Enhanced UPnP AV media renderer
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1. A method of providing information to a user of a mobile device including a UPnP control point within a UPnP environment, comprising:
- receiving an indication of an incoming communication at the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is operable by the user to receive the incoming communication;
providing the indication to the UPnP control point included in the mobile device, the incoming communication being a selected type of a plurality of types of communications, the plurality of types of communications including a phone call and a text message, and the indication including an identifier as to whether the incoming communication is a phone call or a text message;
accessing setting information in response to the receipt of the indication of the incoming communication;
determining that alert information regarding the incoming communication should be transmitted to a rendering device based on the setting information and the identifier that the selected type of the plurality of types of communications is a phone call or a text message; and
,transmitting the alert information regarding the incoming communication from the mobile device to the rendering device within the UPnP environment, the alert information including an instruction for the rendering device to exhibit a notification to the user regarding the incoming communication being a phone call or a text message, based on the setting information.
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Abstract
A system for providing various overlay information one UPnP AV media renderers. According to the present invention, indications of messages and/or other information received by a UPnP mobile telephone or other UPnP control point can be directly transmitted to a renderer and exhibited in different manners. The present invention also permits the UPnP control point to transmit an event subscription to the renderer for subsequent use. The renderer permits accept or reject the receipt of various information at the particular time.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of providing information to a user of a mobile device including a UPnP control point within a UPnP environment, comprising:
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receiving an indication of an incoming communication at the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is operable by the user to receive the incoming communication; providing the indication to the UPnP control point included in the mobile device, the incoming communication being a selected type of a plurality of types of communications, the plurality of types of communications including a phone call and a text message, and the indication including an identifier as to whether the incoming communication is a phone call or a text message; accessing setting information in response to the receipt of the indication of the incoming communication; determining that alert information regarding the incoming communication should be transmitted to a rendering device based on the setting information and the identifier that the selected type of the plurality of types of communications is a phone call or a text message; and
,transmitting the alert information regarding the incoming communication from the mobile device to the rendering device within the UPnP environment, the alert information including an instruction for the rendering device to exhibit a notification to the user regarding the incoming communication being a phone call or a text message, based on the setting information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile device including a UPnP control point, the mobile device comprising:
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a processor; and a memory unit communicatively connected to the processor and including computer code that when executed controls the mobile device to; receive an indication of an incoming communication at the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is operable by the user to receive the incoming communication; provide the indication to the UPnP control point, the incoming communication being a selected type of a plurality of types of communications, the plurality of types of communications including a phone call and a text message, and the indication including an identifier as to whether the incoming message is a phone call or a text message; access setting information in response to the receipt of the indication of the incoming communication; determine that alert information regarding the incoming communication should be transmitted to a rendering device based on the setting information and the identifier that the selected type of the plurality of types of communications is a phone call or a text message; and
,transmit the alert information regarding the incoming communication from the mobile device to the rendering device within the UPnP environment, the alert information including an instruction for the rendering device to exhibit a notification to the user regarding the incoming communication being a phone call or a text message, based on the setting information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A mobile device including a UPnP control point, the mobile device comprising:
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a processor; and a memory unit communicatively connected to the processor and including computer code that, when executed, controls the mobile device to; receive an indication of an incoming communication, at the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is operable by the user to receive the incoming communication; provide the indication to the UPnP control point, the incoming communication being a selected type of a plurality of types of communications, the plurality of types of communications including a phone call and a text message, and the indication including an identifier as to whether the incoming message is a phone call or a text message; access setting information in response to the receipt of the indication of the incoming text message; determine that alert information regarding the incoming communication should be transmit to a rendering device based on the setting information and based on the identifier as to whether the incoming communication is a phone call or a text message; and
,transmit the alert information regarding the incoming communication from the mobile device to the rendering device within a UPnP environment, the alert information including an instruction for the rendering device to exhibit a notification to the user regarding the incoming communication being a phone call or a text message based on the setting information, the notification including a prompt asking the user if they want to read the incoming communication on the rendering device if the incoming message is a text message.
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