Mobile information apparatus for wireless search and data transfer

A mobile wireless information apparatus with access to at least a part of content for rendering at a wireless output device, the wireless information apparatus being a distinct device from the wireless output device and including a wireless communication unit for wireless communication and a graphical user interface for interacting with a user, the wireless information apparatus comprising:

• means for opening a wireless communication channel between the wireless information apparatus and the wireless output device;
• means for receiving, via wireless communication, at least an indication associated with the wireless output device;
• means for authenticating wireless access to the wireless output device by sending, over the wireless communication channel, one or more security keys, and, if the authentication associated with the wireless output device is successful, establishing a secure wireless connection from the wireless information apparatus to the wireless output device;
• means for obtaining, at the wireless information apparatus, at least part of the content;
• means for conforming, at the wireless information apparatus, at least part of the content into one or more output images and encoding the one or more output images into one or more image layers, at least one image layer including data being encoded with a compression operation;
• means for generating, at the wireless information apparatus, a device independent intermediate output data that includes said one or more output images, the device independent intermediate output data conforming at least partly to a predefined proprietary or standard format, language or compression method;
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• means for delivering, in one or multiple sessions, the device independent intermediate output data over the secured wireless connection to the wireless output device for rendering of the at least part of the content.

A mobile wireless information apparatus with access to at least a part of content for rendering at a wireless output device, wherein the wireless information apparatus includes at least one wireless communication unit for wireless communication and a graphical user interface for interacting with a user, the wireless information apparatus being a distinct device from the wireless output device, the wireless information apparatus comprising:

• means for obtaining, at the wireless information apparatus, at least part of the content;
• means for obtaining, at the wireless information apparatus, at least part of the content;
• means for opening a wireless communication channel;
• means for discovering wirelessly one or more wireless output devices that are available for wireless connection;
• means for receiving, over the wireless communication channel, an attribute corresponding to each discovered wireless output device, the attribute including at least one of a name, an identity, a device type, an address, and an indication of a supported output device profile;
• means for selecting a wireless output device from among the one or more discovered wireless output devices based, at least in part, on the received attribute;
• means for obtaining a security key at the wireless information apparatus, the security key enabling wireless data transfer to the selected wireless output device;
• means for sending at least part of the security key over the wireless communication channel and requesting the selected wireless output device to open a secured wireless connection for data transfer;
• means for receiving, over the wireless communication channel, a response related to an authentication;
• and, if the received response is positive, establishing a secure wireless connection between the wireless information apparatus and the selected wireless output device;
• means for conforming, at the wireless information apparatus, at least part of the content into an output data encoded with a format or language for transmitting to the selected wireless output device;
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• means for transmitting, in one or multiple sessions, the output data from the wireless information apparatus to the selected wireless output device over the secured wireless connection for rendering of the at least part of the content.

A mobile wireless information apparatus with access to at least a part of content for rendering at a wireless output device, the content being at least partly accessible with the wireless information apparatus, the wireless information apparatus being a distinct device from the wireless output device and including a wireless communication unit for wireless communication and a graphical user interface for interacting with a user, the wireless information apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving, over a wireless communication channel, at least a device dependent attribute associated with one or more wireless output devices, the device dependent attribute including at least one of a name, an identity, a device type, an address, and an indication of a supported output device profile;
• means for selecting a wireless output device based, at least in part, on the received device dependent attribute;
• means for opening the wireless communication channel directly between the wireless information apparatus and the selected wireless output device;
• means for obtaining, at the wireless information apparatus, at least part of the content;
• means for conforming, at the wireless information apparatus, at least part of the content into one or more output images;
• means for generating, at the wireless information apparatus, a device dependent intermediate output data that includes said one or more output images, the device dependent intermediate output data related, at least partly, to the device dependent attribute received over the wireless communication channel;
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• means for transmitting, in one or multiple sessions, the device dependent intermediate output data over the wireless communication channel for rendering of the at least part of the content.