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US 12,568,289 · App. 18/207,193 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Method and device for communicating user settings in conjunction with execution of an application

Inventors: Kiran Mukesh Misra (Vancouver, WA); Sachin G. Deshpande (Vancouver, WA); Sheau Ng (Vancouver, WA)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04N21/8173H04N21/435H04N21/442H04N21/44213H04N21/4532H04N21/4755H04N21/485H04N21/4882H04N21/814H04N21/8166H04N21/84H04L67/306
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,568,289
App. No.
18/207,193
Filed
Jun 8, 2023
Granted
Mar 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2424
USPC
725/16
Abstract

A device may be configured to cause application based features corresponding to a service provided by a service provider to execute based on one or more determined user settings.

Claims (22)

1 . A device for causing an application to execute based on one or more user settings, the device comprising:

a memory and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

download a service provider application;

enable the service provider application to determine the one or more user settings;

cause the service provider application to execute based on the one or more user settings;

send an audio accessibility preference request for the one or more user settings; and

receive an audio accessibility preference response, wherein the audio accessibility preference response includes:

(i) a video description service field, wherein if the video description service field is present, the video description service field includes a first enabled field and a first language field, wherein the first enabled field represents a Boolean value indicating a state of a rendering preference of a video description service and the first language field represents a string indicating a preferred language of the video description service rendering, and

(ii) an audio emergency information (EI) service field, wherein if the audio EI service field is present, the audio EI service field includes a second enabled field and a second language field, wherein the second enabled field represents a Boolean value indicating a state of rendering preference of an audio/aural representation of emergency information and the second language field represents a string indicating a preferred language of the audio/aural representation of emergency information rendering;

send a dialog enhancement change notification to the service provider application if a user changes a status on dialog enhancement processing; and

cause a functionality to occur in the service provider application in response to the dialog enhancement change notification.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to poll a data structure storing user settings.

3 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions to cause one or more processors of a device to perform a method based on one or more user settings, the method comprising:

downloading a service provider application;

enabling the service provider application to determine the one or more user settings;

causing the service provider application to execute based on the one or more user settings;

send an audio accessibility preference request for the one or more user settings; and

receive an audio accessibility preference response, wherein the audio accessibility preference response includes:

(i) a video description service field, wherein if the video description service field is present, the video description service field includes a first enabled field and a first language field, wherein the first enabled field represents a Boolean value indicating a state of a rendering preference of a video description service and the first language field represents a string indicating a preferred language of the video description service rendering, and

(ii) an audio emergency information (EI) service field, wherein if the audio EI service field is present, the audio EI service field includes a second enabled field and a second language field, wherein the second enabled field represents a Boolean value indicating a state of rendering preference of an audio/aural representation of emergency information and the second language field represents a string indicating a preferred language of the audio/aural representation of emergency information rendering;

sending a dialog enhancement change notification to the service provider application if a user changes a status on dialog enhancement processing; and

causing a functionality to occur in the service provider application in response to the dialog enhancement change notification.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2023
From: MISRA, KIRAN MUKESH; DESHPANDE, SACHIN G.; NG, SHEAU
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063895/0516 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17521921 · Nov 9, 2021
Continuation 16311717
Provisional Application 62376314 · Aug 17, 2016
Provisional Application 62358522 · Jul 5, 2016
Related Publication 20230319372A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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