wherein the command and control information corresponds to a function associated with the virtual touch sensitive controller, and wherein the command and control information is configured to operate the mobile media device in accordance with the function of the virtual touch sensitive controller.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving, at the media device, a user initiated touch signal from the touch sensitive display of the media system, wherein the user initiated touch signal comprises at least touch location information identifying a touch location of a user'"'"'s digit on the touch sensitive display;

determining, at the media device, whether the touch location information corresponds to a location of a virtual touch sensitive controller; and

communicating the touch location information from the media device to the mobile media device via the first communication link, wherein the touch location information corresponds to a location of the virtual touch sensitive controller presented on the display of the mobile media device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the display of the media system is a touch sensitive display, and further comprising:

receiving, at the media device, a user initiated gesture signal from the touch sensitive display of the media system, wherein the user initiated gesture signal comprises at least gesture touch location information identifying at least one gesture touch location of a user'"'"'s digit on the touch sensitive display;

generating, at the media device, command and control information in response to the user initiated gesture signal, wherein the command and control information comprises the gesture touch location information; and

communicating the command and control information from the media device to the mobile media device via the first communication link, wherein the user initiated gesture signal corresponds to a function configured to operate the mobile media device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

modifying at least one image presented on the touch sensitive display of the media system in accordance with a touch based gesture control signal,

wherein the modified image presented on the touch sensitive display of the media system emulates a change on a corresponding image presented on the display of the mobile media device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the display of the media system is a touch sensitive display, and further comprising:

receiving, at the media device, a user initiated gesture signal from the touch sensitive display of the media system, wherein the user initiated gesture signal comprises at least gesture touch location information identifying at least one gesture touch location of a user'"'"'s digit on the touch sensitive display;

modifying at least an image presented on the touch sensitive display of the media system in accordance with a touch based gesture control signal;

generating, at the media device, command and control information in response to the user initiated gesture signal, wherein the command and control information comprises an instruction configured to cause the mobile media device to perform a function corresponding to the user initiated gesture signal; and

communicating the command and control information from the media device to the mobile media device via the first communication link,

wherein the modified image presented on the touch sensitive display of the media system emulates a change on a corresponding image presented on the display of the mobile media device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the display of the media system is a touch sensitive display, and further comprising:

communicating, to the media device from the mobile media device via the first communication link, image data corresponding to a plurality of touch sensitive graphic icons configured to be presented on the touch sensitive display of the media system, wherein the plurality of graphic icons are presented as a virtual key pad, and wherein each of the graphical icons uniquely corresponds to an integer from zero to nine;

receiving, at the media device, a plurality of user initiated touch signals from the touch sensitive display of the media system, wherein the plurality of user initiated touch signals correspond to a telephone number; and

communicating command and control information corresponding to the telephone number from the media device to the mobile media device via the first communication link, wherein the command and control information is configured to cause the mobile media device to place a telephone call to a remote device associated with the telephone number.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the display of the media system is a touch sensitive display, and wherein receiving the emulated information comprises:

receiving, at the media device from the mobile media device via the first communication link, image data corresponding to a graphic icon corresponding to an operation of the mobile media device, wherein the received image data is used to generate at least one additional image corresponding to the graphic icon; and

presenting the at least one additional image corresponding to the graphic icon on the display of the mobile media system,

wherein the user may touch and drag the presented graphic icon to another location on the display of the media system, and

wherein a change in operation of the mobile media device by a user of the mobile media device causes a corresponding change in the image of the graphic icon presented on the display of the media system.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the emulated information comprises:

receiving, at the media device from the mobile media device via the first communication link, image data corresponding to a plurality of graphic icons corresponding to different operations of the mobile media device, wherein the received image data is used to generate a corresponding plurality of additional images corresponding to the plurality of graphic icons;

presenting the plurality of additional images corresponding to the plurality of graphic icons on the display of the media system; and

receiving a user selection to omit presentation of a selected one of the presented plurality of graphic icons, wherein the selected graphical icon is no longer presented,

wherein a change in operation of the mobile media device by a user of the mobile media device causes a corresponding change in the image of the corresponding remaining presented one of the plurality of graphic icons presented on the display of the media system.

14. A media system that includes a large display and a media device, the media device comprising:

a presentation device interface configured to communicatively couple to the large display;

a mobile device interface configured to receive emulated information from a mobile media device via a first communication link established between the mobile media device and the media device, wherein the emulated information corresponds to a low resolution image that is being currently presented on a small display of the mobile media device, and wherein the emulated information includes information that causes the media device of the media system to access at least one high resolution image from a remote device via a second communication link established between the media device and the remote device, wherein the second communication link is different from the first communication link; and

a processor system communicatively coupled to the presentation device interface and the mobile device interface, and configured to;

receive high resolution image data from the remote device via the second communication link, wherein the received high resolution image data includes sufficient data to generate the at least one high resolution image;

generate the at least one high resolution image based on the high resolution image data received from the remote device; and

communicate the at least one high resolution image to the large display,

wherein the at least one high resolution image is presented on the large display, and

wherein the at least one high resolution image is substantially the same as the low resolution image presented on the small display of the mobile media device.

15. The media system of claim 14, wherein the received emulated information comprises emulated active information corresponding to a virtual touch sensitive controller presented as a selectable image on the small display of the mobile media device, and wherein the virtual touch sensitive controller is configured to cause the mobile media device to execute a predefined function, and wherein the large display of the media system comprises:

a large touch sensitive display, wherein the large touch sensitive display is larger than a small touch sensitive display of the mobile media device,

wherein the processor system of the media device is further configured to;

generate an image corresponding to the virtual touch sensitive controller based upon the received emulated active information; and

communicate image information corresponding to the image of the virtual touch sensitive controller to the large touch sensitive display,

wherein the image of the virtual touch sensitive controller presented on the large touch sensitive display is substantially the same image of the virtual touch sensitive controller presented on the small touch sensitive display of the mobile media device, and

wherein the image of the virtual touch sensitive controller presented on the large touch sensitive display is substantially larger than the image of the virtual touch sensitive controller presented on the small touch sensitive display of the mobile media device.

16. The media system of claim 15, wherein the presentation device interface is further configured to receive information from the large touch sensitive display corresponding to at least touch location information identifying a touch location of a user'"'"'s digit on the large touch sensitive display, wherein the processor system of the media device is further configured to:

determine whether the touch location information corresponds to a location of the virtual touch sensitive controller;

generate command and control information in response to the touch location information corresponding to the location of the virtual touch sensitive controller; and

communicate the command and control information from the media device to the mobile media device, via the first communication link, wherein the command and control information corresponds to a function associated with the virtual touch sensitive controller, and wherein the command and control information is configured to operate the mobile media device in accordance with the function of the virtual touch sensitive controller.

17. The media system of claim 15, wherein the presentation device interface is further configured to receive information from the large touch sensitive display corresponding to at least touch location information identifying a touch location of a user'"'"'s digit on the large touch sensitive display, wherein the processor system of the media device is further configured to:

determine whether the touch location information corresponds to a location of the virtual touch sensitive controller;

generate command and control information in response to receiving the touch location information from the large touch sensitive display;

map the touch location information from the large touch sensitive display to mapped touch location information corresponding to the small touch sensitive display of the mobile media device; and

communicate the command and control information from the media device to the mobile media device via the first communication link.

18. The media system of claim 14, wherein the mobile media device is a first mobile media device of a plurality of mobile media devices that are different from each other, wherein the media system further comprises:

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor system,

wherein the memory stores a plurality of different command and control information sets,

wherein each command and control information set includes information that is used to generate graphical icons that correspond to components of the respective mobile media device, and

wherein the graphical icons corresponding to the components of the respective mobile media device currently in communication with the processor system are presented on the large display.

19. A method, comprising:

presenting at least one first low resolution image on a display of a mobile media device; and

establishing a first communication link between the mobile media device and at least one component of a media system;

communicating at least emulated information from the mobile media device to the at least one component of the media system via the first communication link, wherein the emulated information includes information that causes the at least one component of the media system to access at least one high resolution image information from a remote device;

establishing a second communication link between the at least one component of the media system and the remote device, wherein the second communication link is established in response to the at least one component of the media system receiving the emulated information from the mobile media device via the first communication link, and wherein the second communication link is different from the first communication link;

generating, at the at least one component of the media system, at least one high resolution image from the received at least one high resolution image information;

communicating the generated at least one high resolution image from the at least one component of the media system to a display of the media system; and

presenting the generated at least one high resolution image on the display of the media system,

wherein the presented at least one high resolution image corresponds to the low resolution image concurrently presented on the display of the mobile media device,

wherein the display of the media system is substantially larger than the display of the mobile media device,

wherein the at least one high resolution image presented on the display of the media system is substantially the same as the low resolution image presented on the display of the mobile media device, and

wherein the at least one high resolution image presented on the display of the media system is substantially larger than the low resolution image presented on the display of the mobile media device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the communicated emulated information comprises emulated active information corresponding to a virtual touch sensitive controller presented as a first selectable image on the display of the mobile media device, and wherein the virtual touch sensitive controller is configured to cause the mobile media device to execute a predefined function, and further comprising:

communicating the emulated active information from the mobile media device to the at least one component of the media system via the first communication link,

wherein a second selectable image generated from the received emulated information and presented on the display of the media system corresponds to the first selectable image concurrently presented on the display of the mobile media device.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

receiving, at the at least one component of the media system, information generated by a large touch sensitive display corresponding to at least touch location information identifying a touch location of a user'"'"'s digit on the large touch sensitive display;

determining whether the touch location information corresponds to a location of the first selectable image presented on the display of the mobile media device; and

executing the predefined function at the mobile media device in response to the received touch location information corresponding to the location of the first selectable image presented on the display of the mobile media device.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

receiving command and instruction information generated based upon the large touch sensitive display sensing a touch location of a user'"'"'s digit on the large touch sensitive display corresponding to a presented location of the second selectable image; and

executing the predefined function at the mobile media device in response to the received command and instruction information.