System and method for interactivity between mobile stations and a television device
AssigneeNextel Communications Inc.
InventorsAli Tabassi, Sanjay Khurana, Beverly Murdock, Greg Homan
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Abstract
A system and method for communicating between a television device and one or more mobile stations are provided. The television device can obtain a map identifying the location of the one or more mobile stations, which can be displayed on a television. The television device can also be used to provide dispatch communications with the one or more mobile stations. The one or more mobile stations can be part of a predefined group, such as a family. A group communication server is provided to facilitate communication between the television device and the one or more mobile stations.
Claims25
A television device, comprising:
- a first input, which receives radio frequency signals from a broadcast video head-end;
- an output, which outputs video information to a television display device;
- a second input, which receives information from a remote control device;
- and
- a processor, which receives the information from the remote control device, sends a request to the broadcast video head-end based on the information received from the remote control device, and outputs a response based on information received from the broadcast video head-end, wherein the information received from the remote control device is a request for a location of a mobile station, or a request for dispatch communications with a mobile station.
A communication server for providing communications between a television device and a mobile communication device, comprising:
- a television device interface, which receives a request from a television device for a location of a mobile station;
- a wireless network interface, which transmits a request to a wireless network for the location of the mobile station;
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- a mapping server interface, which transmits a request to a mapping server for a map corresponding to the location of the mobile station,
- wherein the television device interface provides the television device with information for displaying a map identifying the location of the mobile station.
A method for displaying information related to a mobile station, comprising the acts of:
- receiving, by a television device, a request for location information regarding a mobile station;
- transmitting, by the television device to a broadcast video head-end, the request for location information;
- receiving, by the television device from the broadcast video head-end, information associated with the location of the mobile station;
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- displaying a map, which identifies the location of the mobile station.
Machine readable code, which is executed on a processor, comprising:
- a television device graphical user interface component, which provides a graphical user interface to a display;
- a television device library, which includes a location service for identifying a location of a mobile station in a wireless network;
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- broadcast video communication middleware, which interfaces the television device library with a broadcast video head-end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.