IP Library Granted Patent US 7,664,474
Granted Patent B2
US 7,664,474 · App. 11/532,209 · Granted Feb 16, 2010

Portable electronic device and a method in a portable electronic device

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Patent No.
US 7,664,474
App. No.
11/532,209
Granted
Feb 16, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method in a portable communication device for displaying information includes encoding data and transmitting the encoded data to a display associated with a vehicle. The encoded data is received by a receiver associated with the display, decoded and displayed.

Claims (42)

1. A method to display textual information, from a portable communication device, in a display of an information presenting device in a vehicle,

the portable communication device comprising a frequency modulation (FM) transmitter and a radio data system (RDS) encoder,

the information presenting device comprising a FM receiver, a RDS decoder, and a display, and

the method comprising:

displaying, on the portable communication device, the textual information;

transferring, in response to receiving a user input, the displayed textual information to the RDS encoder;

encoding the transferred information using the RDS encoder; and

transmitting the encoded textual information, by the FM transmitter, to the vehicle, the transmitted textual information to be:

received by the FM receiver in the information presenting device,

decoded by the RDS decoder in the information presenting devices and

displayed in the display of the information presenting device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , where the portable communication device further comprises an application, and

where the method further comprises activating the application, and

where transferring the textual information to the RDS encoder is in response to activating the application, where activating the application and transferring the textual information occur prior to encoding the textual information and transmitting the encoded textual information.

3. The method according to claim 1 , where the portable communication device comprises a mobile phone.

4. The method according to claim 1 , where the information presenting device comprises one of a car radio or a car stereo.

5. A computer program product in a portable communication device to display textual data in a display of an information presenting device in a vehicle, the computer program product comprising computer program code for causing a processor in the portable communication device to perform, when said code is loaded into the portable communication device, a method comprising:

displaying the textual data on the portable communication device

transferring the displayed textual data to a radio data system (RDS) encoder associated with the portable communication device;

encoding the transferred textual data using RDS encoder

forwarding the encoded textual data to a frequency modulation (FM) transmitter associated with the portable communication device; and

transmitting the encoded textual data, by the FM transmitter, to the vehicle, the textual data being:

received by a FM receiver associated with the information presenting device,

decoded by a RDS decoder associated with the information presenting devices, and

displayed in the display of the information presenting device.

6. The computer program product according to claim 5 , where the portable communication device comprises a mobile phone.

7. The computer program product according to claim 5 , where the information presenting device comprises one of a car radio or a car stereo.

8. A portable communication device comprising:

a display to display textual information;

a radio data system (RDS) encoder to:

receive the displayed textual information in response to a user input, and encode the received textual information; and

a FM transmitter to transmit the encoded textual information to an information presenting device, where the textual information is:

received by a frequency modulation (FM receiver in the information presenting device,

decoded by a RDS decoder in the information presenting device, and

displayed in a display of the information presenting device.

9. The portable communication device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

an application which when activated, is to transfer the displayed information to the RDS encoder.

10. The portable communication device according to claim 8 , where the FM transmitter comprises at least one of:

circuitry included in the portable communication devices or

a stand-alone device connected to the portable communication device.

11. The portable communication device according to claim 8 , where the portable communication device comprises a mobile phone.

12. The portable communication device according to claim 8 , where the information presenting device comprises a car stereo.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2019
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048825/0737 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2019
From: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Reel/Frame 048690/0974 →