U.S. patent application number 14/269690 was filed with the patent office on 2014-08-28 for mobile telecommunications apparatus for receiving and displaying more than one service.
This patent application is currently assigned to Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.. The applicant listed for this patent is Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.. Invention is credited to Erkki I. Aaltonen, Tero Naumi, Larri Vermola.
Application Number | 20140245360 14/269690 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 31985781 |
Filed Date | 2014-08-28 |
United States Patent
Application |
20140245360 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Aaltonen; Erkki I. ; et
al. |
August 28, 2014 |
Mobile Telecommunications Apparatus for Receiving and Displaying
More Than One Service
Abstract
Mobile telecommunications apparatus has a receiver for receiving
concurrently a plurality of broadcast services containing image
data content, and a display device with a display area operable to
display an image corresponding to the content of at least one of
the services in a first mode in which the content one of the
channels is displayed for normal viewing, and a second mode in
which the content of more than one of the services is displayed. A
mosaic of images may be displayed from which one may be selected
for full screen viewing in the first mode. Also a
picture-in-picture (PIP) display may be provided with a facility to
swap between displayed images.
Inventors: |
Aaltonen; Erkki I.; (Turku,
FI) ; Vermola; Larri; (Turku, FI) ; Naumi;
Tero; (Koski, FI) |
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Applicant: |
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Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l. |
Luxembourg |
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LU |
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Assignee: |
Core Wireless Licensing
S.a.r.l.
Luxembourg
LU
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Family ID: |
31985781 |
Appl. No.: |
14/269690 |
Filed: |
May 5, 2014 |
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8738088 |
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PCT/IB05/50208 |
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Current U.S.
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725/62 |
Current CPC
Class: |
H04N 21/41407 20130101;
H04N 21/47 20130101; H04W 88/06 20130101; H04M 1/72555 20130101;
H04N 21/440263 20130101; H04N 21/482 20130101; H04N 21/4314
20130101; H04N 5/45 20130101; H04N 21/43637 20130101; H04N 21/4858
20130101; H04N 21/6112 20130101; H04N 21/4316 20130101; H04N
5/44543 20130101; H04N 21/4622 20130101 |
Class at
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725/62 |
International
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H04N 21/414 20060101
H04N021/414; H04N 21/61 20060101 H04N021/61; H04N 21/4363 20060101
H04N021/4363 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
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Application Number |
Feb 6, 2004 |
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0402637.3 |
Claims
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a mobile telecommunications
apparatus (UE), at least one of a plurality of broadcast services;
enabling the apparatus(UE) to be operable in: a first mode in which
content corresponding to one of the services is displayed for
normal viewing, and a second mode in which content corresponding to
more than one of the services is displayed; and in which content
corresponding to one of the services is displayed at a higher
quality than a quality of the display of the content corresponding
to another of the services.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising allowing a
user selection to be made from the services displayed in the second
mode for normal viewing in the first mode.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said higher quality
display of the content one of the services comprises a video
display and the display of the content for the another of the
services comprises a still image or a succession thereof
4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, in the
second mode, displaying different ones of the displayed services in
said higher quality.
5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, in the
second mode, displaying different ones of the displayed services in
said higher quality, successively.
6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising either:
sequentially selecting which service is to be displayed in said
higher quality, or rotating selection from the displayed services
of which service is to be displayed in said higher quality.
7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a
user input to select which service is to be displayed in said
higher quality.
8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a
user input to select a number of services that are to have their
content displayed in the second mode.
9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a
user input to select which services are to have their content
displayed in the second mode.
10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying,
in the second mode, the content of the services in a mosaic of
image tiles corresponding to the content of the services.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the image tiles are
of equal size.
12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the image tiles are
configured so that one is larger than another.
13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the larger tile
displays an image of higher quality than the another.
14. The method according to claim 10, further comprising receiving
a user input to change the size and/or location of a selected one
of the tiles.
15. The method according to claim 10, wherein at least one of the
tiles either: overlaps the or each other one thereof, or abut one
another.
16. An apparatus comprising: a mobile telecommunications apparatus
(UE), the UE receiving at least one of a plurality of broadcast
services, the UE being operable in: a first mode in which content
corresponding to one of the services is displayed for normal
viewing, and a second mode in which content corresponding to more
than one of the services is displayed; and in which content
corresponding to one of the services is displayed at a higher
quality than a quality of the display of the content corresponding
to another of the services.
17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the UE is operable
to allow a user selection to be made from the services displayed in
the second mode for normal viewing in the first mode.
18. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein said higher
quality display of the content one of the services comprises a
video display and the display of the content for the another of the
services comprises a still image or a succession thereof
19. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the UE is
operable, in the second mode, to display different ones of the
displayed services in said higher quality.
20. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the UE is
operable, in the second mode, to display different ones of the
displayed services in said higher quality, successively.
21. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the UE is operable
to either: sequentially select which service is to be displayed in
said higher quality, or rotate selection from the displayed
services of which service is to be displayed in said higher
quality.
22. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the UE is operable
to receive a user input to select which service is to be displayed
in said higher quality.
23. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the UE is operable
to receive a user input to select a number of services that are to
have their content displayed in the second mode.
24. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the UE is operable
to receive a user input to select which services are to have their
content displayed in the second mode.
25. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the UE is operable
to display, in the second mode, the content of the services in a
mosaic of image tiles corresponding to the content of the
services.
26. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the image tiles
are of equal size.
27. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the image tiles
are configured so that one is larger than another.
28. The apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the larger tile
displays an image of higher quality than the another.
29. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the UE is operable
to receive a user input to change the size and/or location of a
selected one of the tiles.
30. The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein at least one of
the tiles either: overlaps the or each other one thereof, or abut
one another.
Description
FIELD
[0001] One or more embodiments relate to mobile telecommunications
apparatus capable of receiving broadcast content and has particular
but not exclusive application to apparatus for receiving and
displaying video content received according to a digital video
broadcasting (DVB) standard such as satellite broadcast (DVB-S) or
terrestrial DVB (DVB-T) and DVB handheld (DVB-H).
BACKGROUND
[0002] Hitherto it has been proposed to provide a mobile
telecommunications apparatus operable both as a handset with a
mobile network and also as a receiver for broadcast video content.
The apparatus includes a transceiver for communicating with a
mobile telecommunications network such as a 2G, 2.5G or 3G network.
The apparatus also includes a receiver to receive separately
broadcast video content e.g. according to a DVB standard using MPEG
signal formats. A plurality of digital broadcast channels may be
broadcast concurrently so that the user can choose between
them.
[0003] Hitherto, it has been proposed to include service guide
information in the broadcast channels to permit a service guide of
the content of the channels to be stored in the mobile apparatus.
Typically, this service guide information comprises a textual
description of broadcast content and the associated transmission
times. It has also been proposed to provide current service guide
information as text through the mobile telecommunications network,
e.g. through a wireless application protocol (WAP) portal.
[0004] However, the mobile apparatus has a display screen of
limited size due to its portability and providing the service guide
information as text can provide only a limited insight into the
content of the broadcast channels. Furthermore, when the service
guide information is obtained through a WAP portal, the information
retrieval process is time consuming and inconvenient.
SUMMARY
[0005] According to the at least one embodiment there is provided
mobile telecommunications apparatus comprising a transceiver for
wireless communication with a telecommunications network, rendering
means operable to render concurrently data content corresponding to
a plurality of services, and a receiver to receive at least one of
the services when broadcast thereto to be rendered, the rendering
means including a display device with a display area operable to
provide a visual display corresponding to the content of at least
one of the services, wherein the display device is operable in a
first mode in which content corresponding to one of the services is
displayed for normal viewing, and a second mode in which content
corresponding to more than one of the services is displayed.
[0006] The mobile apparatus may include a user interface operable
to allow a service selection to be made from the services displayed
in the second mode, for normal viewing in the first mode. Thus, the
user interface can be used to select a particular service being
displayed, for normal viewing.
[0007] Various embodiments provide the advantage that content
corresponding to the services is displayed for selection, which
allows a much quicker and easier service selection to be made.
[0008] In order to simplify signal processing, the display device
may be operable in the second mode to display the image data
content of one of the services with a higher quality than another.
For example, the content of one of the available services may be
displayed as a video display whereas the other service may be
displayed as a still image or a succession of still images.
[0009] Different ones of the services may be displayed in the
second mode in high quality, for example successively or under the
control of a user through a user interface. The interface may also
allow the user to select a particular number of services that are
to have their contents displayed in the second mode. The services
displayed in the second mode may be presented as a mosaic of tiles
corresponding to the content of the services. The tiles may be of
an equal size or so that one is larger than the other. For example,
the larger tile may display the image of higher quality than the
smaller tile. The user interface may be provided for changing the
size and/or location of a selected one of the tiles.
[0010] The display device may also be operable in the second mode
to display the content for services in a picture-in-picture (PIP)
display, in which one relatively small image corresponding to the
content of a first one of the services is displayed in a relatively
small area within a relatively large area that displays the content
of a second one of the services.
[0011] A user interface may be provided to switch the content for
the first one of the services displayed in the small area, to the
large area, and simultaneously for the content of the second one of
the services displayed in the large area to be switched to the
small area.
[0012] The apparatus according to certain embodiments may be
operable to receive DVB broadcasts and may include a recorder to
record received video content for replay, to provide the content of
one of the display services.
[0013] At least one embodiment also includes a method of displaying
content on a mobile telecommunication apparatus comprising
operating the display in a first mode in which the content for one
of the services is displayed for normal viewing, or a second mode
in which the content for more than one of the services is
displayed.
[0014] At least one embodiment furthermore includes a computer
program to be run on a processor in mobile telecommunications
apparatus to perform the inventive method.
[0015] At least one embodiment also provides a user interface for a
mobile telecommunications apparatus comprising a transceiver for
wireless communication with a telecommunications network, a
receiver for receiving concurrently content corresponding to a
plurality of broadcast services, and a display device, the user
interface being operable to control the display device so as to
display content corresponding to at least one of the services in a
first mode in which the content for one of the services is
displayed for normal viewing, and a second mode in which content
corresponding to more than one of the services is displayed.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0016] At least one embodiment will now be described by way of
example with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:
[0017] FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile
communications system including a DVB-T cellular network and a
mobile telecommunications network according to an embodiment,
[0018] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the circuits of a mobile
telephone handset configured to receive DVB-T transmissions
according to an embodiment,
[0019] FIG. 3 illustrates a battery pack for the handset according
to an embodiment,
[0020] FIGS. 4A-4F illustrate a sequence of displays provided on
the mobile telephone handset UE.sub.1 for selecting a DVB-T service
through the use of a mosaic display, in accordance with an
embodiment,
[0021] FIG. 5 illustrates a series of process steps for providing
the mosaic display according to an embodiment,
[0022] FIGS. 6A-6C illustrate alternative mosaic displays according
to various embodiments,
[0023] FIGS. 7A-7F illustrate a sequence of displays provided on
the mobile telephone handset UE.sub.1 for selecting a DVB-T service
through the use of a PIP display, in accordance with an embodiment,
and
[0024] FIG. 8 illustrates a series of process steps for providing
the PIP display according to an embodiment.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0025] FIG. 1 illustrates schematically a communication system in
which mobile user equipment in the form of mobile telephone
handsets UE.sub.1, UE.sub.2 are configured to receive transmissions
from a DVB-T network 2 and also to communicate through a public
land mobile network (PLMN) 3. The configuration of DVB-T for mobile
handsets is also referred to as DVB handheld or DVB-H.
[0026] The DVB-T network 2 transmits content such as audiovisual
content, data files or images to the handsets UE.sub.1, UE.sub.2.
The content is obtained from data stream servers 4.sub.1, 4.sub.2
in Internet protocol (IP) so that the network can provide an IP
data casting (IPDC) service using the DVB-T network. Two such
servers 4 are shown by way of example although in practice there
may be many more.
[0027] The DVB-T network 2 is cellular and antennas 5.sub.1,
5.sub.2 and 5.sub.3 serve individual cells of the network at
geographically spaced sites S1, S2, S3.
[0028] DVB-T uses MPEG-2 transport streams and so the IP data needs
to be encapsulated into the DVB transmission signals. Data streams
comprising IP datagrams supplied from one or more of the servers 4,
are encapsulated by an IP encapsulator (not shown) within the
network 2. The encapsulated IP stream is then transported to one or
multiple transmission sites, which form cells of the DVB-T network,
on an MPEG-2 transport stream TS.
[0029] IP packets containing the data can be embedded in
multi-protocol encapsulation (MPE) sections which are transported
within the TS packets. For further details, reference is directed
to ETSI EN 301 192 V1.3.1 (2003-01) "Digital Video Broadcasting
(DVB) DVB specification for data broadcasting" Section 7. The MPE
sections may also include forward error correction (FEC)
information and time slicing information, by which data is conveyed
discontinuously and allows the UEs to save battery power by
switching off when no data is being transmitted to them.
[0030] The stream servers 4.sub.1, 4.sub.2 may also provide
audiovisual content that comprises conventional DVB streams in MPEG
format.
[0031] The PLMN 3 may comprise any suitable 2G, 2.5G or 3G network
with antennas 6.sub.1 and 6.sub.2 that serve individual cells of
the PLMN. A communication channel 7 may be provided between the
DVB-T network and the PLMN 3 to allow bi-directional communication
between the networks e.g. for the interchange of service
information.
[0032] FIG. 2 illustrates the circuits of the mobile handset
UE.sub.1 by way of example. Handset UE.sub.2 is of a substantially
similar configuration. The handset includes first and second
antennas 8.sub.1, 8.sub.2, a receiver 9.sub.1 and a transceiver
9.sub.2. The first antenna 8.sub.1 and receiver 9.sub.1 are
configured to receive signals from the DVB-T network 2. The second
antenna 8.sub.2 and transceiver 9.sub.2 are used to transmit and
receive signals to and from the PLMN 3. The receiver and
transceiver 9.sub.1, 9.sub.2 each include respective rf signal
processing circuits (not shown) for amplifying and demodulating
received signals and respective processors (not shown) for channel
de-coding and de-multiplexing.
[0033] The handset UE.sub.1 also includes a controller 10, a user
interface 11, RAM/ROM memory 12, a smart card reader 13, smart card
14 received in the smart card reader 13, a decoder/decoder (codec)
15, a speaker 16 with corresponding amplifier 17 and microphone 18
with corresponding preamplifier 19. Also, the memory 12 may include
e.g. flash type memory that is received in a connector (not shown)
so as to be detachable and interchangeable, having pre-recorded
content stored therein or that can be used for recording received
content for later use and rendering.
[0034] The user interface 11 comprises a display 20 and keypad 21.
The display 20 is configured to display images and video and is
capable of displaying colour images. The device also includes a
rechargeable battery 22.
[0035] The controller 10 manages operation of the handset under the
direction of computer software, stored in memory 12. For example,
the controller 10 provides an output for the display 20 and
receives inputs from the keypad 21. The configuration of the
handset UE.sub.1 is shown in more detail in FIG. 4A. The keypad 21
has the usual numerical keys 21-0; 21-1 . . . 21-9 for telephony
arranged in a circle in this example, together with so-called soft
keys 21A, 21B which have their functionality controlled by the
controller 10 depending on the activity being performed. Display
regions 20A 20B are also controlled by the controller 10 to display
the current functionality of the soft keys 21A, 21B to the user.
The keypad 21 also includes and a navigation key 21N which in one
embodiment can be rocked by the user to provide up, down left and
right control of a focus region corresponding to a cursor, to move
the focus region around regions of the display 20 in order to allow
different regions of the display to be selected by the user. The
key 21N can also be pressed downwardly to perform a "select"
function for a display item highlighted by the focus region, as
will be explained in more detail hereinafter. In other embodiments
the navigation key 21N may have more than four positions and these
positions may be combined with the downwardly pressed position for
e.g. "enlarging" or "diminishing" or "dragging" the selected focus
area within the display.
[0036] Referring to FIG. 3, the battery 22, the first antenna
8.sub.1 and the receiver 9.sub.1 may be incorporated into a battery
pack 23 in an embodiment. By replacing the battery pack (not shown)
in a conventional mobile telephone handset with a battery pack 23
including the receiver 9.sub.1 and also by providing suitable
software, a conventional mobile telephone handset may be modified
to receive data via the DVB-T network 2. Alternatively, the first
antenna 8.sub.1 and the receiver 9.sub.1 may be incorporated into a
cover (not shown) for a conventional mobile telephone handset so
that by replacing the cover and necessary software for the handset,
the conventional handset can be upgraded to receive transmissions
from the DVB-T network 2.
[0037] The handset UE.sub.1 can receive DVB-T transmissions through
receiver 9.sub.1 from the DVB-T network 2. The transmissions may be
received in a single frequency in which a number of different
services of audiovisual and other content are included by time
division multiplexing as time sliced bursts.
First Mode
[0038] In a first mode of operation of the handset UE.sub.1 the
received DVB-T signal is amplified, demodulated, channel de-coded
and demultiplexed by the receiver 9.sub.1. The resulting
demultiplexed signal is filtered so as to extract bursts of
datagrams for the service concerned. The bursts may contain
information concerning the occurrence of the next burst so that the
receiver can be powered down between bursts in order to save power.
Datagram bursts are fed into a time slice buffer that is provided
by the controller 10 and memory 12 so as to produce a stream of
datagrams that are not time sliced. The datagram stream is
substantially continuous and/or at a substantially constant rate.
The resulting data stream is then rendered by the controller 10 and
the display device 20 so as to be displayed on display device 20 in
respect of video signals. The audio signals are passed through
codec 15 and amplifier 17 to speaker 16.
Second Mode
[0039] Also, the handset UE.sub.1 can be operated in a second mode
in which more than one of the services are concurrently
demultiplexed and displayed, in which case more than one datagram
stream is produced by the receiver 9.sub.1 corresponding to more
than one broadcast service, and the streams are fed by the
controller 10 to be displayed concurrently by the display device
20. The user can select the services to be rendered and displayed
concurrently.
[0040] The transceiver 9.sub.2 is for use with PLMN 3 and uses a
conventional mobile telecommunications protocol to achieve
bi-directional voice and data communication under the control of
controller 10, with displays being provided on display 20 and audio
being handled by means of speaker 16 and microphone 18.
Use of Mosaic Display (2nd Mode)
[0041] An embodiment will now be described in which a plurality of
displays corresponding to the content of concurrent "on-air" DVB-T
transmissions is displayed in the aforesaid second mode, to allow a
user to select one of them for full display over the entire display
screen 20, in the first mode. The selection process will be
described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.
[0042] Referring firstly to FIG. 4A and step S5.1 in FIG. 5, the
user operates the keypad 21 so as to select a display corresponding
to the currently available broadcast services that can received by
UE1 through the DVB-T network. This information may be derived from
a WAP portal through PLMN 3 (FIG. 1) or may be stored in the memory
12 of the handset as an electronic service guide developed from
data transmitted through the DVB-T network on a service channel. As
can be seen clearly from FIG. 4B, five services are currently
available (although more may be available and made visible by
scrolling). In this example, a news service, two football services,
together with the services MTV and RTC are available for
selection.
[0043] Referring back to FIG. 4A, the user operates soft key 21B to
select a mosaic option. The user has a choice of providing a mosaic
of 3, 4 or 5 of the available services and mosaic display options
M3, M4, and M5 are displayed on the display screen 20 by means of
the controller 10. The user operates navigation key 21N to move the
focus region so as to select one of the mosaic options M3-5. In
this example, the user highlights mosaic option M4 and subsequently
depresses navigation key 21N to select a mosaic display of four
currently available channels.
[0044] Referring to step S5.2 and FIG. 4B, the user then selects
which of the services are to be displayed in the mosaic. Using the
navigation key 21N, the user moves the focus region to individual
dialog boxes 24-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and, for each dialog box the
corresponding service can be selected by depressing the navigation
key 21N or operation of the soft key 21B which is currently
assigned a "select" function by controller 10. Four services for
the mosaic can be selected in this instance are signified by "X" in
the corresponding dialog boxes.
[0045] Then, as indicated at step S5.3 in FIG. 5, the four selected
services are displayed in a mosaic, as shown in FIG. 4C. In this
example, a news service, football service, MTV and RTC services are
selected which are displayed as four contiguous image tiles T1-T4
of equal size. The tiles T1-T4 may be displayed such that one of
them has a higher image quality than the others. In this example,
tile T1 has a high image quality and is highlighted by a perimeter
band 25. Thus, the image in tile T1 may correspond to the real time
video streaming content from the service corresponding to tile
T1--the news service in this instance. The services displayed in
tiles T2-T4 are of a lower image quality for example, a lower pixel
density or, a sequence of time spaced images sampled from the video
feed for the services concerned so as to provide a low quality,
succession of still images.
[0046] In accordance with one embodiment, the controller 10
sequentially selects one of the tiles T for display with a high
quality image and thus the highlighted perimeter 25 may move from
tile to tile after a predetermined period e.g. 30 seconds.
Alternatively, the user may operate the navigation key 21N to
select one of the displayed tiles in high quality according to a
user preference. The operation of navigation key 21N may override
the sequential operation performed by controller 10, which may
occur as a default. Thus, referring to FIG. 4D, the highlighted
perimeter 25 has moved from tile T1 to tile T2, which is now shown
in high quality as compared with the other tiles.
[0047] In FIG. 4E, the highlighted region 25 has been moved to tile
T4 corresponding to the displayed football service. Then, as
illustrated at step S5.4 in FIG. 5, the user may select one of the
tiles for full screen display i.e. to file the entire operative
viewing area of the display 20. The selection is performed by
either depressing the navigation key 21N or by operating the soft
key 21B to open an options menu from which a "select" option can be
selected.
[0048] Then, the selected service is displayed over the entire
viewing area of display 20 as illustrated in FIG. 4F.
[0049] When in the first mode i.e. with the service displayed over
the entire viewing area of display 20, the user can change to
another service in full screen mode by pressing the navigation key
21N or from the Options menu selectable by soft key 21B. Operation
of soft key 21A corresponding to the "back" function returns to the
mosaic display.
[0050] The described mosaic display selection method thus provides
a convenient, user friendly way of selecting video streaming from
the on air services for full screen display.
[0051] In the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 4, the
tiles T1-T4 are all of the same size and arranged contiguously.
However, alternative configurations are possible in which the tiles
are not all of the same size and may overlap one another.
Furthermore, the size of the tiles may be selectable by the user.
Some examples will now be described with reference to FIG. 6.
[0052] Referring to FIG. 6A, the tiles T1-T4 are shown
schematically within the display 20. The user may operate the
keypad 21 in order to expand the size of a selected one of the
tiles. In this example, tile T2 can be expanded so as to overlie
the tiles T1, T3, T4 in the direction of arrows X. Also, the tile
T2 may be switched back into the configuration shown in FIG. 4, in
the direction of arrows X' so as to be contiguous with the other
tiles T1, T3, T4. This arrangement allows the user to temporarily
expand one of the tiles to examine the channel content displayed
therein in more detail.
[0053] In another example shown in FIG. 6B, a selected tile e.g. T2
can be expanded to overlie the other tiles for more detailed
examination. The tile T2 has been expanded into a display position
T2' overlying the other tiles. The display tile T2' can be selected
by appropriate manipulation of the keypad 21. For example, the
navigation key 21N may have eight rocker positions corresponding to
`north,` `north-east,` `east,` `south-east` etc., whereby the size
of a selected tile T can be changed in diagonal direction. The tile
T2' may be displayed in a higher quality than the others. The
original tile T2 may be of the original display quality or the
place may be blank.
[0054] In the modification of FIG. 6C, the selected tile T2 is
expanded by means of one or more keys of the keypad 21 in the arrow
direction X and the other tiles T1, T3 and T4 are commensurately
reduced in size so as to remain contiguous with the expanded tile
T2. This allows the user to examine tile T2 in more detail on a
temporary basis and then switch the tile back to its previous size
in the direction of arrows X'. The expanded tile T2 may be
displayed in a higher quality than the others.
Use of Picture-In-Picture Display (2nd Mode)
[0055] An embodiment will now be described in which two displays
corresponding to concurrent DVB-T transmission are displayed in a
picture-in-picture (PIP) display in the aforesaid second mode, to
allow the user to switch between them and thereafter provide a full
display of the entire screen of the display 20, in the first mode
if desired. The process will be described in more detail with
reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.
[0056] Referring to FIG. 7A details of the currently available
streaming services are displayed on display 20 of the handset by
reference to the electronic service guide or a WAP portal, as
previously described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B. Then, at
step S8.1 in FIG. 8, one of the available services is selected for
display in the manner previously described with references to FIG.
4B, by checking one of the dialog boxes 24-1 to 24-5 shown in FIG.
7A. In the example shown in FIG. 7A, the news service is selected
by checking box 24-1. The resulting display is shown in FIG. 7B, in
which the news service is displayed over the entire viewable area
of the display screen 20.
[0057] Referring to FIG. 7B and step S8.2, the PIP mode is selected
through the use of the soft key 21B and the menu options available
under the "Options" 20B. A legend 26 is displayed, indicating that
the PIP is available for selection as a menu option, and it is then
selected using the navigation key 21N.
[0058] The resulting display is shown in FIG. 7C, in which the
available services for the PIP display are displayed to the user.
Then, at step S8.3, the user selects a second service for display
as the picture-in-picture for the PIP mode. The service for the PIP
display is selected in the same way as the main display, by
checking one of the dialog boxes 24-1 to 24-5. In this example, the
dialog box 24-2 is checked in order to select a football service
for the PIP display.
[0059] The resulting PIP display shown in FIG. 7D, with the news
service being shown as the main tile image T1 and a PIP image T2 of
smaller dimensions, within the main image tile T1.
[0060] The content presented in the tiles T1 and T2 can be swapped.
This is illustrated schematically as step S8.4 in FIG. 8 and
illustrated in FIGS. 7E and 7F. By selecting a swap function by
means of soft key 21B, the user can swap the content in the tiles
T1 and T2. Successive operations of the soft key 21B swaps the
contents successively. In this way, the user can review the current
video streams received in two services. Also, if desired, the user
can at step S8.5 select one of the services only for display and
thereby switch off the PIP display so that a single service is
displayed over the entire display area of the display 20.
[0061] Many modifications and variations fall within the scope of
the claims. For example, the size of the picture-in-picture display
T2 may be adjustable under the control of the user by means of the
keypad 21 e.g by use of the soft keys 21A or 21B. Also the location
of tile T2 may be adjustable by the user or automatically on
swapping, as can be seen by comparing the location of T2 in FIG. 7E
and FIG. 7F. Also the images for T1 and T2 may be of different
qualities as previously described.
[0062] The mobile telecommunication apparatus according to at least
one embodiment may be used to render audio, visual, textual or
other content. Embodiments are not restricted to displayed images
or video but any type of digital content can be consumed or
rendered. If the selected service, e.g. an audio file does not
contain visually displayable content the corresponding tile may be
left blank or an icon or image stored in the terminal (which may
possibly be animated) may be displayed in addition to or instead of
textual data associated with the audio file. The stored icons or
images can be received from broadcast transmissions or otherwise
downloaded to the terminal or created by the user.
[0063] Also, the data streaming services for the handset
UE.sub.1may be received through the PLMN 3 shown in FIG. 1.
[0064] Furthermore, the rendering is not restricted to content that
is broadcast at the time of consuming, and content that has been
received and stored earlier can be input to a mosaic tile or to the
PIP. To this end, the memory 12 of the handset may be sufficiently
large to enable video streams to be recorded and subsequently
replayed to provide an additional service for display. Also, it is
possible to use as input to the mosaic/PIP, content that is
pre-recorded e.g. on a detachable storage device such as a flash
memory stick, which may functionally comprise a part of the memory
12. Such content can be selected from the menu in a similar way as
broadcast services. The memory 12 may thus contain pre-recorded
content corresponding to a service that is personal to the user of
the apparatus and not related to the broadcast services e.g. a
music video or a video clip or slide show of images taken with a
personal digital camera, which may itself be in the handheld device
UE. The user can then select the personal service from the memory
12 using the mosaic as previously described.
[0065] Alternatively, the PIP mode can be used to display the
personal service from the memory 12 as the large display with e.g.
a broadcast news service or a broadcast football game being
displayed in the small display, so that the user can watch the
personal service from the memory as a default and switch to the
news service when a news item of interest is broadcast, or in the
case of a football game, when a goal is scored. Whilst the device
UE.sub.1 has been described in terms of a mobile telephone handset,
it may also comprise a personal digital assistant PDA or other
mobile terminal capable of at least receiving signals from the
DVB-T network 2. The device UE.sub.1 may also be semi-fixed or
semi-portable such as terminal in a vehicle.
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