System and method for providing content, management, and interactivity for client devices

• US 7,130,616 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2001
• Issued: 10/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Musicqubed Innovations LLC (Ascend Innovation Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Simpledevices Inc. (Universal Electronics, Inc.)
• Inventors: Janik, Craig M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cumming, William D.
• Application Number:
  US09/924,646
• Publication Number:
  US 20020068558A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,911 Days
• Field of Search: 455/422.1, 455418-420, 455/3.03, 455/3.06, 455/41.2, 455/550.1, 455/515, 455/553.1, 455/4.1, 455/414, 455/2.01, 455/403, 455/412, 455/412.1, 379/102.1, 379/102.2, 379/102.3, 379/67.1, 379/102.01, 379/102.02, 379/102.03, 379/110.1, 709218-219, 709/246, 709/217, 709/203, 709/237, 709/206, 709/224, 348/552, 348/460
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2898 Subscriber equipments DSL modems H04M11/062; cable modems H04L12/2801
• 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 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4113 PC
• 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 21/4135 external recorder interface circuits between an apparatus for recording television signals and a television receiver H04N5/775
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4437 Implementing a Virtual Machine [VM] virtual machines in general G06F9/45533
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 : using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 : comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 : comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image

Abstract

A system and a method for providing content, management and interactivity for client devices are provided. Digital data based on user specified preferences is automatically obtained and transferred.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

using previously provided user specified preferences to automatically obtain and transfer digitally encoded audiovisual content from a wide area network to a computer;

causing a television in communication with the computer via a wireless data transceiver to play a representation of the digitally encoded audiovisual content; and

manipulating the play of the representation of digitally encoded audiovisual content on the television from a portable electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the representation of the digitally encoded audiovisual content comprises the digitally encoded audiovisual content converted to a format capable of being displayed on the television.

3. The method of claim 1 comprising manipulating the play of the representation of the digitally encoded audiovisual content on the television from the computer.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein manipulating the play of the representation of the digitally encoded audiovisual content on the television from the computer includes sending signals to the computer via a remote controller.

5. The method of claim 1 comprising storing the user specified preferences in a database on the computer.

6. The method of claim 1 comprising tagging the digitally encoded audiovisual content to aggregate a record of the digitally encoded audiovisual content on a tag aggregation webpage.

7. A machine-readable storage medium tangibly embodying a sequence of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method, the method comprising:

using previously provided user specified preferences to automatically obtain and transfer digitally encoded audiovisual content from a wide area network to a computer;

causing a television in communication with the computer via a wireless data transceiver to play a representation of the digitally encoded audiovisual content; and

manipulating the play of the representation of the digitally encoded audiovisual content on the television from a portable electronic device.