Mobile information apparatus that includes intelligent wireless display, wireless direct display, or transfer of digital content for playing over air the digital content at smart televisions, television controllers, or audio output devices

• US 9,836,257 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2002
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• 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:
  US10/053,765
• Publication Number:
  US 20020097433A1
• Time in Patent Office: 5,800 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1226 Discovery of devices having required properties
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1228 Printing driverless or using generic drivers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1229 Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1236 Connection management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1238 Secure printing, e.g. user identification, user rights for device usage, unallowed content, blanking portions or fields of a page, releasing held jobs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1245 by conversion to intermediate or common format
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1247 by conversion to printer ready format
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1253 Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1258 by updating job settings at the printer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/128 Direct printing, e.g. sending document file, using memory stick, printing from a camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1284 Local printer device
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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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/162 : Interface to dedicated audio devices, e.g. audio drivers, interface to CODECs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 : Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/02 : using printers
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/181 : Receiving print data characterized by its formatting, e.g. particular page description languages
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/1836 : Rasterization
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 : Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 : Execution procedure of a spoken command
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 : Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 : Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 : with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00283 : with a television apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 : with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00488 : providing an audible output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00854 : Recognising an unauthorised user or user-associated action
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00938 : Software related arrangements, e.g. loading applications program loading in general G06F9/445
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 : Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0041 : Point to point H04N2201/0039 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0053 : Optical, e.g. using an infrared link
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 : By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 : Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 : Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/16 : Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 : Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 : using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 : Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 : Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 : Direct-mode setup
• 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

A method of transferring digital content from a mobile wireless information apparatus such as a smart phone, an information Pad, or a digital Pad to a wireless output device associated with a television by short range wireless communication. The method may include downloading video digital content from the Internet to the mobile wireless information apparatus and may open a short range wireless communication that is compatible with IEEE802.11 or with Bluetooth™ standard for output. The method may select a wireless output device associated with the television. Subsequently, the information apparatus may conform the digital content into an output data for transferring the output data over the short range wireless connection to the selected wireless output device associated with the television for output.

Claims

1. A mobile wireless information apparatus method for managing output of digital content at a wireless output device, the mobile wireless information apparatus including:

an operating system;

a processor;

one or more client application(s) executable by the processor at the mobile wireless information apparatus for providing one or more functionalities to the mobile wireless information apparatus, the one or more functionalities of the one or more client application(s) facilitated, at least partly, by the operating system included in the mobile wireless information apparatus, and the one or more client application(s) enabling a user viewing or selecting at least part of the digital content at the mobile wireless information apparatus;

a display screen;

a graphical user interface over the display screen of the mobile wireless information apparatus for interacting with the user;

one or more wireless communication units for wireless communication;

the mobile wireless information apparatus method comprising;

obtaining, by the one or more client application(s) at the mobile wireless information apparatus, the digital content, the digital content includes at least one of video content or audio content;

(1) opening a short range wireless communication channel at the one or more wireless communication units of the mobile wireless information apparatus for short range wireless device communication;

(2) wirelessly searching, at the mobile wireless information apparatus, over said short range wireless communication channel in (1), for one or more wireless output devices that are available for providing output service;

(3) receiving, at the mobile wireless information apparatus and over the short range wireless communication channel, a device dependent attribute that corresponds to a wireless output device found in the wireless search in (2) over the short range wireless communication channel, and the device dependent attribute includes at least one of a name, a brand, a model, a device identity, an address, a voice, security information, or a device profile, individually or in any combination, corresponding to the wireless output device found in the wireless search;

(4) receiving an indication of a selection, over the graphical user interface at the mobile wireless information apparatus, the wireless output device found in the wireless search, and the selection of the wireless output device found in the wireless search based, at least in part, on the device dependent attribute received in (3);

(5) establishing, with at least one wireless communication unit of the one or more wireless communication units and at the mobile wireless information apparatus, a wireless communication link between the mobile wireless information apparatus and the selected wireless output device in (4), the wireless communication link being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards;

(6) encoding output data, at the mobile wireless information apparatus, the output data being related to at least part of the digital content obtained by the one or more client application(s) and the digital content includes at least one of video content or audio content, and the output data including one or more of a published standard, a proprietary standard, a format, a protocol, or a language, individually or in any combination, that is acceptable for wireless transmitting to the selected wireless output device; and

(7) wirelessly transmitting, from the mobile wireless information apparatus, at least part of the encoded output data in (6) over the established wireless communication link in (5) to the selected wireless output device for rendering or outputting at least part of the digital content at the selected wireless output device; and

wherein the mobile wireless information apparatus is at least one of a laptop computer, a digital camera, an e-book, a smart phone, or an information pad, and the selected wireless output device is at least one of an audio output device, a speaker, a projection device, a display device, a television, or a controller box connected to a television, individually or in any combination, and the mobile wireless information apparatus is a distinct device from the selected wireless output device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication link is compatible with at least part of IEEE 802.11 wireless standards for wireless local area network communications and the establishing of the wireless communication link is over a wireless local area network from the mobile wireless information apparatus to the selected wireless output device, and the establishing of the wireless communication link further includes implementing a security procedure with one or more of a user name, a password, an ID number, a security key, a biometric, a fingerprint, or a voice, individually or in any combination.

8. The method according to claim 1 in which the short range wireless communication channel is compatible with at least part of a protocol within:

(1) IEEE 802.11 wireless protocol standards for establishing a direct short range wireless device connection between the mobile wireless information apparatus and the wireless output device;

or

(2) Bluetooth specifications; and

wherein the mobile wireless information apparatus method further comprises;

obtaining, by the mobile wireless information apparatus, authentication information that includes one or more of a security key, a name, an ID, a voice, a fingerprint, or a password, individually or in any combination; and

utilizing the obtained authentication information to establish a restricted wireless communication link between the mobile wireless information apparatus and the selected wireless output device.

9. The method of claim 1 in which conforming at the mobile wireless information apparatus at least part of the digital content into an output data includes using as least in part the said device dependent attribute received over the wireless communication channel from the selected wireless output device.

10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the encoding of the output data related to at least part of the digital content includes at least one of an encryption operation or a decryption operation.

11. The method of claim 1 in which the device profile includes information relating to at least one of quality of service, billing, pricing, security, identification and compatibility associated with the wireless output device.

3. A wireless information apparatus that includes a wireless rendering procedure for transferring digital content from the wireless information apparatus to a wireless output device by wireless communication that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards,

the digital content being stored locally at the wireless information apparatus, or being accessible, at least partly, by the wireless information apparatus, or being downloadable from a server over a network to the wireless information apparatus, and the wireless information apparatus including:

a wireless communication unit supporting short range wireless communication with one or more wireless devices, the one or more wireless devices being distinct devices from the wireless information apparatus,

a display screen,

a graphical user interface for interacting with a user over the display screen,

an operating system,

a processor,

one or more client applications executable at the wireless information apparatus for providing one or more functionalities to the wireless information apparatus, the one or more functionalities of the one or more client applications facilitated at least partly by the operating system included in the wireless information apparatus, and wherein the wireless information apparatus being configured for or operable for;

receiving, by the one or more client applications running at the wireless information apparatus and over the graphical user interface of the wireless information apparatus, at least an indication related to a selected digital content for rendering, the selected digital content being video digital content or audio digital content, individually or in any combination;

wirelessly discovering a wireless output device over a short range wireless communication channel via the wireless communication unit of the wireless information apparatus, the discovered wireless output device is a distinct device from the wireless information apparatus;

obtaining, at the wireless information apparatus over the short range wireless communication channel, at least an indication related to the discovered wireless output device, the at least an indication including at least one of a name, a brand, a model, security information, a device identity, an address, a voice, and a device profile, individually or in any combination, related to the discovered wireless output device;

selecting, at the wireless information apparatus, the discovered wireless output device based, at least in part, on the at least an indication related to the discovered wireless output device obtained;

implementing, at the wireless information apparatus, a security or an authentication procedure for establishing a restricted wireless connection between the wireless information apparatus and the selected wireless output device;

conforming output data, at the wireless information apparatus, the output data being related to at least part of the selected digital content, and the output data including one or more of a published standard, a proprietary standard, a format, a protocol, or a language, individually or in any combination, that is acceptable for wireless transferring to the selected wireless output device over the restricted wireless connection; and

wirelessly transferring at least part of the output data over the restricted wireless connection from the wireless information apparatus to the selected wireless output device for wireless rendering at the selected wireless output device the at least part of the selected digital content, the restricted wireless connection is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 in which said security or authentication procedure comprises at least one of a direct short range close proximity radio wireless communication, a name, a password, an ID number, signatures, security keys (physical or digital), biometrics, fingerprints, a voice, identification information, or authentication information, individually or in any combination;

and wherein the security or authentication procedure includes (1) an input from a user, or (2) automatically detected by the selected wireless output device, individually or in any combination.

5. The apparatus according to claim 3 in which the security or authentication procedure further comprising obtaining a security key, the obtaining of said security key comprises at least one of:

(1) inputting by the user, or (2) retrieving a key that was store in the wireless information apparatus, or (3) automatically detecting by the wireless information apparatus or by the wireless output device .

6. The apparatus according to claim 3 in which the selected wireless output device is at least one of an output controller externally connectable, by wired or wireless connection, to a display device, a projection device, a television, a monitor, or an audio output device, individually or in any combination.

7. The apparatus according to claim 4 in which the wireless information apparatus is a smart phone and wherein the smart phone is further operable for opening a short range wireless communication channel at the wireless communication unit of the wireless information apparatus for wirelessly searching a wireless output device, the short range wireless communication channel is a short range wireless communication based on close proximity to the wireless output device.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the wireless information apparatus is able to wirelessly transfer at least part of the selected digital content from the wireless information apparatus to the selected wireless output device without depending on synchronizing the selected digital content with a conventional personal computer (PC) that is a distinct device from the wireless information apparatus and the selected wireless output device.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 wherein the wireless information apparatus is further configured for or operable for:

obtaining, at the mobile wireless information apparatus over the short range wireless communication channel, at least one attribute that corresponds to the discovered wireless output device found in the wireless search; and

the conforming of the output data includes using, at least in part, the at least one attribute obtained over the short range wireless communication channel.

14. The apparatus according to claim 3 in which the wireless communication between the wireless information apparatus and the selected wireless output device includes the wireless information apparatus wirelessly communicating via a wireless output controller that is either:

(

     1) internally included in the selected wireless output device, or (2) externally connected to the selected wireless output device via a wired connection or a wireless connection.

15. The apparatus according to claim 7 in which the wireless communication unit is further compatible, at least partly, with part of IEEE 802.11 wireless standards for accessing wireless local area network for establishing the restricted wireless connection between the wireless information apparatus and the wireless output device over a wireless local area network, and wherein implementing the security or the authentication procedure includes automatically providing to the selected wireless output device one or more of a user name, a password, a voice, a fingerprint, an ID number, a security key, individually or in any combination.

16. The apparatus according to claim 3 in which the selected wireless output device is one or more of a television, an audio output device, a display device, a projection device, a monitor, or an output controller connectable to a television, individually or in any combination.

17. A wireless information apparatus configured for wireless displaying or playing of digital content at an output device by wireless communication with a wireless output controller device that is wire connected to the output device, the wireless information apparatus including:

a display screen,

a graphical user interface over the display screen of the wireless information apparatus for interacting with a user,

an operating system,

a processor,

one or more wireless communication units with at least one wireless communication unit supporting wireless communication that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards for wireless communication with the wireless output controller device,

the wireless information apparatus being operable for;

opening, via the one or more wireless communication units of the wireless information apparatus, a wireless communication channel for wireless communication with a wireless output controller device, the wireless communication channel being a short range wireless communication from the wireless information apparatus to the wireless output controller device, the wireless output controller device being a distinct device from the wireless information apparatus, and the wireless output controller device is wire connected to the output device;

wirelessly searching, at the wireless information apparatus over the wireless communication channel, for the wireless output controller device that is available within short range for wireless communication with the wireless information apparatus;

receiving, at the wireless information apparatus over a short range wireless communication, at least an attribute from the wireless output controller device found in the wireless search, and the at least an attribute being at least one of a name, a brand, a model, security information, a device identity, an address, a voice, authentication information, or a device profile, individually or in any combination;

establishing a wireless connection between the wireless information apparatus and the wireless output controller device subsequent to receiving, at the wireless information apparatus, the at least an attribute from the wireless output controller device, the wireless connection being via the at least one wireless communication unit supporting wireless communication that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards;

encoding, at the wireless information apparatus, output data related to at least part of the digital content that includes at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination, the output data including one or more of a published standard, a proprietary standard, a format, a protocol, or a language, individually or in any combination, that is acceptable for wireless transmitting to the wireless output controller device over the wireless connection; and

wirelessly transmitting, via the at least one wireless communication unit, at least part of the encoded output data over the established wireless connection from the wireless information apparatus to the wireless output controller device for rendering or outputting of at least part of the digital content at the output device; and

wherein, the output device is at least one of a television, a projection device, a display device, a speaker, or an audio output device, individually or in any combination, and both the wireless output controller device and the output device are distinct devices from the wireless information apparatus.

18. The method according to claim 17 in which the mobile wireless information apparatus includes at least one of a desktop computer, a laptop computers a networked computer, a hand-held computer, an Internet enabled mobile phone, a smart phone, an Internet appliance, and an Internet pad, individually or in any combination.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18 in which the wireless output controller device is included internally in the output device.

20. The apparatus according to claim 18 in which the output device is a television, and the wireless output controller device is either :

(1) connectable externally to the television via a wired connection, or (2) included internally in the television.

21. The method according to claim 17 in which the mobile wireless information apparatus further includes a memory component and a mobile operation system and the audio and video content is stored locally in the memory component of the mobile wireless information apparatus and the client accesses the digital audio or video content locally for sending to the wireless output device over the wireless communication channel, the access of the audio or video content facilitated at least partly by the mobile operation system in the mobile wireless information apparatus.

22. The method according to claim 17, further comprising:

obtaining a security key;

sending the security key over the wireless communication channel for authentication;

receiving over the wireless communication channel at least an indication related to a successful security key authentication; and

utilizing the authenticated security key to establish restricted wireless access to the selected wireless output device.

23. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing software that is executable, at least partly, by a processor at a mobile information apparatus for managing wireless output of digital content at a wireless output device by wireless communication, the wireless communication from the mobile information apparatus to the wireless output device being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards, and the wireless output device being a distinct device from the mobile information apparatus, and the mobile information apparatus including:

wireless communication circuitry that includes at least a wireless communication unit for wireless communication,

a display screen,

a processor,

an operating system, and

the software when executed, at least partly, by the processor and facilitated, at least partly, by the operating system, performs a method at the mobile information apparatus, comprising;

wirelessly searching, with the wireless communication unit and over a short range wireless communication channel, for a wireless output device that is available for establishing wireless communication with the mobile information apparatus;

receiving, at the mobile information apparatus and over the short range wireless communication channel, an attribute corresponding to the wireless output device found in the wireless search, the attribute being at least one of a name, a brand, a model, security information, a device identity, an address, or a device profile, individually or in any combination;

selecting, at the mobile information apparatus, the wireless output device found in the search based, at least in part, on the attribute received over the short range wireless communication channel;

implementing an authentication procedure or a security procedure for establishing a wireless connection between the mobile information apparatus and the selected wireless output device;

establishing, subsequent to implementing the authentication procedure or the security procedure, the wireless connection between the mobile information apparatus and the selected wireless output device, the establishing of the wireless connection is via the wireless communication circuitry that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards;

obtaining, by the mobile information apparatus, at least part of the digital content, the digital content includes at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination, and the digital content is stored locally at the mobile information apparatus or is downloaded, at least partly, from a server over the Internet to the mobile information apparatus;

conforming, at the mobile information apparatus, at least part of the digital content into output data, the output data related to at least part of the digital content and including one or more of a published standard, a proprietary standard, a format, a protocol, or a language, individually or in any combination, that is acceptable for wireless transmitting to the selected wireless output device; and

wirelessly transmitting, via the wireless communication circuitry, at least part of the output data over the wireless connection from the mobile information apparatus to the selected wireless output device for output or rendering of at least part of the digital content, the digital content includes at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination; and

wherein the selected wireless output device is at least one of the following;

an audio output device, a display device, a projection device, a television, or an output controller connectable to a television, individually or in any combination.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 23, wherein wirelessly searching for a wireless output device includes one or more searching criteria, the one or more searching criteria including one or more of searching for the one or more wireless output devices:

(1) that can provide wireless output service, or (1) based on close proximity of the one or more wireless output devices to the mobile information apparatus; and

wherein each wireless output device found in the wireless search satisfying, at least partly, the one or more searching criteria.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 23 in which the establishing of the wireless connection includes establishing at least one of the following, individually or in any combination:

(1) a direct wireless communication compatible with at least part of IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or Bluetooth standards from the mobile information apparatus to the selected wireless output device;

or

(2) a wireless local area network connection operable by the mobile information apparatus for accessing a wireless local area network that is compatible, at least in part, with part of IEEE 802.11 wireless standards.

26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 23 in which implementing the authentication procedure or the security procedure includes obtaining authentication information or security information that includes one or more of a security key, a name, an ID, a voice, or a password, individually or in any combination, and the obtaining of the authentication information or security information being either one of (1) an input received from a user, or (2) automatically detected by the mobile information apparatus or by the selected wireless output device.

27. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing software that is executable by a wireless information apparatus for outputting digital content from a wireless information apparatus to a wireless output controller device associated with a television or an audio output device, the wireless information apparatus including:

a display screen,

a graphical user interface over the display screen of the wireless information apparatus for interacting with a user,

an operating system,

a processor,

one or more wireless communication units with at least one wireless communication unit supporting wireless local area network communication with the wireless output controller device, the wireless output controller device being a distinct device from the wireless information apparatus, wherein the software, when executed, at least partly, by the processor at the wireless information apparatus and facilitated, at least partly, by the operating system, causes the wireless information apparatus to execute a method, comprising;

establishing, via the one or more wireless communication units, a wireless connection between the wireless information apparatus and the wireless output controller device that is associated with a television or an audio output device, the wireless connection further being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards;

implementing a security or authentication procedure that includes transmitting one or more of a user name, a password, an ID number, a security key, or a voice, individually or in any combination, over the wireless connection between the wireless information apparatus and the wireless output controller device; and

subsequent to having implemented the security or authentication procedure, establishing a wireless local area network connection, between the wireless information apparatus and the wireless output controller device, the wireless local area network connection being established via the at least one wireless communication unit that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards for wireless local area networks;

receiving, over the graphical user interface of the wireless information apparatus, at least an indication related to a selected digital content for rendering or outputting, the selected digital content includes at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination; and

wirelessly transferring output data related, at least partly, to the selected digital content and over the established wireless local area network connection from the wireless information apparatus to the wireless output controller device for rendering or outputting of at least part of the selected digital content at a television or an audio output device that is associated with the wireless output controller device.

28. The medium according to claim 27 in which the wireless information apparatus is embodied at least as one of a laptop computer, a networked computer, a hand-held computer, an Internet enabled mobile phone, a smart phone, an Internet appliance, a digital camera, an e-book, or an information pad, individually or in any combination;

and wherein the establishing of the wireless connection further includes a short range wireless communication based on close proximity of the wireless information apparatus to the wireless output controller device.

29. The medium according to claim 27 in which the wireless output controller device is associated with a television and is included internally in the television.

30. The medium according to claim 28 wherein the wireless output controller device is connectable externally to a television or an audio output device either via at least one of a wired connection interface or a wireless connection.

31. The medium according to claim 27 wherein the wireless connection is a direct wireless communication compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth specifications, and wherein prior to establishing the wireless communication connection, the wireless information apparatus further implements a device discovering operation, via the one or more wireless communication units at the wireless information apparatus, to wirelessly discover the wireless output controller device.

32. A mobile information apparatus configured for managing wireless output of digital content at a selected wireless output device, the mobile information apparatus including:

one or more wireless communication units for wireless communication;

a display screen;

a graphical user interface over the display screen of the mobile information apparatus for interacting with a user;

a processor;

an operating system; and

one or more client applications that is executable by the processor at the mobile information apparatus and facilitated, at least partly, by the operating system, for providing one or more functionalities to the mobile information apparatus;

a wireless device discovery component, via the one or more wireless communication units, for wirelessly discovering a wireless output device that is within short range or close proximity to the mobile information apparatus and that is available for providing output service;

an authentication or security processing component for implementing an authentication procedure or security procedure, the authentication procedure or security procedure for establishing a secure wireless connection between the mobile information apparatus and the discovered wireless output device, the secure wireless connection being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within Bluetooth or within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards;

an output data generation component, for processing at least part of the digital content into output data that is acceptable for wireless transferring to the discovered wireless output device;

a wireless transport component for wireless transferring, via the one or more wireless communication units and from the mobile information apparatus to the discovered wireless output device, at least part of the output data; and

wherein, subsequent to establishing the secure wireless connection from the mobile information apparatus to the discovered wireless output device, the one or more client applications installed at the mobile information apparatus are operable for;

receiving, over the graphical user interface of the mobile information apparatus, at least an indication related to a selected digital content for rendering or outputting at the discovered wireless output device, the selected digital content includes at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination;

using the output data generation component for processing at least part of the selected digital content into output data that is acceptable for transferring over the secure wireless connection to the discovered wireless output device, the output data conforms, at least partly, to one or more of a published standard, a proprietary standard, a format, a protocol, or a language, individually or in any combination;

using the transport component for wireless transferring at least part of the output data over the established secure wireless connection from the mobile information apparatus to the discovered wireless output device for output or rendering of at least part of the selected digital content; and

wherein the discovered wireless output device is a distinct device from the mobile information apparatus and the discovered wireless output device is at least one of the following;

a television, a wireless output controller connectable to a television, a projection device, a display device, or an audio output device, individually or in any combination.

33. The apparatus according to claim 32 in which the mobile information apparatus is embodied at least as one of a smart phone, an Internet appliance, a digital camera, an e-book, or an information pad, individually or in any combination;

and wherein the one or more one or more client applications at the mobile information apparatus is further operable for;

providing, over the graphical user interface, a list of one or more discovered wireless output devices that have been previously wirelessly discovered by the wireless device discovering component; and

receiving at least an indication of a selected wireless output device from the list of one or more discovered wireless output devices provided over the graphical user interface, and

wherein, in the establishing of the secure wireless connection between the mobile information apparatus and the discovered wireless output device, the discovered wireless output device is the selected wireless output device.

34. The apparatus according to claim 33 in which the establishing of the secure wireless connection includes at least one of the following, individually or in any combination:

(1) a direct wireless communication compatible, at least partly, with IEEE 802.11 wireless standards, the direct wireless communication is directly from the mobile information apparatus to the discovered wireless output device;

or

(2) a wireless local area network compatible, at least partly, with IEEE 802.11 wireless standards, and the establishing of the secure wireless connection includes the mobile information apparatus accessing a wireless local area network.

35. The apparatus according to claim 34 in which the authentication procedure or security procedure includes at least one of an identification number, a name, a password, a voice, a fingerprint, or a short range close proximity direct wireless communication.

36. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium containing software that is executable for managing wireless output of digital content from a mobile information apparatus to one or more wireless output devices by wireless communication, the one or more wireless output devices being distinct devices from the mobile information apparatus,

the digital content including at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination, and the mobile information apparatus including:

wireless communication circuitry for wireless communication;

a display screen;

a graphical user interface over the display screen of the mobile information apparatus for interacting with a user;

a processor;

an operating system; and

wherein the software when executed, at least partly, by the processor at the mobile information apparatus, performs a digital content output method that comprises;

opening a wireless communication channel, with the wireless communication circuitry at the mobile information apparatus, for wireless communication;

wirelessly discovering, with the wireless communication circuitry and over the wireless communication channel, a wireless output device that is available for establishing wireless communication with the mobile information apparatus;

implementing, at the mobile information apparatus, an authentication procedure or a security procedure for establishing wireless communication between the mobile information apparatus and the wireless output device that has been wirelessly discovered, the authentication procedure or the security procedure includes obtaining one or more of a user name, a password, an ID number, a security key, a biometric, a fingerprint, or voice, individually or in any combination;

establishing, via the wireless communication circuitry, a wireless communication connection between the mobile information apparatus and the wireless output device subsequent to having successfully implemented the authentication procedure or the security procedure, the wireless communication connection from the mobile information apparatus to the wireless output device being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards;

receiving, over the graphical user interface of the mobile information apparatus, at least an indication related to a selected digital content that includes at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination, for rendering at the wireless output device;

wirelessly transmitting, via the wireless communication circuitry, at least part of output data that is related to at least part of the selected digital content, over the wireless communication connection from the mobile information apparatus to the wireless output device for output or rendering of at least part of the selected digital content that includes at least one of audio content or video content, individually or in any combination; and

wherein the wireless output device is at least one of a television, a display device, an audio output device, or a wireless output controller connectable to a television or display device, individually or in any combination, and the wireless communication connection is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth standards.

37. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 36, wherein wirelessly discovering the wireless output device includes one or more searching criteria, the one or more searching criteria including one or more of searching for one or more wireless output devices:

(1) that can provide wireless output service, or (2) based on close proximity of the one or more wireless output devices to the mobile information apparatus; and

wherein each wireless output device found in the wireless search satisfying, at least partly, the one or more searching criteria.

38. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 36 in which the opening of the wireless communication channel includes:

(1) a direct wireless communication compatible with at least part of IEEE 802.11 wireless standards, or (2) a wireless communication compatible with at least part of Bluetooth standards.

39. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 38 in which the establishing of the wireless communication connection includes the mobile information apparatus accessing a wireless local area network that is compatible, at least in part, with part of IEEE 802.11 wireless standards.

40. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 36 in which implementing the authentication procedure or the security procedure includes obtaining, by the mobile information apparatus or by the wireless output device, one or more of a user name, a password, an ID number, a security key, or voice, individually or in any combination.