Tune alerts for remotely adjusting a tuner
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsAkseli Anttila, Younghee Jung
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for alerting users of audio and/or video broadcasts. A user of a first media player may create a tune alert message and transmit the message to a second media player. The second media player may parse or decipher the message and reconfigure a tuner module to receive and process the identified content.
Claims22
A method of transmitting a tune alert message from a first media player to a second media player, the method comprising:
- (a) presenting broadcast content to a user of the first media player;
- (b) generating at the first media player a tune alert message formatted to reconfigure the second media player to provide the content to a user of the second media player;
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- (c) transmitting the tune alert message from the first media player to the second media player to provide broadcast content to a user of the second media player.
A method of adjusting a configuration of a media player to receive broadcast content, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving at the media player a tune alert message formatted to reconfigure the media player to provide the broadcast content to a user of the media player;
- (b) presenting the tune alert message to a user of the media player;
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- (c) reconfiguring the media player to process the broadcast content.
A media player configured to receive messages and broadcast content;
- the media player comprising:
- a communication module that receives a message identifying a source of broadcast content;
- a tuner that is adjustable to process content received from a plurality of different sources of broadcast content;
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- a tune alert module configured to adjust the tuner to process content received from the content source identified in the message.
A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions for causing a first media player to perform the steps comprising:
- (a) presenting content to a user of the first media player;
- (b) generating at the first media player a tune alert message that may be used to reconfigure a second media player to provide the content to a user of the second media player;
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- (c) transmitting the tune alert message from the first media player to the second media player to provide the broadcast content to a user of the second media player.
A media player comprising:
- a means for selecting content to present to a user;
- a means for transmitting tuning information that corresponds to the content and is formatted to be used to tune a remote device.
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a transceiver module that sends and receives messages;
- a tuner module configurable to select broadcast content;
- a tune alert module coupled to the tuner module and the transceiver module, the tune alert module generating tune alert messages that are formatted to adjust a tuner module of another mobile terminal;
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- an audio/video generation module for receiving the broadcast content from the tuner and providing audio and video signals to output devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.