Media device and method of enhancing use of media device

• US 9,420,021 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2004
• Issued: 08/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Matero, Jyrki, Matero, Juha P.
• Primary Examiner(s): MCCORD, PAUL C
• Application Number:
  US11/010,757
• Publication Number:
  US 20060130102A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,264 Days
• Field of Search: 700/94
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

A method of enhancing the use of a media device and a media device are provided. The media device receives a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system, a service transmitted by a telecommunication system, the service being associated with a broadcast media stream and program guide information relating to a broadcast media stream. The media device is configured to detect when the service transmission comprises data corresponding to given search parameters and to record the broadcast media stream in a memory on the basis of the detection.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving via a broadcast channel, at a media device, a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system, and concurrently receiving via a communication channel, at the media device, a service transmission at a timing synchronized with a timeline of contents in the broadcast media stream, the service transmission comprising information about the contents of the broadcast media stream;

detecting at the media device when the information comprises data corresponding to given one or more search parameters; and

determining, independently from a user of the media device, to record the broadcast media stream at the media device on the basis of the detection.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the search parameters from a user of the media device;

determining to store the search parameters in a memory of the media device; and

determining to activate a search application at the media device to search the service transmission based on the search parameters.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the search parameters comprise parameters of a program transmitted in the broadcast media stream or a music track played in a program.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the search parameters further comprise information about at least one of the following:

name of a program;

name of a music track;

style of a music track;

artist performing in a music track; and

names of albums in which a music track is included.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a program or a music track transmitted in the broadcast media stream on the basis of the detection;

performing a frequency transformation on the broadcast media stream;

comparing the frequency transformation with at least one stored frequency transformation to further detect starting and ending times of the program or the music track;

determining to start recording the program or a music track transmitted in the broadcast media stream at a detected starting time;

determining to end the recording at a detected ending time; and

determining to store the recording in a memory of the media device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining to indicate an ongoing recording process on a display of the media device, wherein the broadcast media stream is transmitted at timing determined independently from a user of the media device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining to perform a spectral analysis on the received broadcast media stream;

comparing the spectral analysis with at least one stored spectral analysis; and

controlling the recording of the broadcast media stream on the basis of the comparison.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining to perform silence detection on the received broadcast stream; and

controlling the recording of the broadcast media stream on the basis of the detection.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating recording of the broadcast media stream at the media device; and

stopping the recording without saving if no command to continue is received from a user interface of the media device within a predetermined time period.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the service transmission is received at the media device over a radio interface of a cellular telecommunication system.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining to record the service transmission on the basis of the detection,

wherein the service transmission is recorded substantially simultaneously with the recording of the broadcast media stream.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

determining to render at the media device a visual presentation of the recorded or to be recorded contents of the media stream in synchronization with the information, wherein the contents of the service transmission transmitted via the communication channel describes the contents of the broadcast media stream transmitted via the broadcast channel while excluding the contents of the broadcast media stream.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein a service included in the service transmission provides a bit stream including Braille, vibration, or a combination thereof.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein a service transmitted via the service transmission includes disc jockey'"'"'s message.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast media stream is recorded substantially simultaneously with the detecting of the data corresponding to the search parameters.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the visual presentation is rendered during the detecting of the data corresponding to the search parameters, during the recording of the broadcast media stream, during the recording of the service transmission, or a combination thereof.

9. A device comprising:

a receiver configured to receive via a broadcast channel a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system, and concurrently receiving via a communication channel a service transmission at a timing synchronized with a timeline of contents in the broadcast media stream, the service transmission comprising information about the contents of the broadcast media stream;

a memory for storing data; and

a processor connected to the receiver, transceiver and the memory, and configured to detect when the information comprises data corresponding to given one or more search parameters and to determine, independently from a user of the media device, to record the broadcast media stream in the memory on the basis of the detection.

10. The device of claim 9, further comprising:

a user interface configured to receive the search parameters from a user of the device,

wherein the processor is further configured to determine to store the search parameters in the memory of the device, and the service transmission is received at the media device over a radio interface of a cellular telecommunication system.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect when a service transmission comprises data corresponding to the search parameters;

identify a program or a music track transmitted in the broadcast media stream on the basis of the detection;

determine to perform a frequency transformation on broadcast media stream;

compare the frequency transformation to at least one stored frequency transformation to detect starting and ending times of the program or the music track;

determine to start recording the program or music track transmitted in the broadcast media stream at a detected starting time;

determine to end recording at a detected ending time; and

determine to store the recording in the memory of the device.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine to perform spectral analysis on the received broadcast stream;

compare the spectral analysis with at least one stored spectral analysis; and

control the recording of the broadcast media stream on the basis of the comparison.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine to perform silence detection on the received broadcast stream; and

control the recording of the broadcast media stream on the basis of the detection.

16. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

receive via a broadcast channel, at a media device, a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system, and concurrently receive via a communication channel, at the media device, a service transmission at a timing synchronized with a timeline of contents in the broadcast media stream, the service transmission comprising information about the contents of the broadcast media stream;

detect when the information comprises data corresponding to given one or more search parameters; and

determine, independently from a user of the media device, to record the broadcast media stream at the media device on the basis of the detection.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

receive the search parameters from a user of the apparatus;

determine to store the search parameters in the memory; and

determine to activate a search application stored to the apparatus to search the service transmission based on the search parameters.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

receiving via a broadcast channel, at a media device, a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system, and concurrently receiving via a communication channel, at the media device, a service transmission at a timing synchronized with a timeline of contents in the broadcast media stream, the service transmission comprising information about the contents of the broadcast media stream;

detecting when the information comprises data corresponding to given one or more search parameters; and

determining, independently from a user of the media device, to record the broadcast media stream at the media device on the basis of the detection.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:

receiving the search parameters from a user of the apparatus;

determining to store the search parameters in the memory; and

determining to activate a search application stored to the apparatus to search the service transmission based on the search parameters.