SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING EVENT INFORMATION IN A DIGITIAL TELEVISION SYSTEM

• US 20140282712A1
• Filed: 05/06/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wipro Limited
• Original Assignee: Wipro Limited
• Inventors: UNNIKRISHNAN, Dhanya, KOTTIKULAM, Mohammed Junaid, THAMPI, Saira, VALSALAN, Aishwarya
• Granted Patent: US 9,003,453 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/06 Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4758 for providing answers, e.g. voting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

Broadcast receivers, computer implemented methods and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for sharing event information. Sharing event information involves, at a sender end, collecting event information for a broadcast after receiving a command from the sender and creating a message that includes the event information. The sender may then select one or more contacts with whom to share the event information. Thereafter, the message and information on the contact is transmitted to a mobile device of the sender over a short range communication link. The message may then be automatically forwarded from the mobile device to the selected recipients. At the recipient end, the message is received from the mobile device of the recipient over a short range communication link and processed to determine if the message is a recommendation message. If so, the contents of the message are extracted and displayed on a television display of the recipient.

Claims

1. A broadcast receiver comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions to be executed by the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured by the instructions to;

collect event information for a broadcast event after receiving a command from a user;

create a message that includes the event information;

display a contact list of the user after receiving the command;

receive selection of at least one contact from the contact list; and

transmit the message and information on the at least one contact to a mobile device of the user over a short range communication link.

2. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to retrieve the contact list from the mobile device over the short range communication link.

3. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the short range communication link comprises at least one of a Bluetooth link, a Zigbee link, a Wi-Fi Direct link, and a data cable.

4. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the message includes at least one of identifying information for the user, event name, an event schedule, and an event description.

5. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to synchronize the contact list with a second contact list stored in the mobile device after receiving the command from the user but prior to displaying the contact list.

6. The broadcast receiver of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

detect whether the mobile device is within a predetermined communication range;

store the message until the mobile device is within the predetermined range; and

transmit the message to the mobile device when the mobile device is within the predetermined range.

7. A broadcast receiver comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions to be executed by the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured by the instructions to;

receive a message from a mobile device over a short range communication link, wherein the message comprises event information for a broadcast event;

determine whether the message is a recommendation;

extract contents of the message in response to determining that the message is a recommendation; and

display the contents of the message on a television display in a predefined format.

8. The broadcast receiver of claim 7, wherein the short range communication link comprises at least one of a Bluetooth link, a Zigbee link, a Wi-Fi Direct link, and a data cable.

9. The broadcast receiver of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive confirmation from a user prior to displaying the message on the television display.

10. The broadcast receiver of claim 7, wherein the message includes at least one of identifying information for a user, event name, an event schedule, and an event description.

11. The broadcast receiver of claim 7, wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine that the message is a recommendation based on at least one of an attribute associated with the message, an identifier associated with the message or a type associated with the message.

12. A computer-implemented method for enabling sharing of event information, the method comprising:

collecting event information for a broadcast event after receiving a command from a user;

creating using at least one processor, a message that includes the event information;

displaying a contact list of the user after receiving the command;

receiving selection of at least one contact from the contact list; and

transmitting the message and information on the at least one contact to a mobile device of the user over a short range communication link.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising retrieving the contact list from the mobile device over the short range communication link after receiving the command.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the mobile device of the user automatically forwards the message to a mobile device of each of the at least one contact.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the short range communication link comprises at least one of a Bluetooth link, a Zigbee link, a Wi-Fi Direct link, and a data cable.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the message includes at least one of identifying information for the user, event name, an event schedule, and an event description.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising synchronizing the contact list with a second contact list stored in the mobile device after receiving the command from the user but prior to displaying the contact list.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

detecting whether the mobile device is within a predetermined communication range;

storing the message until the mobile device is within the predetermined range; and

transmitting the message to the mobile device once the mobile device is within the predetermined range.

19. A computer-implemented method for consuming shared event information, the method comprising:

receiving a message from a mobile device over a short range communication link, wherein the message comprises the shared event information for a broadcast event;

determining whether the message is a recommendation;

extracting contents of the message in response to determining the message is a recommendation; and

displaying the contents of the message on a television display in a predefined format.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the short range communication link comprises at least one of a Bluetooth link, a Zigbee link, a Wi-Fi Direct link, and a data cable.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising receiving confirmation from a user prior to displaying the message on the television display.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the message includes at least one of identifying information for a user, event name, an event schedule, and an event description.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein determining that the message is a recommendation is based on at least one of an attribute associated with the message, an identifier associated with the message or a type associated with the message.

24. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, enable the processor to implement a method for enabling sharing of event information, the method comprising:

collecting event information for a broadcast event after receiving a command from a user;

creating a message that includes the event information;

displaying a contact list of the user after receiving the command;

receiving selection of at least one contact from the contact list; and

transmitting the message and information on the at least one contact over a short range communication link to a mobile device of the user.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the method further comprises retrieving the contact list from the mobile device over the short range communication link after receiving the command.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the message includes at least one of identifying information for the user, event name, an event schedule, and an event description.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the method further comprises synchronizing the contact list with a second contact list stored in the mobile device after receiving the command from the user but prior to displaying the contact list.

28. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, enable the processor to display shared event information on a television display, the method comprising:

receiving a message from a mobile device over a short range communication link, wherein the message comprises the shared event information for a broadcast event;

determining whether the message is a recommendation;

extracting contents of the message in response to determining that the message is a recommendation; and

displaying the contents of the message on a television display in a predefined format.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 28, wherein the short range communication link comprises at least one of a Bluetooth link, a Zigbee link, a Wi-Fi Direct link, and a data cable.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 28, wherein the method further comprises receiving confirmation from a user prior to displaying the message on the television display.

31. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 28, wherein determining that the message is a recommendation is based on at least one of an attribute associated with the message, an identifier associated with the message or a type associated with the message.