Remote control arrangement

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to an arrangement for delivering information to the user of a mobile device where the information presented to the user is associated with information that has a temporal or contextual or location based association with other information also presented to the user. In one example the mobile device is a device used to remotely control one or more controllable devices, such as a television, personal video recorder, and/or digital radio receiver, and additional multi-media information is made available to the user interface of the remote control to the user at the time the source information is being viewed/listened to or provided to the user regardless of when the source was generated or broadcast.

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         41 . A multimedia control and presentation device for receiving and providing to a user of the device, additional multi-media data associated with source multi-media content accessible by the user of the arrangement, including: a mobile device having a processor, memory having some or none additional multi-media data, one or more wireless communication mechanisms, and a user interface mechanism which provides a user activated input for directly or indirectly selecting a source multi-media content accessible to the user and activation of either a check of the device memory for additional multi-media data and/or activation of the use of the one or more wireless communication mechanisms to transmit a request for additional multimedia data and receive additional multi-media data to be made available to the memory of the mobile device, and using the processor and memory of the mobile device to control the user interface mechanism to present content representative of the additional multi-media data to the user of the mobile device. 
     
     
         42 . The device according to  claim 41  further including: a time determination mechanism wherein the determined time determines the additional multimedia data to be made available to the memory of the device; optionally wherein the time determination determines the additional multi-media data to be presented to the user by activation of either a check of the device memory for additional multi-media data and/or activation of the use of the one or more wireless communication mechanisms to transmit a request for additional multi-media data and receive additional multi-media data, and using the processor and memory of the mobile device to control the user interface mechanism to present content representative of the additional multi-media data to the user of the mobile device. 
     
     
         43 . The device according to  claim 41  further including: an access mechanism for accessing data representative of user characteristics from external data bases wherein one or more of the user characteristics is used by the processor to determine the additional multi-media data to be made available to the memory of the mobile device; optionally where user characteristics are determined those previously provided by the user to the mobile device or accessible to the mobile device; optionally where user characteristics are determined as a result of historical monitoring of the users activities using the mobile device; optionally where additional multi-media data is accessible as a result of situational awareness of the user. 
     
     
         44 . The device according to  claim 43  wherein the accessed data representative of user characteristics determines the additional multi-media data to be presented to the user by activation of either a check of the device memory for the determined additional multi-media data and/or activation of the use of the one or more wireless communication mechanisms to transmit a request for the determined additional multimedia data and receive the determined additional multi-media data, and using the processor and memory of the mobile device to control the user interface mechanism to present content representative of the determined additional multi-media data to the user of the mobile device. 
     
     
         45 . The device according to  claim 41  wherein the transmission of a request for additional multi-media data is to a computer server system having additional multi-media data. 
     
     
         46 . The device according to  claim 41  wherein additional multi-media data is received from wireless broadcast by the mobile device and stored in the memory; optionally wherein the wireless broadcast is a commercial television or radio station broadcast. 
     
     
         47 . The device according to  claim 41  wherein the identity of the source multi-media content is directly wirelessly provided to the mobile device by a device used by the user to access the multi-media content; optionally wherein the device used by the user to access the multi-media content is one of the group of optically readable digital storage device player, television receiver, radio receiver, network accessible data storage device, game playing console. 
     
     
         48 . The device according to  claim 41  wherein the additional multi-media data includes one of the group consisting of, electronic programme guide, digital data voucher, digital data receipt, digital data token, digital data ticket, video data, audio data, text message data, picture data, advertisement, and URL. 
     
     
         49 . The device according to  claim 41  further including: a location determination mechanism wherein the determined location determines the additional multi-media data to be made available to the memory of the device, optionally wherein the location determination determines the additional multi-media data to be presented to the user by activation of either a check of the device memory for additional multi-media data and/or activation of the use of the one or more wireless communication mechanisms to transmit a request for additional multi-media data and receive additional multi-media data, and using the processor and memory of the mobile device to control the user interface mechanism to present content representative of the additional multi-media data to the user of the mobile device. 
     
     
         50 . The device according to  claim 41  wherein additional multi-media data is received from a device used by the user to access the multi-media data; optionally wherein the device used by the user to access the multi-media data is one of the group of optically readable digital storage device player, television receiver, radio receiver, network accessible data storage device, games console. 
     
     
         51 . The device according to  claim 41  where the mobile device, upon having access to additional multi-media data, using one or more of the mobile device communication mechanisms communicates the additional multi-media data to a device used by the user to access the multi-media data; optionally where the additional multi-media data is communicated in response to user interaction with the mobile devices user interface; optionally wherein the device used by the user to access the multimedia data is one of the group of optically readable digital storage device player, television receiver, radio receiver, network accessible data storage device, games console. 
     
     
         52 . The device according to  claim 41  where source multi-media data or additional multimedia data presented to the user of the mobile device as a result of user detection; optionally where the user detection includes the use of accelerometers, proximity sensors, capacitive sensors, heat sensors or video sensing. 
     
     
         53 . The device according to  claim 41  further including a camera usable with software to identify a user of the device. 
     
     
         54 . The device according to  claim 41  where the additional multimedia data presented to the user can accept user input from the user interface of the mobile device; optionally where the input from the user can be to “buy now” goods and services offered by the additional information; optionally where accessing a servers for data or content in response to “buy now” an external server accesses another external server. 
     
     
         55 . The device according  claim 41  where user input can initiate a data exchange between the mobile device and an external server or connected device using a wireless mechanism. 
     
     
         56 . The device according to  claim 41  where the additional multimedia data presented to the user includes an electronic program guide; optionally where the electronic program guide that uses the memory and processor to determine user preferences to display a portion of the electronic program guide. 
     
     
         57 . The device according to  claim 41  where the additional multi-media data includes adverts/messages/tokens which are stored in the memory of the mobile device for activation at some point in the future as a result of some trigger event; optionally where the trigger events include the time or location of the device or the elapsed time since receipt of the adverts/messages/tokens or an external trigger event message received by the mobile device; optionally where the received trigger is received from data or events carried on non broadcast networks such as wireless LAN, PAN, or Wide Area Networks; optionally where the received trigger is received from data from a radio broadcast such as DVB, DAB, FM RDS or other types of signals the presence of which can be detected and decoded using a suitably equipped device such as a TV, STB, radio, remote control or mobile device; optionally where the received trigger is received from a Small Message Service or instant messaging services. 
     
     
         58 . The device according to  claim 41  and further including: a voice recognition sensor, or gestures sensor, or optical human recognition arrangement. 
     
     
         59 . A system for controlling the presentation of content representative of the additional multi-media data associated at least temporally with source multi-media content, the source multi-media content being accessible by the user of the arrangement and the additional multi-media content being made available to a user of a mobile device, the system including: a mobile device having a processor, memory having some or none additional multi-media data, one or more wireless communication mechanisms, and a user interface mechanism which provides a user activated input for directly or indirectly identifying a source multi-media content accessible to the user and activation of either a check of the device memory for additional multi-media data and/or activation of the use of the one or more wireless communication mechanisms to transmit a request for additional multi-media content and receive additional multi-media data to be made available to the memory of the mobile device, and using the processor and memory of the mobile device to control the user interface mechanism to present content representative of the additional multi-media data to the user of the mobile device, and a remote digital data memory being a source of additional multi-media content accessible by the mobile device using one or more wireless communication mechanisms. 
     
     
         60 . The system according to  claim 59  where the mobile device is a controller of a controllable device being the device used by the user to access the multi-media data being at least one of the group of optically readable digital storage device player, television receiver, radio receiver, network accessible data storage device, games console; preferably where the remote digital data memory is associated with the device used by the user to access the multi-media data being at least one of the group consisting of optically readable digital storage device player, television receiver, radio receiver, network accessible data storage device, and games console; optionally where the remote digital data memory is associated with a data server.