Patents
US 10489096 B2: Information apparatus and application for receiving digital content from a digital content service over the internet and for playing at least part of the received digital content at an output device
- Granted
- 2019-11-26
- Filed
- 2017-10-18 application 15787067
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Information apparatus (e.g., smart phone, Internet appliances, information pad, display devices) with software applications for receiving digital content from a service provided over a network (e.g., Internet) and for wirelessly playing at least part of the received digital content at a wireless output device (e.g., a Bluetooth enabled device) are herein disclosed and enabled. To receive and play the digital content, the software applications may obtain authentication information for accessing the service, receive a list of one or more digital content that is available from the service for selection on a touch sensitive screen, receive selected digital content from the list displayed on the touch sensitive screen, receive output data from the service related to the selected digital content, and then either play audio data related to the received output data at a speaker of the information apparatus or wirelessly play the audio data at the wireless output device.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg191126.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. 76 patents | US company or organization | Vancouver, WA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Ho Chang | Vancouver, WA | 85 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Christina Ying Liu | San Francisco, CA | 71 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F3/126 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q20/102 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04L | Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication | H04L12/2805 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-25 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CHANG, WILLIAM HO signed 2001-11-18 LIU, CHRISTINA YING signed 2001-11-18 | FLEXIWORLD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. VANCOUVER, WA | 45907/890 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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