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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2008
Terminals, servers, and methods that find a media server to replace a sensed broadcast program/movie
BO Hakan Larsson, Malmö, SE;
Henrik Sven Bengtsson, Lund, SE;
Björn Martin Gunnar Lindquist, Bjärred, SE;
Mans Folke Markus Andreasson, Lund, SE;
Per Emil Åstrand, Lund, SE;
Olivier Thierry Nicolas Moliner, Lund, SE;
Bo Hakan Larsson, Malmö, SE;
Henrik Sven Bengtsson, Lund, SE;
Björn Martin Gunnar Lindquist, Bjärred, SE;
Mans Folke Markus Andreasson, Lund, SE;
Per Emil Åstrand, Lund, SE;
Olivier Thierry Nicolas Moliner, Lund, SE;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
A wireless mobile terminal works with an identification server to automatically identify a broadcast program/movie and then identify and connect to a networked media server to receive the identified program/movie therefrom. The terminal generates data that characterizes content of a broadcast program/movie that is send by the terminal and is playing external thereto. The terminal transmits a message that includes the characterization data and a request for identification of a media server from which the broadcast program/movie can be received. The identification server identifies the broadcast program/movie, and identifies a user viewed location within the identified program/movie that corresponds to what was sensed by the terminal. The identification server identifies an Internet address of a media server from which the terminal can receive transmission of the identified program/movie. The identification server transmits a message to the terminal that identifies the identified program/movie, the user viewed location therein, and the Internet address of the media server. The terminal responds to the message by establishing a communication connection to the identified media server and requesting transmission therefrom of the identified program/movie starting from a location corresponding to the user viewed location.