Remote control arrangement

• US 9,037,708 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2014
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: XPED Holdings PY Limited
• Original Assignee: XPED Holdings PY Limited
• Inventors: Schultz, John, Wood, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Golabbakhsh, Ebrahim
• Application Number:
  US14/174,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20140154983A1
• Time in Patent Office: 466 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/224
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• 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 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4784 receiving rewards
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

The present invention related generally to an arrangement for delivering information to the user of a mobile device where the information presented to the user is associated with information that has a temporal or contextual or location based association with other information also presented to the user. In one example the mobile device is a devices used to remotely control one or more controllable devices, such as a television, personal video recorder, and/or digital radio receiver, and additional multi-media information is made available to the user interface of the remote control to the user at the time the source information is being viewed/listened to or provided to the user regardless of when the source was generated or broadcast.

Claims

1. A control and presentation system capable of providing data, wherein the data is at least one of source data or additional data, to a user of a mobile device and for controlling the mobile device, the mobile device having a processor, memory, one or more wireless communication mechanisms including at least a near field communication mechanism, and a user interface mechanism, the system comprising;

a data store for storing the data and for making the data available using a wireless communication mechanism;

a near field data communication device for transmitting at least part of, or identification of the data which includes at least one trigger condition to the mobile device within near field communication distance when a user brings the mobile into near field communication proximity of the near field data communication device; and

wherein the mobile device, using one or more wireless communication mechanisms;

stores, in the memory of the mobile device, the data transmitted from the near field data communication device,

determines, using the processor of the mobile device and independent of user interaction, when the at least one trigger condition is true, and

if the at least one trigger condition is true, controls the user interface mechanism of the mobile device to present at least a portion of the data stored in the memory to the user of the mobile device.

2. A control and presentation system according to claim 1 wherein when the mobile device is in near field communication distance with a terminal, a trigger condition is true causing one or more of the data or a related message to be presented to the user of the mobile device by the user interface.

3. A control and presentation system according to claim 2 wherein the trigger condition are formed from logical or algorithmic combinations of events.

4. A control and presentation system according to claim 2 wherein the trigger condition includes one or more of the group of conditions of:

time;

location of the mobile device;

user input;

frequency modulation (FM) radio data system (RDS) signal;

radio frequency identification (RFID) signal;

detection of a wireless network;

digital broadcast signal;

wireless network signal;

proximity to a near field communication (NFC) device.

5. A control and presentation system according to claim 4 wherein the NFC device is in the proximity of a precinct.

6. A control and presentation system according to claim 4 further comprising:

at least one broadcast medium device to broadcast one or more of the group of broadcast mediums;

an FM RDS signal;

an RFID signal;

a digital broadcast signal wherein the signal includes data or triggers or both.

7. A control and presentation system according to claim 6 wherein the data includes one or more of the group of data representative of catalogues;

coupons;

vouchers;

media streams;

specials relating to a retail sales environment.

8. A control and presentation system according to claim 6 wherein the data stored in the memory of the digital device is searchable.

9. A control and presentation system according to claim 6 wherein the data represents a financial transaction.

10. A control and presentation system according to claim 6 wherein the data represents a multi-media data.

11. A control and presentation system according to claim 6 further including:

at least one NFC device associated with a point of sale terminal.

12. A control and presentation system according to claim 6 further including:

at least one NFC device associated with a kiosk terminal.

13. A control and presentation system according to claim 1, wherein the trigger condition is based on a location of the mobile device.

14. A control and presentation system according to claim 1, wherein the trigger condition is based on an elapsed time between the transmission of the data from the near field communication device and the determination of whether the at least one trigger condition is true.

15. A method of control and presentation for providing data, wherein the data is at least one of source data or additional data, to a user of a mobile device and for controlling the mobile device, the mobile device having a processor, memory, one or more wireless communication mechanisms including at least a near field communication (NFC) mechanism, and a user interface mechanism, the method comprising the steps;

storing data in a data store and for making the data available using a wireless communication mechanism;

providing a NFC device for transmitting at least part of, or identification of data including at least one trigger condition to the mobile device within near field communication distance when a user brings the mobile into near field communication proximity of the near field data communication device,

wherein the mobile device, using one or more wireless communication mechanisms;

stores, in the memory of the mobile device, the data transmitted from the near field data communication device,

determines, using the processor of the mobile device and independent of user interaction, when the at least one trigger condition is true, and

if the at least one trigger condition is true, controls the user interface mechanism of the mobile device to present at least a portion of the data stored in the memory to the user of the mobile device.

16. The method of claim 15 including the further step of:

setting a trigger condition to be one or more of the group of;

time;

location of the mobile device;

user input;

frequency modulation (FM) radio data system (RDS) signal;

radio frequency identification (RFID) signal;

detection of a wireless network;

digital broadcast signal;

wireless network signal;

proximity to a near field communication (NFC) device.

17. The method of claim 15 including the further step of:

setting a trigger condition to be the proximity of the mobile device within near field communication distance of a POS terminal.