Electronic wireless hand held multimedia device

• US 9,031,537 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2008
• Issued: 05/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mesa Digital LLC (Ortiz & Lopez PLLC)
• Original Assignee: Mesa Digital LLC (Ortiz & Lopez PLLC)
• Inventors: Ortiz, Luis M., Lopez, Kermit D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Elahee, Md S
• Application Number:
  US12/257,205
• Publication Number:
  US 20090047992A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,392 Days
• Field of Search: 342/357.1, 713/300, 455/509, 455/552.1, 455 411- 413, 455410-4121, 455/3.05, 455410-4142, 702/159, 380/258, 379/88.13, 379/142.05, 379/903, 379/908, 379/915, 379/916, 705/7.14, 705/1.514
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00674 with switch-buttons
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/026 Details of the structure or mounting of specific components
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/68 : Gesture-dependent or behaviour-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 : Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 : Guidance services
• 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 88/02 : Terminal devices

Abstract

An electronic wireless hand held multimedia device includes a microprocessor and more than one wireless transceiver modules enabling wireless communications over a variety of standards, including Cellular (e.g., GSM, CDMA, GPRS, 3G), 802.11 (e.g., WLAN), and short range (e.g., Bluetooth, infrared, RFID), for the retrieval, processing and delivery of multimedia data to/from remote data resources (e.g., Internet, servers). The hand held device can include any of: a touch sensitive display screen configured to display multimedia data including video, text and GPS maps, and accept user input; a cartridge reader configured to exchange data with an electronic cartridge; a GPS module configured to operate with mapping resources and provide location information and GPS mapping; a mobile payment module enabling mobile payments via a variety of billing arrangements; a security module enabling protected data management and communications security; a video camera enabling the capture, storage, processing and transmission of video and pictures.

Claims

1. An electronic wireless hand held multimedia device, comprising:

at least one of a wireless unit and a tuner unit supporting bi-directional data communications of data including video and text for the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device with remote data resources over cellular telecommunications networks, over wireless local area networks and over a direct wireless connection with electronic devices located within short range using Bluetooth communications after accepting a passcode from a user of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device during the communications;

a touch sensitive display screen configured to display the data including video and text received by the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device by selecting a particular data represented by a soft button on the touch sensitive display screen of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device; and

a microprocessor configured to facilitate operation of and communications by the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

2. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 1, further comprising a global positioning module configured to provide location information for the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

3. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 1, further comprising a cartridge reader configured to transfer data with an electronic cartridge.

4. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 1, further comprising a mobile payment module enabling mobile payments via a variety of billing arrangements.

5. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 1, further comprising a security module enabling protected data management and communications security.

6. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 1, further comprising a video camera enabling the capture, storage, processing and transmission of video and pictures.

7. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 1, further comprising a wireless infrared transceiver supporting bi-directional line-of-site data communications of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device over an Infrared wireless connection with electronic devices located within line of sight from the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

8. An electronic wireless hand held multimedia device, comprising:

at least one of a wireless unit and a tuner unit supporting bi- directional data communications of data including video and text for the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device with remote data resources over cellular telecommunications networks, over wireless local area networks and over a direct wireless connection with electronic devices located within short range using Bluetooth communications after accepting a passcode from a user of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device during the communications;

a touch sensitive display screen configured to display the data including video and text by selecting a particular data represented by a soft button on the touch sensitive display screen of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device and to accept user input; and

a microprocessor configured tO facilitate operation of and communications by the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

9. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 8, further comprising a global positioning module configured to provide location information for the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

10. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 8, further comprising a cartridge reader configured to transfer data with an electronic cartridge.

11. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 8, further comprising a wireless infrared transceiver supporting bi-directional line-of-sight data communications of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device over an Infrared wireless connection with electronic devices located within line of sight from the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

12. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 8, further comprising a mobile payment module enabling mobile payments via a variety of billing arrangements.

13. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 8, further comprising a security module enabling protected data management and communications security.

14. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 8, further comprising a video camera enabling the capture, storage, processing and transmission of video and pictures.

15. An electronic wireless hand held multimedia device, comprising:

at least one of a wireless unit and tuner unit supporting bi-directional data communications of data including video and text for the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device with remote data resources over cellular telecommunications networks, over wireless local area networks and over a direct wireless connection with electronic devices located within short range using Bluetooth communications after accepting a passcode from a user of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device during the communications;

a touch sensitive display screen configured to display the data including video and text by selecting a particular data represented by a soft button on the touch sensitive display screen of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device and to accept user input;

a global positioning module configured to provide device location information; and

a microprocessor configured to facilitate operation of and communications by the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

16. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 15, further comprising a cartridge reader configured to transfer data with an electronic cartridge.

17. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 15, further comprising a wireless infrared transceiver supporting bi-directional line-of-sight data communications of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device over an Infrared wireless connection with electronic devices located within line of sight from the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

18. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 15, further comprising a mobile payment module enabling mobile payments via a variety of billing arrangements.

19. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 15, further comprising a security module enabling protected data management and communications security.

20. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 15, further comprising a video camera enabling the capture, storage, processing and transmission of video and pictures.

21. An electronic wireless hand held multimedia device, comprising:

at least one of a wireless unit and tuner unit supporting bi-directional data communications of data including video and text for the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device with remote data resources over cellular telecommunications networks, over wireless local area networks and over a direct wireless connection with electronic devices located within short range using Bluetooth communications after accepting a passcode from a user of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device during the communications;

a touch sensitive display screen configured to display the data including video and text by selecting a particular data represented by a soft button on the touch sensitive display screen of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device and to accept user input;

a cartridge reader configured to transfer data with an electronic cartridge; and

a microprocessor configured to facilitate operation of and communications by the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

22. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 21, further comprising a global positioning module configured to provide device location information.

23. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 21, further comprising a wireless infrared transceiver supporting bi-directional line-of-sight data communications of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device over an Infrared wireless connection with electronic devices located within line of sight from the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

24. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 21, further comprising a mobile payment module enabling mobile payments via a variety of billing arrangements.

25. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 21, further comprising a security module enabling protected data management and communications security.

26. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 21, further comprising a video camera enabling the capture, storage, processing and transmission of video and pictures.

27. An electronic wireless hand held multimedia device, comprising;

at least one of a wireless unit and tuner unit supporting bi-directional data communications of data including video and text for the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device with remote data resources over cellulartelecommunications networks, over wireless local area networks and over a direct wireless connection with electronic devices located, within short range using Bluetooth communications after accepting a passcode from a user of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device during the communications;

a touch sensitive display screen configured to display the data including video and text by selecting a particular data represented by a soft button on the touch sensitive display screen of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device and to accept user input;

a global positioning module configured to provide device location information;

a cartridge reader configured to receive and communicate with an electronic cartridge; and

a microprocessor configured to facilitate operation of and communications by the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

28. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 27, further comprising a mobile payment module enabling mobile payments via a variety of billing arrangements.

29. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 27, further comprising a security module enabling protected data management and communications security.

30. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 27, further comprising a video camera enabling the capture, storage, processing and transmission of video and pictures.

31. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 27, further comprising a wireless infrared transceiver supporting bi-directional line-of-sight data communications of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device over an Infrared wireless connection with electronic devices located within line of sight from the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

32. An electronic wireless hand held multimedia device, comprising:

at least one of a wireless unit and tuner unit supporting bi-directional data communications of data including video and text for the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device with remote data resources over cellular telecommunications networks, over wireless local area networks and over a direct wireless connection with electronic devices located within short range using Bluetooth communications after accepting a passcode from a user of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device during the communications;

a wireless infrared transceiver supporting bi-directional line-of-sight data communications of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device over an Infrared wireless connection with electronic devices located within line of sight from the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device;

a touch sensitive display screen configured to display the data including video and text and by selecting a particular data represented by a soft button on the touch sensitive display screen of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device to accept user input;

a cartridge reader configured to receive and communicate with an electronic cartridge; and

a microprocessor configured to facilitate operation of and communications by the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

33. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 32, further comprising a global positioning module configured to provide location information for the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

34. An electronic wireless hand held multimedia device, comprising:

at least one of a wireless unit and tuner unit supporting bi-directional data communications of data including video and text for the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device with remote data resources over cellular telecommunications networks, over wireless local area networks and over a direct wireless connection with electronic devices located within short range using Bluetooth communications after accepting a passcode from a user of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device during the communications;

a wireless infrared transceiver supporting bi-directional line-of-sight data communications of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device over an Infrared wireless connection with electronic devices located within line of sight from the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device;

a touch sensitive display screen configured to display the data including video and text by selecting a particular data represented by a soft button on the touch sensitive display screen of the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device and to accept user input;

a global positioning module configured to provide location information for the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device;

a cartridge reader configured to receive and communicate with an electronic cartridge; and

a microprocessor configured to facilitate operation of and communications by the electronic wireless hand held multimedia device.

35. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 34, further comprising a mobile payment module enabling mobile payments via a variety of billing arrangements.

36. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 34, further comprising a security module enabling protected data management and communications security.

37. The electronic wireless hand held multimedia device of claim 34, further comprising a video camera enabling the capture, storage, processing and transmission of video and pictures.