Enhanced content continuation system and method

• US 9,350,799 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2015
• Issued: 05/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Frank Wang
• Inventors: Wang, Frank C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Miah, Razu A
• Application Number:
  US14/598,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20150149587A1
• Time in Patent Office: 494 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 29/7869 having a semiconductor body comprising an oxide semiconductor material, e.g. zinc oxide, copper aluminium oxide, cadmium stannate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

A content delivery system and method for use with plurality of digital multimedia data processing systems and legacy systems spanning across one or more network environments. The system and method enable users with freedom of mobility while maintaining access to the user'"'"'s selected content while the user transitions from one device in one location to a different device in a difference location, substantially without interruption and without the need for user action to turn on and off these target data processing systems. The Instant Invention can provide high bandwidth content delivery solutions based upon hardware and software components by activating a target device while the system is proximate to the target device and, in one embodiment, automatically redirecting the content while the system is proximate to a new target device without user intervention. The target devices include digital multimedia data processing systems and legacy systems including, but not limited to, HDTVs, TV, Personal Computers, digital music systems, printers, radios, and fax machines.

Claims

1. A content delivery apparatus, comprising:

a data processing device, a first target device and a second target device;

a storage accessible to the data processing device;

a selected content stored in the storage;

indications of the first and second target devices which includes at least one characteristic of the first and second target devices stored in the storage;

a proximity device;

the data processing device responding to the proximity device detecting that the data processing device is proximate to the first target device of the stored indications of the first and second target devices, and communicating a first content of the selected content with the first target device using at least one characteristic of the first target device, while the data processing device is proximate to the first target device;

the data processing device further responding to the proximity device detecting that the data processing device is no longer proximate to the first target device and ceasing the communication of the first content of the selected content with the first target device;

the data processing device further responding to the proximity device detecting that the data processing device is proximate to the second target device of the stored indications of the first and second target devices, and communicating a next content of the selected content with the second target device using at least one characteristic of the second target device, while the data processing device is proximate to the second target device; and

the data processing device further responding to the proximity device detecting that the data processing device is no longer proximate to the second target device and ceasing the communication of the next content of the selected content with the second target device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, the first content of the selected content is rendered to the first target device;

and the next content of the selected content is rendered to the second target device.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein at least one of the data processing device ceasing the communication of the first content of the selected content and the data processing device communicating the next content of the selected content with the second target device occurs without user intervention.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the next content of the selected content is not rendered to the data processing device while the data processing device is proximate to neither the first target device nor the second target device.

5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein a portion of the next content of the selected content is rendered to the data processing device and the remaining portion of the next content is rendered to the second target device while the data processing device is proximate to the second target device.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first and next contents of the selected content are adjacent contents.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data processing device stores information from the first target device to the selected content while the data processor device is communicating with the first target device;

and the data processing device stores information from the second target device to the selected content while the data processing device is communicating with the second target device.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data processing device stores information from the first target device to the selected content while the data processor device is communicating with the first target device;

and the data processing device transfers the said stored information to the second target device while the data processor device is communicating with the second target device.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the said stored information from the first target device includes at least one characteristic of the first target device.

10. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein a portion of the selected content is stored in a temporary buffer accessible to the data processing device when the data processing device is ceasing the communication of the first content of the selected content with the first target device.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the selected content communicated to the second target device includes the said stored content from the temporary buffer.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first content includes at least one characteristic of the first target device and the next content includes at least one characteristic of the second target device.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the indications of the first and second target devices including at least one characteristic of the first and second target devices are stored in the storage by the data processing device.

14. A content delivery apparatus, comprising:

a data processing device and a target device;

a storage accessible to the data processing device;

a selected content stored in the storage;

an indication of the target device includes at least one characteristic of the target device stored in the storage;

a proximity device coupled to the data processing device;

the data processing device responding to a request, and communicating with a first content of the selected content and in responding to a signal, ceasing the communication with the first content;

the data processing device responding to a detection by the proximity device, that the data processing device is proximate to the target device of the stored indication of the target device, and communicates a next content of the selected content with the target device using at least one characteristic of the target device; and

the data processing device further responding to a detection by the proximity device, that the data processing device is no longer proximate to the target device, and ceasing the communication of the next content of the selected content with the target device.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the next content of the selected content is rendered to the target device while the data processing device is proximate to the target device.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the data processing device communicates the next content of the selected content with the target device occurs without user intervention.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first and next contents of the selected content are adjacent contents.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the data processing device stores information to the selected content while the data processing device is communicating with the selected content;

and the data processing device stores information from the target device to the selected content while the data processing device is proximate to the target device.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the data processing device stores information to the selected content while the data processing device is communicating with the selected content;

and the data processing device transfers the said stored information to the target device while the data processing device is communicating with the target device.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the indication of the target device including at least one characteristic of the target device are stored in the storage by the data processing device.

21. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein a portion of the next content is rendered to the data processing device and the remaining portion of the next content is rendered to the target device while the data processing device is proximate to the target device.

22. A method comprising:

(a) storing contents including at least one characteristic of a first target device and a second target device in a storage accessible to a data processing device;

the stored content includes a first portion and a second portion with the first portion different from the second portion;

(b) detecting by a proximity device that the data processing device is proximate to the first target device, communicating the first portion of the stored content with the data processing device while the data processing device is proximate to the first target device, the first portion of the stored content including at least one characteristic of the first target device;

(c) detecting by the proximity device that the data processing device is no longer proximate to the first target device, ceasing the communication of the first portion of the stored content with the data processing device;

(d) detecting by the proximity device that the data processing device is proximate to the second target device, communicating the second portion of the stored content with the data processing device while the data processing device is proximate to the second target device, the second portion of the stored content including at least one characteristic of the second target device; and

(e) detecting by the proximity device that the data processing device is no longer proximate to the second target device and ceasing the communication of the second portion of the stored content with the data processing device.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein at least one characteristic of the first target device includes an advertisement of the first target device;

and at least one characteristic of the second target device includes an advertisement of the second target device.

24. The method of claim of 22, wherein at least one characteristic of the first and second target devices are stored in the storage occurs without using the data processing device.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein at least one of the step of communicating the first portion of the stored content with the data processing device and the step of communicating the second portion of the stored content with the data processing device comprises the step of delivering and rendering the stored content to the data processing device.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein at least one of the step of communicating of the first portion of the selected content with the data processing device and the step of communicating of the second portion of selected content with the data processing device occurs without user intervention.

27. The method of claim 25, further including the step of pushing at least one of the first portion and the second portion of the stored content to the data processing device.

28. A content delivery apparatus, comprising:

a data processing device, a first target device and a second target device;

a storage accessible to the data processing device;

stored content including at least one characteristic of the first and second target devices in the storage, the stored content comprises a first portion and a second portion;

a proximity device;

the first portion of the stored content is communicated with the data processing device while the proximity device detects that the data processing device is proximate to the first target device, the first portion of the stored content including at least one characteristic of the first target device;

the first portion of the stored content is no longer communicated with the data processing device when the proximity device detects that the data processing device is no longer proximate to the first target device;

the second portion of the stored content is communicated with the data processing device while the proximity device detects that the data processing device is proximate to the second target device, the second portion of the stored content including at least one characteristic of the second target device; and

the second portion of the stored content is no longer communicated with the data processing device when the proximity device detects that the data processing device is no longer proximate to the second target device.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein at least one characteristic of the first target device includes an advertisement of the first target device;

and at least one characteristic of the second target device includes an advertisement of the second target device.

30. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein at least one characteristic of the first and second target devices are stored in the storage without using the data processing device.

31. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the first portion of the stored content is received and rendered by the data processing device while the data processing device is proximate to the first target device;

and the second portion of the stored content is received and rendered by the data processing device while the data processing device is proximate to the second target device.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein at least one of the first portion of the stored content and the second portion of the stored content is received by the data processing device without user intervention.

33. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein at least one of the first portion and the second portion of the stored content received by the data processing device received is pushed to the data processing device.