Specification of smart wireless television for rendering digital content

• US 9,042,811 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2010
• Issued: 05/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Flexiworld Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Flexiworld Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Chang, William Ho, Liu, Christina Ying
• Primary Examiner(s): Riley, Marcus T
• Application Number:
  US12/764,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20100203824A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,862 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/3.06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1203 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1205 resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1208 resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/122 with regard to computing resources, e.g. memory, CPU
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• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1286 via local network
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 : in client-server-printer device configuration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 : Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 : Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
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• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 : specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 : Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00283 : with a television apparatus
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00403 : Voice input means, e.g. voice commands
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 : the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32534 : details of interfacing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32582 : Output interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4413 : involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/442 : using a biometric data reading device
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 : Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 : Authentication
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 : Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 : WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 : Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

The specification of smart televisions are herein disclosed and enabled. The smart television is a wireless television that includes a wireless communication unit compatible, at least partly, with a protocol within IEEE 802.11, and may include Bluetooth compatibility. The smart television may render digital content received from a wireless mobile information apparatus over the wireless communication unit. The smart television includes an operating system for enabling installation of additional applications for expanding functionalities of the smart television; an output controller for decoding, decompressing, or decrypting the digital content; an image processor for applying one or more of a color, an image enhancement, or a resolution operation; and an output engine for rendering the digital content to a display or a projection medium. The wireless television may further include a touch sensitive display screen for interacting with users. Additionally, the wireless television may include authentication based on biometrics of the user.

Claims

1. A wireless output device that is at least a wireless television for rendering digital content received from a wireless information apparatus over a wireless communication link that is compatible, at least partly, with at least part of a protocol within IEEE 802.11, the wireless information apparatus being a mobile information apparatus, the wireless output device being a distinct and separate device from the wireless information apparatus, said wireless output device that is at least a wireless television including:

operating system software for managing application software at the wireless output device and for enabling installation of additional application software at the wireless output device for providing additional functionalities to the wireless output device;

an output controller for processing at least part of the digital content and for executing at least part of the application software;

a wireless communication unit at the wireless output device for establishing the wireless communication link, the wireless communication unit being operable to receive intermediate output data from the wireless information apparatus over the wireless communication link that is compatible, at least partly, with at least part of a protocol within IEEE 802.11, the intermediate output data corresponding to at least part of the digital content and includes at least image data encoded with compression, the image data further including two or more image layers, and said intermediate output data including at least one of image elements, graphics elements, video elements, or text elements, individually or in any combination;

one or more components at the wireless output device for managing a security procedure that includes a security key authentication for establishing a restricted wireless communication link between the wireless output device and one or more authorized wireless information apparatus, the restricted wireless communication link being compatible, at least partly, with at least part of a protocol within IEEE 802.11;

an interpreter, at the wireless output device, for receiving at least part of the digital content from the one or more authorized wireless information apparatus over the restricted wireless communication link, and for retrieving at least image data from at least part of the digital content, the retrieving of at least image data including at least a decompression operation;

an image processor at the wireless output device for carrying out one or more image processing operations on at least part of the image data retrieved from at least part of the digital content, said image processing operations including a color space operation, an optimum output size operation, and an optimum resolution operation of the image data retrieved from at least part of the digital content; and

an output engine at the wireless output device employing at least part of the image data processed by the image processor for outputting of at least part of the digital content; and

wherein the wireless output device that is at least a wireless television renders at least part of the digital content to a display screen or a projection medium; and

wherein at least part of the digital content being rendered at the display screen or the projection medium is received over the restricted wireless communication link from an authorized wireless information apparatus from among the one or more authorized wireless information apparatus; and

wherein the wireless information apparatus is at least one of a laptop computer, a smart phone, a digital camera, or an information pad, individually or in any combination.

2. The wireless output device of claim 1 wherein establishing the wireless communication link includes accessing a wireless control point in a wireless local area network.

3. The wireless output device of claim 1 in which the image data retrieved from at least part of the digital content comprises two or more image layers and at least one image layer of the two or more image layers is encoded with a different resolution from at least one other image layer of the two or more image layers.

4. The wireless output device of claim 1 in which the wireless output device is at least a wireless television that includes a touch display screen user interface for interacting with a user.

5. The wireless output device of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication unit is compatible, at least partly, with a protocol within an IEEE 802.11 standard for direct wireless communication, and the wireless communication link includes direct wireless communication between the wireless output device and the one or more wireless information apparatus.

6. The wireless output device of claim 1 in which the wireless output device includes a wireless communication unit that is further compatible, at least partly, with a Bluetooth wireless protocol in addition to being compatible, at least partly, with at least part of a protocol within an IEEE 802.11 wireless standard.

7. The wireless output device of claim 1 in which the security key authentication includes biometrics of a user.

8. The wireless output device of claim 1 wherein the wireless output device is operable to provide at least an indication of an identity or a name associated with the wireless output device to the one or more wireless information apparatus while waiting for the one or more wireless information apparatus to identify the wireless output device for service.

9. A wireless output device that is at least a wireless television for rendering on a display screen or a projection medium digital content received from one or more wireless information apparatus over wireless communication, the one or more wireless information apparatus being distinct devices from the wireless output device with access to the digital content, the wireless output device including:

an output controller for processing at least part of the digital content,

an output engine for rendering at least part of the digital content,

a wireless communication unit for establishing wireless communication and for receiving at least part of the digital content from the one or more wireless information apparatus over the established wireless communication, the wireless communication unit being compatible, at least partly, with at least part of a protocol within IEEE 802.11,

a memory component for storing at least part of the digital content, and

operating system software for managing application software and for enabling installation of additional application software at the wireless output device for providing additional functionalities to the wireless output device; and

wherein;

the output controller processes at least part of the digital content received from the one or more wireless information apparatus into output data that is more acceptable as input to the output engine,

the output engine renders at least part of the digital content onto a medium in accordance with at least part of the output data,

the wireless communication unit communicates with the one or more wireless information apparatus via wireless communication, and

the memory component stores at least part of digital content for rendering;

the wireless output device being operable for;

the wireless communication unit to establish a wireless communication link between the wireless output device and the one or more wireless information apparatus, the wireless communication link being compatible, at least partly, with at least part of a protocol within IEEE 802.11;

the wireless output device to provide at least an indication of an identity, or an identifier, or a name associated with the wireless output device over the wireless communication link to the one or more wireless information apparatus while waiting for the one or more wireless information apparatus to identify the wireless output device for service;

the wireless output device to implement a security key procedure for enabling a restricted wireless communication with one or more authorized wireless information apparatus;

the wireless output device to receive at least part of the digital content at the wireless output device from the one or more authorized wireless information apparatus over the wireless communication link;

the wireless output device to decode at least part of the digital content received over the wireless communication link from the one or more authorized wireless information apparatus;

the wireless output device to process at least a color correction or a color management operation on at least part of the digital content received from the one or more authorized wireless information apparatus;

the output controller included in the wireless output device to process at least part of the digital content into output data that is more acceptable for rendering at the output engine;

the output controller included in the wireless output device to deliver at least part of the processed output data to the output engine for rendering; and

the rendering engine to render at least part of the digital content onto the display screen or the projection medium; and

wherein the wireless output device is at least a wireless television, and the one or more wireless information apparatus being at least one of a laptop computer, a smart phone, a digital camera, or an information pad, individually or in any combination.

10. The wireless output device of claim 9 in which the security key is an authentication procedure that includes at least one of a name, an identification number, a password, or biometric information of a user.

11. The wireless output device of claim 9 wherein establishing the wireless communication link includes accessing a wireless local area network compatible, at least partly, with at least part of a protocol within IEEE 802.11.

12. The wireless output device of claim 9 being operable for the wireless communication unit of the wireless output device to provide an output device profile or output device object from the wireless output device over the wireless communication link to the wireless information apparatus, the output device profile or output device object including a software component or an instruction for running at the one or more wireless information apparatus.

13. The wireless output device of claim 9 in which the output device includes a wireless communication unit that is compatible, at least partly, with a Bluetooth wireless protocol.

14. The wireless output device of claim 9 being operable for the output controller to perform at least one image processing operation on the output data;

the image processing operation including one or more of a color correction operation, a color matching operation, a color space conversion, a color management operation, a scaling operation, an interpolation operation, or a decompression operation, individually or in any combination.

15. The wireless output device of claim 9 in which the wireless output device being operable for implementing payment processing as compensation for the rendering of at least part of the digital content.

16. The wireless output device of claim 9 in which the wireless output device being operable for implementing job management functionalities with one or more of data job queuing or data spooling, individually or in any combination, on at least part of the digital content for rendering.

17. The wireless output device of claim 9 being operable for the output controller to process at least part of the digital content into output data includes retrieving at least part of image data from at least part of the digital content, the image data including more than one image layers, and processing of at least part of the digital content further includes an encryption or a decryption operation.

18. The wireless output device of claim 9 in which the wireless output device that is at least a wireless television includes a touch screen user interface for interacting with a user.

19. The wireless output device of claim 9 in which the wireless communication link is a direct wireless communication between the wireless output device and the one or more wireless information apparatus, the wireless communication link being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless protocol standard for direct wireless communication.

20. A wireless output device that is at least a wireless television for rendering on a display screen or a projection medium digital content received from one or more wireless information apparatus over a wireless communication link, the one or more wireless information apparatus being mobile information apparatus and being distinct devices from the wireless output device, the wireless output device including:

an output controller for processing at least part of the digital content that includes image data,

an output engine for rendering at least part of the digital content,

a wireless communication unit for establishing the wireless communication link that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 protocol standard for wireless communication over the established wireless communication link between the wireless output device and the one or more wireless information apparatus, and

a memory component for storing at least part of the digital content, and

operating system software for managing application software at the wireless output device and for enabling installation of additional application software at the wireless output device for providing additional functionalities to the wireless output device; and

wherein;

the output controller is operable to process at least part of the digital content into output data that is more acceptable as input to the output engine,

the output engine renders at least part of the digital content on a medium in accordance with the received output data,

the wireless communication unit communicates with the one or more wireless information apparatus over the established wireless communication link that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 protocol standard, and

the memory component stores at least part of the digital content data for rendering;

the wireless output device further being configured to enable operation;

for the wireless output device to establish with the one or more wireless information apparatus a wireless communication link that is compatible, at least partly, with at least a protocol within IEEE 802.11 standard;

for the wireless output device to implement a security procedure that includes a security key authentication procedure that limits access of the wireless output device to one or more authorized wireless information apparatus;

for the wireless output device to provide an output device profile or output device object from the wireless output device over the established wireless communication link from the wireless output device to the one or more wireless information apparatus, the output device profile or output device object including one or more of a software component, an instruction, a device identity, a pointer, an identifier, a name, a path, an address, or a description, individually or in any combination, related to the wireless output device or services provided by the wireless output device;

for the wireless output device to receive at least part of the digital content at the wireless output device from the one or more authorized wireless information apparatus over the wireless communication link for rendering at the wireless output device;

for the output controller included in the wireless output device to process at least part of the digital content received from the one or more authorized wireless information apparatus into output data that is more acceptable for rendering at the output engine, the output data including image data and the processing including a decoding operation; and

for the output controller included in the wireless output device to deliver at least part of the processed output data to the output engine for rendering of at least part of the digital content received from the one or more authorized wireless information apparatus;

wherein the wireless output device is at least a wireless television, and

wherein the wireless information apparatus is at least one of a laptop computer, a smart phone, a digital camera, or an information pad, individually or in any combination.

21. The wireless output device of claim 20 in which the wireless communication link is a direct wireless communication between the wireless output device and the one or more wireless information apparatus, the wireless communication link being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 standard for direct wireless communication, or compatible, at least partly, with one protocol within a Bluetooth protocol standard.

22. The wireless output device of claim 20 in which the processing of at least part of the digital content into output data includes decompressing or decrypting of at least part of the digital content at the wireless output device.