# US 10,484,733 B2 · Portable terminal, information processing apparatus, content display system and content display method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,484,733 B2 - Document ID: US10484733B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/299,732 - Filed: 2019-03-12 - Published: 2019-07-04 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2007-09-26 - Assignees: Maxell, Ltd. - Applicants: Maxell, Ltd. - Inventors: Takashi Matsubara; Mayumi Nakade; Masahiro Yamazaki; Hiroyuki Higaki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10484733B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/41407: {embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57)} - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - H04H 60/80: characterised by transmission among terminal devices - H04M 1/72415: for remote control of appliances - H04N 5/44: Receiver circuitry {for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards} (H04N5/14 takes precedence) - H04N 5/445: for displaying additional information (H04N5/50 takes precedence) - H04N 21/25866: {Management of end-user data (customer care in data networks H04L41/5077)} - H04N 21/41265: {having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204)} - H04N 21/42204: {User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor (constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205)} - H04N 21/4302: {Content synchronisation processes, e.g. decoder synchronisation} - H04N 21/43637: {involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] (arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114)} - H04N 21/4622: {Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859)} - H04N 21/4782: Web browsing {, e.g. WebTV} - H04N 21/8586: {by using a URL (processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02)} - H04W 8/18: Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data - H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces - H04M 1/72445: for supporting Internet browser applications - H04N 21/4222: {Remote control device emulator integrated into a non-television apparatus, e.g. a PDA, media center or smart toy (remote control device for a television receiver integrated into a mobile phone H04M1/72415)} - H04N 21/478: Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04H: BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication H04J; pictorial communication aspects of broadcast systems H04N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## 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 ### Claim 1 A content receiving apparatus outputting a video content based on a video content acquired via a television broadcast or via the internet and receiving from a remote controller an operation input for television broadcast signal reception and an operation input for content acquisition via the internet, the content receiving apparatus comprising: a communication device configured to conduct communication with an external mobile terminal having a display screen for a video content, the external mobile terminal being different from the remote controller; and a controller configured to control an operation mode of the content receiving apparatus and to control output of a video content from the content receiving apparatus, wherein the controller is configured to: control the operation mode of the content receiving apparatus to start first operation mode in response to an operation input from the remote controller, wherein in the first operation mode a first video content acquired via a television broadcast is controlled to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus; control the operation mode of the content receiving apparatus to terminate the first operation mode and to start second operation mode in response to reception of first information from the external mobile terminal without an operation input from the remote controller, wherein, the first video content acquired via a television broadcast is controlled not to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus in the second operation mode, a second video content acquired via the internet is controlled to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus in the second operation mode, and the second video content to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus is controlled based on second information received from the external mobile terminal without an operation input from the remote controller in the second operation mode; and control the operation mode of the content receiving apparatus to terminate the second operation mode in response to reception of third information from the external mobile terminal without an operation input from the remote controller, wherein the second video content outputted from the content receiving apparatus corresponds to a video content displayed on the display screen of the external mobile terminal before the reception of the first information from the external mobile terminal, wherein the second information is different from the first information, and wherein the content receiving apparatus is configured to comprise a memory configured to store a software to conduct management of the second video content acquired via the internet. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a video processor to conduct video processing of a video content acquired via a television broadcast and a video content acquired via the internet. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, login information for acquiring the second video content is included in the first information received from the external mobile terminal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the external mobile terminal comprises a smart phone. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second video content is outputted in full screen display mode in the second operation mode. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first information includes an address for acquiring the second video content. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content receiving apparatus is configured to acquire the second video content using an address received from the external mobile terminal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is configured to communicate with the external mobile terminal via a wireless communication. ### Claim 9 A content receiving apparatus outputting a video content based on a video content acquired via a television broadcast or via the internet and receiving from a remote controller an operation input for television broadcast signal reception and an operation input for content acquisition via the internet, the content receiving apparatus comprising: a communication device configured to conduct communication with an external mobile terminal having a display screen for a video content, the external mobile terminal being different from the remote controller; and a controller configured to control an operation mode of the content receiving apparatus and to control output of a video content from the content receiving apparatus, wherein the controller is configured to: control the operation mode of the content receiving apparatus to start first operation mode in response to an operation input from the remote controller, wherein in the first operation mode a broadcast video content acquired via a television broadcast is controlled to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus; control the operation mode of the content receiving apparatus to terminate the first operation mode and to start second operation mode in response to reception of first information from the external mobile terminal without an operation input from the remote controller, wherein, the broadcast video content acquired via a television broadcast is controlled not to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus in the second operation mode, an internet video content acquired via the internet is controlled to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus in the second operation mode, and the internet video content to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus is controlled based on second information received from the external mobile terminal without an operation input from the remote controller in the second operation mode; and control the operation mode of the content receiving apparatus to terminate the second operation mode in response to reception of third information from the external mobile terminal without an operation input from the remote controller, wherein the internet video content outputted from the content receiving apparatus corresponds to a video content displayed on the display screen of the external mobile terminal before the reception of the first information from the external mobile terminal, wherein the second information is different from the first information, and wherein the content receiving apparatus is configured to comprise a memory configured to store a software to conduct management of the internet video content acquired via the internet. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising: a video processor to conduct video processing of a video content acquired via a television broadcast and a video content acquired via the internet. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 9, wherein, login information for acquiring the internet video content is included in the first information received from the external mobile terminal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the external mobile terminal comprises a smart phone. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the internet video content is outputted in full screen display mode in the second operation mode. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first information includes an address for acquiring the internet video content corresponding to the video content displayed on the display screen of the external mobile terminal. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the content receiving apparatus is configured to acquire the internet video content using an address received from the external mobile terminal. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the communication device is configured to communicate with the external mobile terminal via a wireless communication. ### Claim 17 A content receiving apparatus outputting a video content based on a video content acquired via a television broadcast or via the internet and receiving from a remote controller an operation input for television broadcast signal reception and an operation input for content acquisition via the internet, the content receiving apparatus comprising: a communication device configured to conduct communication with an external mobile terminal having a display screen for a video content, the external mobile terminal being different from the remote controller; and a controller configured to control an operation mode of the content receiving apparatus and to control output of a video content from the content receiving apparatus, wherein the controller is configured to: control the operation mode of the content receiving apparatus to start first operation mode in response to an operation input from the remote controller, wherein in the first operation mode a first video content acquired via a television broadcast is controlled to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus; control the operation mode of the content receiving apparatus to terminate the first operation mode and to start second operation mode in response to a first communication between the external mobile terminal and the content receiving apparatus without an operation input from the remote controller, wherein, the first video content acquired via a television broadcast is controlled not to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus in the second operation mode, a second video content acquired via the internet is controlled to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus in the second operation mode, and the second video content to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus is controlled based on a second communication between the external mobile terminal and the content receiving apparatus without an operation input from the remote controller in the second operation mode; and control the operation mode of the content receiving apparatus to terminate the second operation mode in response to a third communication between the external mobile terminal and the content receiving apparatus without an operation input from the remote controller, wherein the second video content outputted from the content receiving apparatus corresponds to a video content displayed on the display screen of the external mobile terminal before the first communication is conducted, wherein the second communication is different from the first communication, and wherein the content receiving apparatus is configured to comprise a memory configured to store a software to conduct management of the second video content acquired via the internet. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising: a video processor to conduct video processing of a video content acquired via a television broadcast and a video content acquired via the internet. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 17, wherein, login information for acquiring the second video content is transmitted from the external mobile terminal to the content receiving apparatus by the first communication. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the external mobile terminal comprises a smart phone. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the second video content is outputted in full screen display mode in the second operation mode. ### Claim 22 (depends on 17) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the first communication includes reception of an address of the second video content. ### Claim 23 (depends on 17) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the content receiving apparatus is configured to acquire the second video content using an address communicated by the external mobile terminal. ### Claim 24 (depends on 17) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the communication device is configured to communicate with the external mobile terminal via a wireless communication. ### Claim 25 A content receiving apparatus outputting a video content based on a video content acquired via a television broadcast or via the internet and receiving from a remote controller an operation input for television broadcast signal reception and an operation input for content acquisition via the internet, the content receiving apparatus comprising: a communication device configured to conduct communication with an external mobile terminal having a display screen for a video content, the external mobile terminal being different from the remote controller; and a controller configured to control an operation mode of the content receiving apparatus and to control output of a video content from the content receiving apparatus, wherein the controller is configured to: control the operation mode of the content receiving apparatus to start first operation mode in response to an operation input from the remote controller, wherein in the first operation mode a broadcast video content acquired via a television broadcast is controlled to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus; control the operation mode of the content receiving apparatus to terminate the first operation mode and to start second operation mode in response to a first communication between the external mobile terminal and the content receiving apparatus without an operation input from the remote controller, wherein, the broadcast video content acquired via a television broadcast is controlled not to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus in the second operation mode, an internet video content acquired via the internet is controlled to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus in the second operation mode, and the internet video content to be outputted from the content receiving apparatus is controlled based on a second communication between the external mobile terminal and the content receiving apparatus without an operation input from the remote controller in the second operation mode; and control the operation mode of the content receiving apparatus to terminate the second operation mode in response to a third communication between the external mobile terminal and the content receiving apparatus without an operation input from the remote controller, wherein the internet video content outputted from the content receiving apparatus corresponds to a video content displayed on the display screen of the external mobile terminal before the first communication is conducted, wherein the second communication is different from the first communication, and wherein the content receiving apparatus is configured to comprise a memory configured to store a software to conduct management of the internet video content acquired via the internet. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 25, further comprising: a video processor to conduct video processing of a video content acquired via a television broadcast and a video content acquired via the internet. ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 25, wherein, login information for acquiring the internet video content is transmitted from the external mobile terminal to the content receiving apparatus by the first communication. ### Claim 28 (depends on 25) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the external mobile terminal comprises a smart phone. ### Claim 29 (depends on 25) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the internet video content is outputted in full screen display mode in the second operation mode. ### Claim 30 (depends on 25) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the first communication includes reception of an address of the internet video content corresponding to the video content displayed on the display screen of the external mobile terminal. ### Claim 31 (depends on 25) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the content receiving apparatus is configured to acquire the internet video content using an address communicated by the external mobile terminal. ### Claim 32 (depends on 25) The content receiving apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the communication device is configured to communicate with the external mobile terminal via a wireless communication.