Method, system and computer readable medium for providing an output signal having a theme to a device in a short distance wireless network

• US 20040203368A1
• Filed: 08/20/2002
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IXI Mobile (R&D) Ltd. (IXI Mobile, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: IXI Mobile (R&D) Ltd. (IXI Mobile, Inc.)
• Inventors: Haller, Amit, Haparnas, Ziv
• Granted Patent: US 6,909,878 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface

Abstract

A method, system, and computer readable medium allows a user to select an output signal for device/terminal in short distance wireless network. In embodiments of the present invention, the output signal is a ring tone, alarm, background image, vibration signal, font type, or portion of a motion picture. In embodiments of the present invention, a system comprises a first and second device, in a short distance wireless network, generating a first and second output signal. A cellular device generates a first and a second short-range radio signals responsive to a cellular signal from a cellular network. The cellular signal includes a first multimedia file for the first device and a second multimedia file for the second device. In an embodiment of the present invention, the first multimedia file and second multimedia file are thematically related. In an embodiment of the present invention, a processing device is coupled to the cellular network and stores the first and second multimedia files. In an embodiment of the present invention, a user selects a theme on a device or at a web site in order to change the output signals in the short distance wireless network. In an embodiment of the present invention, the output signals are changed periodically without user intervention. In still a further embodiment of the present invention, promoters or users pay a telecommunication network provider for conveniently and safely changing the output signals.

Claims

28. ) A system, comprising:

a first device, in a short distance wireless network, to provide a first output signal responsive to a first short-range radio signal;

a second device, in the short distance wireless network, to provide a second output signal responsive to a second short-range radio signal, and,

a cellular device to generate the first and the second short-range radio signals responsive to a cellular signal, wherein the cellular signal includes a first multimedia file for the first device and a second multimedia file for the second device, and wherein the first multimedia file and second multimedia file are thematically related.

29. ) The system of claim 28, further comprising:

a cellular network to provide the cellular signal;

a wide area network coupled to the cellular network; and

,

a processing device, coupled to the wide area network, to store the first multimedia file and the second multimedia file.

30. ) The system of claim 28, wherein the first and second multimedia files are downloaded to the first and second devices, and the first and second multimedia files are used to generate the first and second output signals, respectively.

31. ) The system of claim 28, wherein the first and second multimedia files are downloaded to the cellular device, and the first and second multimedia files are used to generate the first and second output signals, respectively.

32. ) A method, comprising the steps of:

selecting a theme for a short-range radio network having a plurality of devices; and

,

providing a plurality of files to the plurality of devices.

1. ) A system, comprising:

a first device, in a short distance wireless network, to generate a first output signal responsive to a first short-range radio signal; and

,

a cellular device to generate the short-range radio signal responsive to a cellular signal, wherein the cellular signal includes a first multimedia file having a theme.

2. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first short-range radio signal includes the first multimedia file.

3. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first short-range radio signal includes a signal generated by the cellular device executing the first multimedia file.

4. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first output signal is an alarm generated responsive to an event.

5. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first output signal is a ring tone.

6. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first output signal is a background image.

7. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first output signal is a vibration signal.

8. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first output signal is a video.

9. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first output is a font type in a graphic user interface.

10. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first output signal is at least a portion of a sound track of a motion picture.

11. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first output signal is at least a portion of a musical work.

12. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first output signal is at least a portion of an audio/visual work.

13. ) The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a second device to generate a second output signal, wherein the first output signal and the second output signal have the theme.

14. ) The system of claim 13, wherein the first output signal is a first portion of a sound track of a motion picture and the second output signal is a second portion of the sound track of the motion picture.

15. ) The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a cellular network to provide the cellular signal;

a wide area network coupled to the cellular network; and

,

a processing device, coupled to the wide area network, to store the first multimedia file.

16. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first multimedia file is a file selected from the group consisting of audio, image and video.

17. ) The system of claim 15, wherein the first multimedia file is periodically transferred from the processing device to the first device.

18. ) The system of claim 15, wherein the first multimedia file is transferred from the processing device to the first device in response to a user selection.

19. ) The system of claim 15, wherein the first multimedia file is transferred from the processing device to the first device in response to an event.

20. ) The system of claim 18, wherein the user selection includes a user selecting the first multimedia file at a web site.

21. ) The system of claim 1, wherein a user selects the first multimedia file stored on the cellular device.

22. ) The system of claim 1, wherein a user selects the first multimedia file stored on the first device.

23. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first device is selected from a group consisting of a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant, a headset, a messaging terminal, a pager, a printer, a watch, a thin terminal, a digital camera and an equivalent.

24. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the cellular device uses a protocol selected from the group consisting of a Global System for Mobile Communications (“

GSM”

), a Code Division Multiple Access (“

CDMA”

), a CDMA 2000 protocol, a Time Division Multiple Access (“

TDMA”

), General Packet Radio Services (“

GPRS”

) and an equivalent thereof.

25. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first device includes a short-distance radio processor and a 2.4 GHZ transceiver.

26. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the first device includes a short-distance radio processor and a 5.7 GHZ transceiver.

27. ) The system of claim 1, wherein the short distance wireless network is a Bluetooth™

network.

33. ) The method of claim 32, wherein the selecting step includes the step of a user selecting a theme at a website.

34. ) The method of claim 32, wherein the selecting step includes the step of a user selecting a theme from a menu having a plurality of themes stored on a first device in the plurality of devices.

35. ) The method of claim 32, wherein the plurality of files include a first multimedia file for a first device in the plurality of devices, a second multimedia file for a second device in the plurality of devices and a third multimedia file for a third device in the plurality of devices.

36. ) The method of claim 32, wherein the providing step includes the steps of obtaining the types of devices in the plurality of devices, by a user, and transferring the plurality of respective files to the plurality of respective devices by the processing device.

37. ) The method of claim 32, wherein the providing step includes the step of selecting a first file in the plurality of files stored on a first device in the plurality of devices, and wherein the first device generates an output signal responsive to the first file.

38. ) The method of claim 32, wherein the providing step includes the steps of selecting a first file in the plurality of files stored on a cellular device in the plurality of devices and transferring, by the cellular device, a first signal to a first device in the plurality of devices in order to generate an output signal by the first device.

35-1. ) The method of claim 32, wherein the providing step includes the steps of obtaining the types of devices in the plurality of devices, by a processing device, and transferring the plurality of respective files to the plurality of respective devices by the processing device and a cellular device in the plurality of devices.

39. ) An article of manufacturer, including a computer readable medium, comprising:

a short-range radio software component to generate a short-range radio signal to generate an output signal from a device in the short distance wireless network, responsive to a theme message; and

,

a cellular software component for receiving a cellular signal, containing the theme message, from a cellular network.