Portable information apparatus that includes touch sensitive screen interface and wireless communication circuitry for selecting an output device on the touch sensitive screen and for wireless transmitting output stream to the selected output device

• US 9,015,329 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2013
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, William Ho, Liu, Christine Ying
• Primary Examiner(s): RECEK, JASON D
• Application Number:
  US13/864,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20130222618A1
• Time in Patent Office: 735 Days
• Field of Search: 709/230, 709227-228, 709/280
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/12 Digital output to print unit , e.g. line printer, chain printer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1206 resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1226 Discovery of devices having required properties
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1247 by conversion to printer ready format
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/126 Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• 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 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3226 Use of secure elements separate from M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4012 Verifying personal identification numbers [PIN]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40145 : Biometric identity checks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/405 : Establishing or using transaction specific rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/00 : Business processing using cryptography postage metering system using cryptography G06Q2250/05
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2805 : Home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] networks
• 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 12/2838 : Distribution of signals within a home automation network, e.g. involving splitting/multiplexing signals to/from different paths adaptations of television systems for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution H04N7/106; hybrid transport H04L12/6418; home network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 : Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 : Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 : Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 : Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2478 : Telephone terminals specially adapted for non-voice services, e.g. email, internet access centralized arrangements where telephones services are combined H04M7/0024; for recording text messages H04M3/5322; for accessing Internet H04M3/4938
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 : locating network equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 : Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices

Abstract

A portable electronic device that includes a touch screen display and a wireless communication circuitry operable at least partly in the 2.4 GHz frequency band is disclosed and enabled. The portable electronic device includes features for searching output devices using the wireless communication circuitry; displaying on the touch screen display a list identifying one or more output devices found by the searching; receiving an input supplied to the touch screen display for selecting a selected output device; and subsequently, receiving, from at least the selected output device, via the wireless communication circuitry, an output device attribute; configuring an output stream using the output device attribute; and transmitting, via the wireless communication circuitry, the configured output stream to the selected output device. The output device may be a display device, a television, a printer, an audio device, or an external controller connectable to a television.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors;

wireless communication circuitry; and

memory configured to store instructions,

wherein the stored instructions configure the one or more processors to search for output devices using the wireless communication circuitry;

to display on the touch screen display a list identifying one or more output devices found by the searching;

to receive an input supplied to the touch screen display for selecting from the list one of the one or more output devices as a selected output device;

to receive based on the received input, from at least the selected output device, via the wireless communication circuitry, an output device attribute;

to configure an output stream using at least in part the output device attribute; and

to wirelessly transmit, via the wireless communication circuitry, at least part of the configured output stream to the selected output device.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1, embodied as a smart phone.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 1, embodied as a digital pad.

4. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the list identifying one or more output devices comprises output device model information.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the output stream comprises print content produced by an application executed by the one or more processors and the list identifying one or more output devices comprises a list identifying one or more printers.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 5, wherein the output device attribute comprises at least one of a duplex printing attribute or a color printing attribute.

7. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the output device comprises a television.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the output stream comprises video content produced by an application executed by the one or more processors and the list identifying one or more output devices comprises a list identifying one or more video display devices.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the output stream comprises audio content produced by an application executed by the one or more processors and the list identifying one or more output devices comprises a list identifying one or more audio output devices.

10. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication circuitry is operable in the 2.4 GHz frequency band.

11. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the searching comprises a wireless discovery process.

12. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, configure the portable electronic device to allow users to output digital content from the portable electronic device to an output device with or without connection to a static permanent network for both the portable electronic device and the output device.

13. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the configured output stream is in a final format suitable for rendering at the selected output device.

14. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the configured output stream is in an intermediate format for further processing by the selected output device.

15. A pervasive device comprising:

a touch screen display;

at least one button or other control;

a speaker and microphone;

a digital camera;

a wireless communications device;

at least one processing unit coupled to at least the touch-sensitive screen, the at least one button or other control, and the wireless communications device, and

a storage unit coupled to the at least one processing unit, the storage unit configured to store instructions that, when executed by the at least one processing unit, manage at least wireless communication by interacting with at least one application on the pervasive device and configure the at least one processing unit to search for output devices using the wireless communication device;

to display on the touch screen display a list identifying one or more output devices found by the searching;

to receive an input supplied to the touch screen display for selecting from the list one of the one or more output devices as a selected output device;

to receive based on the received input, from at least the selected output device, via the wireless communication device, an output device attribute;

to configure digital content using at least in part the output device attribute; and

to wirelessly transmit, via the wireless communication device, at least part of the configured digital content to the selected output device.

16. The pervasive device of claim 15, embodied as a smart phone.

17. The pervasive device of claim 15, embodied as a digital pad.

18. The pervasive device of claim 15, wherein the list identifying one or more output devices comprises output device model information.

19. The pervasive device of claim 15, wherein the digital content comprises print content produced by an application executed by the one or more processors and the list identifying one or more output devices comprises a list identifying one or more printers.

20. The pervasive device of claim 19, wherein the output device attribute comprises at least one of a duplex printing attribute or a color printing attribute.

21. The pervasive device of claim 15, wherein the selected output device comprises at least one of a television, a monitor, or an audio output device.

22. The pervasive device of claim 15, wherein the searching comprises a wireless discovery process.

23. The pervasive device of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed, configure the pervasive device to allow users to print to a printer with or without connection to a static permanent network for both the pervasive device and an output device.