METHODS AND SYSTEMS ENABLING ACCESS BY PORTABLE WIRELESS HANDHELD DEVICES TO AUDIO AND OTHER DATA ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRAMMING RENDERING ON FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS

摘要

Video data rendering devices (e.g., flat panel displays such as Smart TVs, set top boxes, and media dongles) can wirelessly broadcast their identity for discovery to portable wireless electronic devices (e.g., smartphones, tablets) interested in obtaining audio and other data associated with video programming displayed on the video data rendering devices. An application can be downloaded and activated on portable devices that will enable them to obtain a list of available (discovered) video data rendering devices (multiple screens, depending on venue) and allow wireless access to audio and data associated with displayed video programming. A video data rendering device of interest can be selected by the portable device and it can access data in addition to audio (either directly from the flat panel or from a remote server once the video data rendering device or the data has been identified) and/or engage in an interactive session.

主权项

1. A method enabling access by portable wireless electronic devices to streaming data including audio in different languages and associated with video programming rendering on display screens associated with video data rendering devices located near the portable wireless electronic devices, comprising:
displaying video programming on a display screen of a flat panel display associated with a video data rendering device; wirelessly broadcasting identification information from a video data rendering device associated with the flat panel display, said video data rendering device also providing at least one of: data identifying at least one of the flat panel display's identity based on a label affixed to the flat panel display, the flat panel display's name, and the flat panel display's location within a venue, wherein said identification is broadcasted for wireless discovery of the identification information by the portable wireless electronic devices located within wireless local area network range of the flat panel display; connecting the video data rendering device with the at least one handheld wireless device after the at least one handheld wireless device discovers and selects the broadcasted identification information associated with the flat panel display; and providing the at least one portable wireless electronic device with wireless access to the audio associated with the video programming identified by the video data rendering device as the video programming displaying on the display screen of the flat panel display, and the audio is provided in a language selected by the at least one portable wireless electronic device after the video data rendering device and the language is selected by the at least one portable wireless electronic device for retrieval of the audio.