Patents
US 10866773 B2: Information apparatus for playing digital content that is received from a digital content service provided over the internet
- Granted
- 2020-12-15
- Filed
- 2018-12-10 application 16215506
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An information apparatus (e.g., Internet appliance, information pad, digital camera, video camera, etc.), or software applications of the information apparatus, supporting voice commands for receiving and playing digital content from a service provided over a network (e.g., Internet) are herein disclosed and enabled. The information apparatus may establish a wireless local area network connection to access a service over the Internet. The service may be a subscribed service. While connected to the service, the information apparatus may capture, using a digital capturing device included in the information apparatus, digital content that includes image or video content; send the captured digital content to the service; and, in response to having sent the digital content to the service, the information apparatus may receive, from the service, output data that includes audio content or video content for outputting or playing at a display device associated with the information apparatus.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg201215.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
No recorded assignments or security interests on file for this patent.
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