Mobile information apparatus that includes intelligent wireless display, wireless direct display, or transfer of digital content for playing over air the digital content at smart televisions, television controllers, or audio output devices
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1. A mobile wireless information apparatus method for managing output of digital content at a wireless output device, the mobile wireless information apparatus including:
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a processor;
one or more client application(s) executable by the processor at the mobile wireless information apparatus for providing one or more functionalities to the mobile wireless information apparatus, the one or more functionalities of the one or more client application(s) facilitated, at least partly, by the operating system included in the mobile wireless information apparatus, and the one or more client application(s) enabling a user viewing or selecting at least part of the digital content at the mobile wireless information apparatus;
a display screen;
a graphical user interface over the display screen of the mobile wireless information apparatus for interacting with the user;
one or more wireless communication units for wireless communication;
the mobile wireless information apparatus method comprising;
obtaining, by the one or more client application(s) at the mobile wireless information apparatus, the digital content, the digital content includes at least one of video content or audio content;
(1) opening a short range wireless communication channel at the one or more wireless communication units of the mobile wireless information apparatus for short range wireless device communication;
(2) wirelessly searching, at the mobile wireless information apparatus, over said short range wireless communication channel in (1), for one or more wireless output devices that are available for providing output service;
(3) receiving, at the mobile wireless information apparatus and over the short range wireless communication channel, a device dependent attribute that corresponds to a wireless output device found in the wireless search in (2) over the short range wireless communication channel, and the device dependent attribute includes at least one of a name, a brand, a model, a device identity, an address, a voice, security information, or a device profile, individually or in any combination, corresponding to the wireless output device found in the wireless search;
(4) receiving an indication of a selection, over the graphical user interface at the mobile wireless information apparatus, the wireless output device found in the wireless search, and the selection of the wireless output device found in the wireless search based, at least in part, on the device dependent attribute received in (3);
(5) establishing, with at least one wireless communication unit of the one or more wireless communication units and at the mobile wireless information apparatus, a wireless communication link between the mobile wireless information apparatus and the selected wireless output device in (4), the wireless communication link being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards;
(6) encoding output data, at the mobile wireless information apparatus, the output data being related to at least part of the digital content obtained by the one or more client application(s) and the digital content includes at least one of video content or audio content, and the output data including one or more of a published standard, a proprietary standard, a format, a protocol, or a language, individually or in any combination, that is acceptable for wireless transmitting to the selected wireless output device; and
(7) wirelessly transmitting, from the mobile wireless information apparatus, at least part of the encoded output data in (6) over the established wireless communication link in (5) to the selected wireless output device for rendering or outputting at least part of the digital content at the selected wireless output device; and
wherein the mobile wireless information apparatus is at least one of a laptop computer, a digital camera, an e-book, a smart phone, or an information pad, and the selected wireless output device is at least one of an audio output device, a speaker, a projection device, a display device, a television, or a controller box connected to a television, individually or in any combination, and the mobile wireless information apparatus is a distinct device from the selected wireless output device.
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Abstract
A method of transferring digital content from a mobile wireless information apparatus such as a smart phone, an information Pad, or a digital Pad to a wireless output device associated with a television by short range wireless communication. The method may include downloading video digital content from the Internet to the mobile wireless information apparatus and may open a short range wireless communication that is compatible with IEEE802.11 or with Bluetooth™ standard for output. The method may select a wireless output device associated with the television. Subsequently, the information apparatus may conform the digital content into an output data for transferring the output data over the short range wireless connection to the selected wireless output device associated with the television for output.
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40 Claims
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1. A mobile wireless information apparatus method for managing output of digital content at a wireless output device, the mobile wireless information apparatus including:
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an operating system; a processor; one or more client application(s) executable by the processor at the mobile wireless information apparatus for providing one or more functionalities to the mobile wireless information apparatus, the one or more functionalities of the one or more client application(s) facilitated, at least partly, by the operating system included in the mobile wireless information apparatus, and the one or more client application(s) enabling a user viewing or selecting at least part of the digital content at the mobile wireless information apparatus; a display screen; a graphical user interface over the display screen of the mobile wireless information apparatus for interacting with the user; one or more wireless communication units for wireless communication; the mobile wireless information apparatus method comprising; obtaining, by the one or more client application(s) at the mobile wireless information apparatus, the digital content, the digital content includes at least one of video content or audio content; (1) opening a short range wireless communication channel at the one or more wireless communication units of the mobile wireless information apparatus for short range wireless device communication; (2) wirelessly searching, at the mobile wireless information apparatus, over said short range wireless communication channel in (1), for one or more wireless output devices that are available for providing output service; (3) receiving, at the mobile wireless information apparatus and over the short range wireless communication channel, a device dependent attribute that corresponds to a wireless output device found in the wireless search in (2) over the short range wireless communication channel, and the device dependent attribute includes at least one of a name, a brand, a model, a device identity, an address, a voice, security information, or a device profile, individually or in any combination, corresponding to the wireless output device found in the wireless search; (4) receiving an indication of a selection, over the graphical user interface at the mobile wireless information apparatus, the wireless output device found in the wireless search, and the selection of the wireless output device found in the wireless search based, at least in part, on the device dependent attribute received in (3); (5) establishing, with at least one wireless communication unit of the one or more wireless communication units and at the mobile wireless information apparatus, a wireless communication link between the mobile wireless information apparatus and the selected wireless output device in (4), the wireless communication link being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards; (6) encoding output data, at the mobile wireless information apparatus, the output data being related to at least part of the digital content obtained by the one or more client application(s) and the digital content includes at least one of video content or audio content, and the output data including one or more of a published standard, a proprietary standard, a format, a protocol, or a language, individually or in any combination, that is acceptable for wireless transmitting to the selected wireless output device; and (7) wirelessly transmitting, from the mobile wireless information apparatus, at least part of the encoded output data in (6) over the established wireless communication link in (5) to the selected wireless output device for rendering or outputting at least part of the digital content at the selected wireless output device; and wherein the mobile wireless information apparatus is at least one of a laptop computer, a digital camera, an e-book, a smart phone, or an information pad, and the selected wireless output device is at least one of an audio output device, a speaker, a projection device, a display device, a television, or a controller box connected to a television, individually or in any combination, and the mobile wireless information apparatus is a distinct device from the selected wireless output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 8, 9, 10, 11)
wherein the mobile wireless information apparatus method further comprises; obtaining, by the mobile wireless information apparatus, authentication information that includes one or more of a security key, a name, an ID, a voice, a fingerprint, or a password, individually or in any combination; and utilizing the obtained authentication information to establish a restricted wireless communication link between the mobile wireless information apparatus and the selected wireless output device.
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9. The method of claim 1 in which conforming at the mobile wireless information apparatus at least part of the digital content into an output data includes using as least in part the said device dependent attribute received over the wireless communication channel from the selected wireless output device.
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10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the encoding of the output data related to at least part of the digital content includes at least one of an encryption operation or a decryption operation.
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11. The method of claim 1 in which the device profile includes information relating to at least one of quality of service, billing, pricing, security, identification and compatibility associated with the wireless output device.
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3. A wireless information apparatus that includes a wireless rendering procedure for transferring digital content from the wireless information apparatus to a wireless output device by wireless communication that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards,
the digital content being stored locally at the wireless information apparatus, or being accessible, at least partly, by the wireless information apparatus, or being downloadable from a server over a network to the wireless information apparatus, and the wireless information apparatus including: -
a wireless communication unit supporting short range wireless communication with one or more wireless devices, the one or more wireless devices being distinct devices from the wireless information apparatus, a display screen, a graphical user interface for interacting with a user over the display screen, an operating system, a processor, one or more client applications executable at the wireless information apparatus for providing one or more functionalities to the wireless information apparatus, the one or more functionalities of the one or more client applications facilitated at least partly by the operating system included in the wireless information apparatus, and wherein the wireless information apparatus being configured for or operable for; receiving, by the one or more client applications running at the wireless information apparatus and over the graphical user interface of the wireless information apparatus, at least an indication related to a selected digital content for rendering, the selected digital content being video digital content or audio digital content, individually or in any combination; wirelessly discovering a wireless output device over a short range wireless communication channel via the wireless communication unit of the wireless information apparatus, the discovered wireless output device is a distinct device from the wireless information apparatus; obtaining, at the wireless information apparatus over the short range wireless communication channel, at least an indication related to the discovered wireless output device, the at least an indication including at least one of a name, a brand, a model, security information, a device identity, an address, a voice, and a device profile, individually or in any combination, related to the discovered wireless output device; selecting, at the wireless information apparatus, the discovered wireless output device based, at least in part, on the at least an indication related to the discovered wireless output device obtained; implementing, at the wireless information apparatus, a security or an authentication procedure for establishing a restricted wireless connection between the wireless information apparatus and the selected wireless output device; conforming output data, at the wireless information apparatus, the output data being related to at least part of the selected digital content, and the output data including one or more of a published standard, a proprietary standard, a format, a protocol, or a language, individually or in any combination, that is acceptable for wireless transferring to the selected wireless output device over the restricted wireless connection; and wirelessly transferring at least part of the output data over the restricted wireless connection from the wireless information apparatus to the selected wireless output device for wireless rendering at the selected wireless output device the at least part of the selected digital content, the restricted wireless connection is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A wireless information apparatus configured for wireless displaying or playing of digital content at an output device by wireless communication with a wireless output controller device that is wire connected to the output device, the wireless information apparatus including:
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a display screen, a graphical user interface over the display screen of the wireless information apparatus for interacting with a user, an operating system, a processor, one or more wireless communication units with at least one wireless communication unit supporting wireless communication that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards for wireless communication with the wireless output controller device, the wireless information apparatus being operable for; opening, via the one or more wireless communication units of the wireless information apparatus, a wireless communication channel for wireless communication with a wireless output controller device, the wireless communication channel being a short range wireless communication from the wireless information apparatus to the wireless output controller device, the wireless output controller device being a distinct device from the wireless information apparatus, and the wireless output controller device is wire connected to the output device; wirelessly searching, at the wireless information apparatus over the wireless communication channel, for the wireless output controller device that is available within short range for wireless communication with the wireless information apparatus; receiving, at the wireless information apparatus over a short range wireless communication, at least an attribute from the wireless output controller device found in the wireless search, and the at least an attribute being at least one of a name, a brand, a model, security information, a device identity, an address, a voice, authentication information, or a device profile, individually or in any combination; establishing a wireless connection between the wireless information apparatus and the wireless output controller device subsequent to receiving, at the wireless information apparatus, the at least an attribute from the wireless output controller device, the wireless connection being via the at least one wireless communication unit supporting wireless communication that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards; encoding, at the wireless information apparatus, output data related to at least part of the digital content that includes at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination, the output data including one or more of a published standard, a proprietary standard, a format, a protocol, or a language, individually or in any combination, that is acceptable for wireless transmitting to the wireless output controller device over the wireless connection; and wirelessly transmitting, via the at least one wireless communication unit, at least part of the encoded output data over the established wireless connection from the wireless information apparatus to the wireless output controller device for rendering or outputting of at least part of the digital content at the output device; and wherein, the output device is at least one of a television, a projection device, a display device, a speaker, or an audio output device, individually or in any combination, and both the wireless output controller device and the output device are distinct devices from the wireless information apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing software that is executable, at least partly, by a processor at a mobile information apparatus for managing wireless output of digital content at a wireless output device by wireless communication, the wireless communication from the mobile information apparatus to the wireless output device being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards, and the wireless output device being a distinct device from the mobile information apparatus, and the mobile information apparatus including:
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wireless communication circuitry that includes at least a wireless communication unit for wireless communication, a display screen, a processor, an operating system, and the software when executed, at least partly, by the processor and facilitated, at least partly, by the operating system, performs a method at the mobile information apparatus, comprising; wirelessly searching, with the wireless communication unit and over a short range wireless communication channel, for a wireless output device that is available for establishing wireless communication with the mobile information apparatus; receiving, at the mobile information apparatus and over the short range wireless communication channel, an attribute corresponding to the wireless output device found in the wireless search, the attribute being at least one of a name, a brand, a model, security information, a device identity, an address, or a device profile, individually or in any combination; selecting, at the mobile information apparatus, the wireless output device found in the search based, at least in part, on the attribute received over the short range wireless communication channel; implementing an authentication procedure or a security procedure for establishing a wireless connection between the mobile information apparatus and the selected wireless output device; establishing, subsequent to implementing the authentication procedure or the security procedure, the wireless connection between the mobile information apparatus and the selected wireless output device, the establishing of the wireless connection is via the wireless communication circuitry that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards; obtaining, by the mobile information apparatus, at least part of the digital content, the digital content includes at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination, and the digital content is stored locally at the mobile information apparatus or is downloaded, at least partly, from a server over the Internet to the mobile information apparatus; conforming, at the mobile information apparatus, at least part of the digital content into output data, the output data related to at least part of the digital content and including one or more of a published standard, a proprietary standard, a format, a protocol, or a language, individually or in any combination, that is acceptable for wireless transmitting to the selected wireless output device; and wirelessly transmitting, via the wireless communication circuitry, at least part of the output data over the wireless connection from the mobile information apparatus to the selected wireless output device for output or rendering of at least part of the digital content, the digital content includes at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination; and wherein the selected wireless output device is at least one of the following;
an audio output device, a display device, a projection device, a television, or an output controller connectable to a television, individually or in any combination. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing software that is executable by a wireless information apparatus for outputting digital content from a wireless information apparatus to a wireless output controller device associated with a television or an audio output device, the wireless information apparatus including:
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a display screen, a graphical user interface over the display screen of the wireless information apparatus for interacting with a user, an operating system, a processor, one or more wireless communication units with at least one wireless communication unit supporting wireless local area network communication with the wireless output controller device, the wireless output controller device being a distinct device from the wireless information apparatus, wherein the software, when executed, at least partly, by the processor at the wireless information apparatus and facilitated, at least partly, by the operating system, causes the wireless information apparatus to execute a method, comprising; establishing, via the one or more wireless communication units, a wireless connection between the wireless information apparatus and the wireless output controller device that is associated with a television or an audio output device, the wireless connection further being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards; implementing a security or authentication procedure that includes transmitting one or more of a user name, a password, an ID number, a security key, or a voice, individually or in any combination, over the wireless connection between the wireless information apparatus and the wireless output controller device; and subsequent to having implemented the security or authentication procedure, establishing a wireless local area network connection, between the wireless information apparatus and the wireless output controller device, the wireless local area network connection being established via the at least one wireless communication unit that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards for wireless local area networks; receiving, over the graphical user interface of the wireless information apparatus, at least an indication related to a selected digital content for rendering or outputting, the selected digital content includes at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination; and wirelessly transferring output data related, at least partly, to the selected digital content and over the established wireless local area network connection from the wireless information apparatus to the wireless output controller device for rendering or outputting of at least part of the selected digital content at a television or an audio output device that is associated with the wireless output controller device. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A mobile information apparatus configured for managing wireless output of digital content at a selected wireless output device, the mobile information apparatus including:
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one or more wireless communication units for wireless communication; a display screen; a graphical user interface over the display screen of the mobile information apparatus for interacting with a user; a processor; an operating system; and one or more client applications that is executable by the processor at the mobile information apparatus and facilitated, at least partly, by the operating system, for providing one or more functionalities to the mobile information apparatus; a wireless device discovery component, via the one or more wireless communication units, for wirelessly discovering a wireless output device that is within short range or close proximity to the mobile information apparatus and that is available for providing output service; an authentication or security processing component for implementing an authentication procedure or security procedure, the authentication procedure or security procedure for establishing a secure wireless connection between the mobile information apparatus and the discovered wireless output device, the secure wireless connection being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within Bluetooth or within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards; an output data generation component, for processing at least part of the digital content into output data that is acceptable for wireless transferring to the discovered wireless output device; a wireless transport component for wireless transferring, via the one or more wireless communication units and from the mobile information apparatus to the discovered wireless output device, at least part of the output data; and wherein, subsequent to establishing the secure wireless connection from the mobile information apparatus to the discovered wireless output device, the one or more client applications installed at the mobile information apparatus are operable for; receiving, over the graphical user interface of the mobile information apparatus, at least an indication related to a selected digital content for rendering or outputting at the discovered wireless output device, the selected digital content includes at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination; using the output data generation component for processing at least part of the selected digital content into output data that is acceptable for transferring over the secure wireless connection to the discovered wireless output device, the output data conforms, at least partly, to one or more of a published standard, a proprietary standard, a format, a protocol, or a language, individually or in any combination; using the transport component for wireless transferring at least part of the output data over the established secure wireless connection from the mobile information apparatus to the discovered wireless output device for output or rendering of at least part of the selected digital content; and wherein the discovered wireless output device is a distinct device from the mobile information apparatus and the discovered wireless output device is at least one of the following;
a television, a wireless output controller connectable to a television, a projection device, a display device, or an audio output device, individually or in any combination. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium containing software that is executable for managing wireless output of digital content from a mobile information apparatus to one or more wireless output devices by wireless communication, the one or more wireless output devices being distinct devices from the mobile information apparatus,
the digital content including at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination, and the mobile information apparatus including: -
wireless communication circuitry for wireless communication; a display screen; a graphical user interface over the display screen of the mobile information apparatus for interacting with a user; a processor; an operating system; and wherein the software when executed, at least partly, by the processor at the mobile information apparatus, performs a digital content output method that comprises; opening a wireless communication channel, with the wireless communication circuitry at the mobile information apparatus, for wireless communication; wirelessly discovering, with the wireless communication circuitry and over the wireless communication channel, a wireless output device that is available for establishing wireless communication with the mobile information apparatus; implementing, at the mobile information apparatus, an authentication procedure or a security procedure for establishing wireless communication between the mobile information apparatus and the wireless output device that has been wirelessly discovered, the authentication procedure or the security procedure includes obtaining one or more of a user name, a password, an ID number, a security key, a biometric, a fingerprint, or voice, individually or in any combination; establishing, via the wireless communication circuitry, a wireless communication connection between the mobile information apparatus and the wireless output device subsequent to having successfully implemented the authentication procedure or the security procedure, the wireless communication connection from the mobile information apparatus to the wireless output device being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards; receiving, over the graphical user interface of the mobile information apparatus, at least an indication related to a selected digital content that includes at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination, for rendering at the wireless output device; wirelessly transmitting, via the wireless communication circuitry, at least part of output data that is related to at least part of the selected digital content, over the wireless communication connection from the mobile information apparatus to the wireless output device for output or rendering of at least part of the selected digital content that includes at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination; and wherein the wireless output device is at least one of a television, a display device, an audio output device, or a wireless output controller connectable to a television or display device, individually or in any combination, and the wireless communication connection is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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