IP Library Granted Patent US 8,892,688
Granted Patent B2
US 8,892,688 · App. 14/029,548 · Granted Nov 18, 2014

Portable terminal, information processing apparatus, content display system and content display method

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Patent No.
US 8,892,688
App. No.
14/029,548
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable terminal includes a receiving unit which receives content information, an external device communication unit which conducts communication with an external information device, a display unit which displays the content information received by the receiving unit, an acquiring unit which acquires identification information identifying the content information displayed by the display unit, an operation unit which receives an operation indication from a user, and a control unit which conducts control such that if a transmission indication of the identification information is received by the operation unit while the content information is being displayed, the identification information acquired by the acquiring unit is transmitted to the external information device and the display of the content information by the display unit is terminated.

Claims (44)

1. A portable terminal, comprising:

a display unit which displays a video content;

a communication unit which performs wireless communication with an external device capable of executing video processing for displaying a video content on an external display which is different from the display unit of the portable terminal;

an user operation input unit to which a user operation is inputted; and

a control unit which controls the display unit and the communication unit, wherein:

during the displaying of video content on the display unit, if a first user operation instructing video content to be processed for displaying by the external device is inputted at a first point of time to the user operation input unit, then thereafter the control unit controls: (1) the communication unit to transmit identification information identifying the video content and state information of display state to the external device in order to let the same video content as the video content displayed on the display unit at the first point of time, start to be displayed on the external display; and (2) the display unit to terminate the display of the video content on the display unit and to display information on the display unit for inputting a second user operation to operate the video content which is displayed on the external display after the first point of time,

after the displaying of video content on the display unit is terminated, if a second user operation to operate the video content is inputted at a second point of time to the user operation input unit, then thereafter the control unit controls the communication unit to transmit an instruction to the external device according to the second user operation, and

during the displaying of the video content on the external display if a third user operation instructing video content to be displayed on the display unit is inputted at a third point of time to the user operation unit, then thereafter the control unit controls: (1) the communication to transmit information related to the third user operation to the external device; and (2) the display unit to display the same video content as the video content which is displayed on the external display at the third point of time.

2. The portable terminal according to claim 1 , wherein:

the display unit displays a first indication for inputting the first user operation during the displaying of video content on the display unit, and

after the first point of time, the display unit replaces the first indication to a second indication for inputting the third user operation.

3. A portable terminal, comprising:

a display unit which displays a video content;

a communication unit which performs wireless communication with an external device capable of executing video processing for displaying a video content on an external display which is different from the display unit of the portable terminal;

an user operation input unit to which a user operation is inputted; and

a control unit which controls the display unit and the communication unit, wherein:

during the displaying of video content on the display unit, if a first user operation instructing video content to be processed for displaying by the external device is inputted at a first point of time to the user operation input unit, then thereafter the control unit controls: (1) the communication unit to transmit identification information identifying the video content and state information of display state to the external device without transmitting the video content to the external device, in order to let the same video content as the video content displayed on the display unit at the first point of time, start to be displayed on the external display; and (2) the display unit to terminate the display of the video content on the display unit and to display information on the display unit for inputting a second user operation to operate the video content which is displayed on the external display after the first point of time,

after the displaying of video content on the display unit is terminated, if a second user operation to operate the video content is inputted at a second point of time to the user operation input unit, then thereafter the control unit controls the communication unit to transmit an instruction to the external device according to the second user operation, and

during the displaying of the video content on the external display if a third user operation instructing video content to be displayed on the display unit is inputted at a third point of time to the user operation unit, then thereafter the control unit controls: (1) the communication to transmit information related to the third user operation to the external device without receiving the video content from the external device; and (2) the display unit to display the same video content as the video content which is displayed on the external display at the third point of time.

4. The portable terminal according to claim 3 , wherein:

the display unit displays a first indication for inputting the first user operation during the displaying of video content on the display unit, and

after the first point of time, the display unit replaces the first indication to a second indication for inputting the third user operation.

5. A portable terminal, comprising:

a display unit which displays a video content;

a communication unit which performs wireless communication with an external device capable of executing video processing for outputting a video content;

an user operation input unit to which a user operation is inputted; and

a control unit which controls the display unit and the communication unit, wherein:

during the displaying of video content on the display unit, if a first user operation instructing video content to be processed for outputting by the external device is inputted at a first point of time to the user operation input unit, then thereafter the control unit controls: (1) the communication unit to transmit identification information identifying the video content and state information of display state to the external device in order to let the same video content as the video content displayed on the display unit at the first point of time, start to be outputted by the external device; and (2) the display unit to terminate the display of the video content on the display unit and to display information on the display unit for inputting a second user operation to operate the video content which is outputted by the external device after the first point of time,

after the displaying of video content on the display unit is terminated, if a second user operation to operate the video content is inputted at a second point of time to the user operation input unit, then thereafter the control unit controls the communication unit to transmit an instruction to the external device according to the second user operation, and

during the outputting of the video content by the external device if a third user operation instructing video content to be displayed on the display unit is inputted at a third point of time to the user operation unit, then thereafter the control unit controls: (1) the communication to transmit information related to the third user operation to the external device; and (2) the display unit to display the same video content as the video content which is outputted by the external device at the third point of time.

6. The portable terminal according to claim 5 , wherein:

the display unit displays a first indication for inputting the first user operation during the displaying of video content on the display unit, and

after the first point of time, the display unit replaces the first indication to a second indication for inputting the third user operation.

7. A portable terminal, comprising:

a display unit which displays a video content;

a communication unit which performs wireless communication with an external device capable of executing video processing for outputting a video content;

an user operation input unit to which a user operation is inputted; and

a control unit which controls the display unit and the communication unit, wherein:

during the displaying of video content on the display unit, if a first user operation instructing video content to be processed for outputting by the external device is inputted at a first point of time to the user operation input unit, then thereafter the control unit controls: (1) the communication unit to transmit identification information identifying the video content and state information of display state to the external device without transmitting the video content to the external device in order to let the same video content as the video content displayed on the display unit at the first point of time, start to be outputted by the external device; and (2) the display unit to terminate the display of the video content on the display unit and to display information on the display unit for inputting a second user operation to operate the video content which is outputted by the external device after the first point of time,

after the displaying of video content on the display unit is terminated, if a second user operation to operate the video content is inputted at a second point of time to the user operation input unit, then thereafter the control unit controls the communication unit to transmit an instruction to the external device according to the second user operation, and

during the outputting of the video content by the external device if a third user operation instructing video content to be displayed on the display unit is inputted at a third point of time to the user operation unit, then thereafter the control unit controls: (1) the communication to transmit information related to the third user operation to the external device without receiving the video content from the external device; and (2) the display unit to display the same video content as the video content which is outputted by the external device at the third point of time.

8. The portable terminal according to claim 7 , wherein:

the display unit displays a first indication for inputting the first user operation during the displaying of video content on the display unit, and

after the first point of time, the display unit replaces the first indication to a second indication for inputting the third user operation.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058666/0407 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058255/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2018
From: MATSUBARA, TAKASHI; NAKADE, MAYUMI; YAMAZAKI, MASAHIRO; HIGAKI, HIROYUKI
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047610/0511 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2018
From: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045142/0208 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2014
From: HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033610/0698 →