Method for providing second screen information

• US 9,363,559 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2014
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: Liou, Wen-shan, Lin, Shih-Peng
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Ricky
• Application Number:
  US14/224,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20150172755A1
• Time in Patent Office: 805 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4424 Monitoring of the internal components or processes of the client device, e.g. CPU or memory load, processing speed, timer, counter or percentage of the hard disk space used error monitoring in general G06F11/30; arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/32; diagnosis, testing or measuring for television receivers H04N17/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program

Abstract

A method for providing the second screen information is disclosed. The second screen information is used to be displayed on a portable device which includes a plurality of application software. While a link between the display equipment and a server is established, an environment data is generated by one of the display equipment and the portable device according to a using information where a user is viewing the display equipment. According to the environment data, the portable device may receive network information, which is sent out by the server, to execute one of the application software of the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method for providing second screen information, the second screen information is provided for a portable device to be displayed, the method comprising:

establishing links among a display apparatus, a portable device and a server, wherein the server receives a channel signal from the display apparatus to obtain a selected channel broadcasted through the display apparatus;

generating an environmental data according to a using information, wherein the environmental data is generated by at least one of the display apparatus and the portable device, wherein the display apparatus includes an image capturing unit, and the step of generating the environmental data includes capturing a surrounding image by using the image capturing unit;

analyzing the surrounding image to obtain the using information, wherein the step of analyzing the surrounding image includes determining whether a user object is represented in the surrounding image by a processing unit;

determining whether the portable device receives a network information according to the environmental data, wherein the network information is sent out by the server, and the network information includes at least one second screen information corresponding to the selected channel,

wherein the step of determining whether the portable device receives the network information according to the environmental data includes designating the portable device to receive the network information when the user object is represented in the surrounding image;

after the portable device receives the second screen information, launching one of application software installed in the portable device to display the second screen information according to a file format of the second screen information, wherein the launched application software has been installed in the portable device before the portable device receives the second screen information;

wherein the step of generating the environmental data further comprises;

detecting a background sound by an audio input unit; and

analyzing the background sound to obtain the using information;

wherein the step of analyzing the background sound comprises determining whether a value of the background sound exceeds a predetermined value; and

transmitting a reminder message or a static information when the value of the background sound exceeds the predetermined value.

2. The method for providing second screen information according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the display apparatus and the portable device comprises the image capturing unit.

3. The method for providing second screen information according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit is integrated in the display apparatus, the server or the portable device.

4. The method for providing second screen information according to claim 1, wherein the step of analyzing the background sound further comprises transmitting a static network information or a dynamic network information when the value of the background sound does not exceed the predetermined value.

5. The method for providing second screen information according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the display apparatus and the portable device is equipped with the audio input unit.

6. The method for providing second screen information according to claim 1, further comprising establishing a link between the display apparatus and the portable device, wherein the portable device executes one of the application software installed on the portable device according to the network information.

7. The method for providing second screen information according to claim 6, wherein the server includes a controlling unit for sending out the network information and a channel signal transmitter linked to the display apparatus.

8. The method for providing second screen information according to claim 7, wherein the display apparatus includes a first processing unit for receiving the network information and transmitting a control command to the portable device so that the portable device executes one of the application software.

9. The method for providing second screen information according to claim 1, before the step of determining whether the portable device receives the network information further comprising:

collecting the environmental data by at least one of the server and the display apparatus; and

determining whether to transmit the network information to the portable device according to the environmental data by at least one of the server and the display apparatus.

10. The method for providing second screen information according to claim 9, wherein the network information is transmitted from the server to the display apparatus, and transmitted to the portable device.

11. The method for providing second screen information according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the portable device receives the network information further includes:

determining whether the portable device is being used;

determining whether the portable device is executing a specific application software; and

designating the portable device not to receive the network information when the portable device is being used and executing the specific application software.

12. The method for providing second screen information according to claim 11, wherein the step of determining whether the portable device receives the network information further includes:

determining whether a user is in front of the display apparatus according to the environmental data generated by the display apparatus when the portable device is being used and the specific application software is not executed; and

designating the portable device not to receive the network information when the user is not in front of the display apparatus.

13. The method for providing second screen information according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the portable device receives the network information further includes:

determining whether the portable device is being used;

determining whether the portable device is idle for a predetermined time; and

designating the portable device not to receive the network information when the portable device is not being used and idle for the predetermined time.

14. The method for providing second screen information according to claim 13, wherein the step of determining whether the portable device receives the network information further includes:

determining whether a user is in front of the display apparatus according to the environmental data generated by the display apparatus when the portable device is not being used and not idle for the predetermined time; and

designating the portable device not to receive the network information when the user is not in front of the display apparatus.