CN101438587A - Method and apparatus for sharing TV content with a remote device - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for sharing TV content with a remote device Download PDF

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CN101438587A
CN101438587A CNA2006800545280A CN200680054528A CN101438587A CN 101438587 A CN101438587 A CN 101438587A CN A2006800545280 A CNA2006800545280 A CN A2006800545280A CN 200680054528 A CN200680054528 A CN 200680054528A CN 101438587 A CN101438587 A CN 101438587A
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    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
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    • H04N21/40Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
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Abstract

A method of sharing television (TV) content with a remote device includes receiving (100; 140) a signal or data representative of TV content. In response to a user command, the mobile phone (10) selects a portion of TV content to be sent to a remote device. A message including the selected TV content is created (110; 160) or otherwise triggered and sent to a remote device. The mobile phone (10) and associated application program (38) allows a user to share easily a TV moment while continuing to watch TV on the mobile phone (10).

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Be used for sharing the method and apparatus of TV content with remote-control device
Technical field
Present invention relates in general to portable communication appts, more specifically, relate to portable communication appts and the method for sharing the TV content with remote-control device.
Background technology
In recent years, the portable communication appts such as mobile phone, personal digital assistant, portable terminal etc. continues to popularize.Along with the lasting of portable communication appts popularized, along with mobile phone and network are strengthening so that feature and the business outside the voice communication to be provided, current wireless prospect changes hastily.Wireless industry is just experiencing the rapid expanding of mobile data services.In addition, the feature that is associated with the portable communication appts of particular type is just becoming more various.For example, a lot of portable communication appts have video camera, text messaging ability, internet browsing function, e-mail capability, video playback capability, audio playback capability, image display capability and hand-free wear-type receiver-transmitter interface.
Recently, some portable communication appts has been equipped with TV (TV) application program, and wherein, portable communication appts can receive the TV content and the user can watch the TV content on portable communication appts.
Summary of the invention
Consider above-mentioned situation, need a kind ofly comprise the portable communication appts of additional mobile data services and function and be used to provide the additional mobile data services and the application program of function, for example share the portable communication appts of TV content and the application program that is associated with remote-control device.
An aspect of of the present present invention relates to the method for sharing TV with remote-control device.This method may further comprise the steps: receiving step receives signal or the data of representing the TV content; Select step,, select the part that will send of described TV content in response to user command; And the triggering step, trigger Multimedia Message to send it to described remote-control device, wherein this Multimedia Message comprises the selected portion of described TV content.
According on the other hand, described triggering step may further comprise the steps: the Multimedia Message of creating the selected portion that comprises described TV content.
According on the other hand, described triggering step may further comprise the steps: carry out comprising the message of the selected portion of described TV content with transmission alternately with Multimedia Message transmitting and receiving service (MMS) application program.
According on the other hand, described Multimedia Message is MMS message or email message.
According on the other hand, the selected portion of described TV content comprises the snapshot of described TV content.
According on the other hand, described receiving step may further comprise the steps: receive the TV signal aloft, and this TV conversion of signals is become the TV video data.
According on the other hand, described receiving step may further comprise the steps: receive the stream video of representing the TV content.
According on the other hand, described method is further comprising the steps of: the selected portion that writes down described TV content.
According on the other hand, trigger Multimedia Message does not interrupt described TV content with the step that sends it to described remote-control device demonstration.
According on the other hand, described method is further comprising the steps of: last X minute of the TV content that storage automatically receives, wherein X is a predetermined value.
According on the other hand, described Multimedia Message comprises the last Y second of TV content that described user watches, and wherein Y is the optional value of predetermined value or user.
According on the other hand, described Multimedia Message comprises electronic program guides (EPG) data relevant with the TV content.
Another aspect of the present invention relates to the program that is stored on the machine readable media, this program is suitable for using in portable communication appts, wherein, when this program is loaded onto in the memory of described portable communication appts and carries out, make described portable communication appts carry out following steps: to receive signal or the data of representing the TV content; Select the part that will send to remote-control device of described TV content in response to user command; And send the Multimedia Message of the selected portion that comprises described TV content.
According on the other hand, described Multimedia Message is the message or the email message of MMS form.
According on the other hand, described program makes described portable communication appts automatically store last X minute of TV content of reception, and wherein X is a predetermined value.
According on the other hand, described program makes described portable communication appts send to comprise the Multimedia Message of last Y second of TV content that described user watches, and wherein Y is the optional value of predetermined value or user.
According on the other hand, described portable communication appts is a mobile phone.
According on the other hand, a kind of portable communication appts comprises memory and processor, described processor is carried out the application program in the described memory, and described application program makes described portable communication appts carry out following steps: receive signal or the data of representing the TV content; Select the part that will send to remote-control device of described TV content in response to user command; And send the Multimedia Message of the selected portion that comprises described TV content.
Another aspect of the present invention relates to a kind of portable communication appts, this portable communication appts comprises and is used for receiving signal or the receiver of data and the program that is stored in memory of representing the TV content, wherein, described procedure triggers Multimedia Message is sending it to remote-control device, and described Multimedia Message comprises that the user of described TV content selects part.
According on the other hand, described portable communication appts is a mobile phone.
With reference to following explanation and accompanying drawing, these and other features of the present invention will manifest.In these explanations and accompanying drawing, specific implementations of the present invention is at length disclosed, these specific implementations have been indicated some mode that can adopt principle of the present invention, but should be appreciated that the present invention is not subjected to corresponding restriction aspect scope.On the contrary, the present invention includes the spirit of claims and all variations, modification and the equivalent in the term scope.
Describe and/or illustrative feature can be used in one or more other execution modes and/or combined or replace the feature of other execution modes with the feature of other execution modes by same or analogous mode at execution mode.
Should emphasize that when using in this manual, term " comprises " existence that is used to specify described feature, integral body, step or parts, but not get rid of the existence or the interpolation of one or more other features, integral body, step or parts or its combination.
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With reference to following accompanying drawing a lot of aspects that the present invention may be better understood.Parts in the accompanying drawing may not be drawn in proportion, on the contrary, focus on clearly illustrating principle of the present invention.Equally, element of drawing in the width of cloth accompanying drawing and feature can be combined with element and the feature drawn in other accompanying drawings.And, in the accompanying drawings, in a few width of cloth figure, all represent corresponding component with same numeral.
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram that comprises the communication system of the portable communication appts of realizing feature of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of realizing the portable communication appts of feature of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a flow chart of representing the associative operation of portable communication appts according to the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is a flow chart of representing the associative operation of portable communication appts according to the embodiment of the present invention; And
Fig. 5 is a flow chart of representing the associative operation of portable communication appts according to the embodiment of the present invention.
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In the following detailed description, same parts is provided identical label, and no matter whether they shown in the different execution modes of the present invention.In order in clear and succinct mode the present invention to be described, accompanying drawing needn't be drawn in proportion, and special characteristic can illustrate with the form of certain signal.
When this uses, term " portable communication appts " comprises portable radio communication equipment.Term " portable radio communication equipment " after this can refer to mobile phone, mobile device, mobile radio terminal or portable terminal, it comprises all electronic equipments, includes but not limited to mobile phone, beep-pager, transmitter, is electronic organisers, smart phone, PDA(Personal Digital Assistant) etc.Although the present invention is discussed, should recognizes to the invention is not restricted to portable communication appts, and can be applied to the electronic equipment of any type that can use with TV (TV) application program at portable communication appts.
At first with reference to figure 1, communication system 10 comprises mobile network 12 (such as mobile cellular telephony network), and this mobile network 12 helps the communication (transmitting such as voice communication and/or data) between a plurality of portable communication appts 14 (such as mobile phone, portable terminal etc.).In a plurality of portable communication appts 14 at least one and communication system 10 for example are used to receive and handle the signal of representing the TV content and/or the suitable hardware and/or the application program of data supported the TV application program by comprising.For the discussion purpose that comprises herein, with one or more other portable communication appts or some other remote-control device share perhaps otherwise send in the TV TV content aspect portable communication appts 14 is described.
Communication system 10 comprises network infrastructure 18, and its part is used or otherwise inserted by the portable communication appts relevant with feature of the present invention.Portable communication appts 14 can come mutual and/or mutual with network infrastructure each other according to any suitable communication standard, and described communication standard includes but not limited to Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS), Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service (D-AMPS), general packet radio service (GPRS), global mobile communication system (UMTS), global system for mobile communications (GSM), code division multiple access (CDMA), ip voice (VoIP), session initiation protocol (SIP), wireless lan (wlan) etc.In other words, the communication system shown in Fig. 1 is to be used to illustrate feature of the present invention, rather than limits the invention to particular communications system design, framework or communication standard.
Network infrastructure 18 comprises one or more apps server and the storage device 22 (such as being used for the memory of data that application storing server 20 can be visited or can otherwise be used) of being indicated by label 20 generally.Network infrastructure 18 shown in Fig. 1 comprises TV apps server 24 and Multimedia Message transmitting and receiving service center (MMSC) 26, TV apps server 24 for example is to be applicable to the apps server that the TV content is provided to portable communication appts 14, and Multimedia Message transmitting and receiving service center (MMSC) 26 is used for the exchange of the message (also abbreviating MMS message as) of Multimedia Message transmitting and receiving service (MMS) form.Should recognize, the TV apps server can comprise TV network or infrastructure arbitrarily, includes but not limited to digital video broadcast-terrestrial (DVB-T), handheld digital video broadcasting (DVB-H), T-DMB (T-DMB), digital multimedia TV broad cast (DMB-T), integrated service DTB Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting (ISDB-T), multimedia broadcast/multi broadcast business (MBMS), 3G stream, medium FLO etc.The application server 20 that comprises TV apps server 24 and MMSC26 is the computer servers that play difference in functionality in communication system.As described in more detail below, one or more portable communication appts 14 can be operated to share fast or otherwise to send the TV fragment that the user selects to remote-control device apace.
Fig. 2 shows the FBD (function block diagram) of the portable communication appts 14 of the feature according to the present invention.Portable communication appts 14 comprises the controller 30 of the integrated operation that is used to control portable communication appts.Controller 30 can be on any market available or the customization processor.Memory 32 is operably connected to control program and the data that processor 30 uses with the storage portable communication appts.Memory 32 representative comprises whole levels of the storage device of the software that is used to implement the function of the portable communication appts of feature according to the present invention and data.
In said embodiment, memory 32 storage device drive 34 (for example, the I/O device driver), application program (comprising TV application program 36, TV share application 38 (being also referred to as TV shared processing device)), messaging applications 40 are (for example, the application program that helps the exchange of MMS message, Email etc.) and application data 42, comprise wherein can store the TV content part to be used for one or more storage buffer 44 of time shift visit.The I/O device driver comprises that the program of being employed (comprising TV share application 38) is by processor 30 (or by being stored in the operating system (not shown) in the memory 32) the visit software routine to communicate with device and other input/output end ports such as display 42.
The application program that comprises TV share application 38 comprises the program of the various characteristics (such as Email, internet access, contact manager etc.) of realizing portable communication appts 14.As following discussed in detail, TV share application 38 comprises the program that is easy to share fast or otherwise send with remote-control device (for example, another portable communication appts, remote computer etc.) the TV fragment of user's selection.
In view of description provided herein, computer programming field, the particularly technical staff in mobile telephone application programming field can think, how mobile phone is programmed so that its operation and to carry out function described herein be clearly at TV share application 38 (and between TV share application 38 and other application programs (for example, TV application program 36 and messaging applications 40) mutual arbitrarily).Therefore, for for purpose of brevity, omit the specific procedure code herein.And, although according to feature of the present invention, realize the TV sharing functionality via the TV share application 38 in processor 30 and the memory 32 (combining separately or with other application programs), but, under the situation that does not depart from scope of the present invention, this function also can make up via specialized hardware, firmware, software or its and realize.
Continuation is with reference to figure 2, and processor 30 and display 46, user interface section 48, transmitter/receiver 50 (being commonly referred to transceiver) and audio frequency processing circuit (such as audio process 52, for example, audio frequency processing circuit) carry out alternately.In illustrated execution mode, user interface section 48 comprises or is operably connected to keypad 54.Certainly, user interface section can comprise permission user and mutual other actuators or the input unit of mobile phone.For example, keypad 54 allows subscriber dialing, keys in order and data and selection option.Display 46 allows users to watch various information, such as the numeral of broadcasting, canned data and from the output of (comprising TV and TV share application 36 and 38) of various application programs.
Optionally, mobile phone comprises TV receiving element 60, and this TV receiving element 60 comprises suitable antenna 62.In the present embodiment, TV receiving element 60 and antenna 62 help to receive the TV signal of aerial transmission.TV receiving element 60 extracts suitable TV picture signal individually or with TV application program 36 from the TV signal of aerial transmission.In another execution mode (wherein mobile phone can comprise or not comprise TV receiving element 60 and antenna 62), mobile phone for example can utilize TV apps server 24 (Fig. 1), receives the signal data that flows the representative TV content that sends or otherwise send from remote location.
The same with usual manner, antenna 64 is connected to transmitter/receiver 50 so that transmitter/receiver 50 sends and received signal via antenna 64.Portable communication appts 14 comprises audio process 52, and audio process 52 is used to handle by transmitter/receiver 46 and sends and from the audio signal of its reception (and/or TV receiving element 60 and antenna 62 receive signal).What be connected with audio process 52 is loud speaker 66 and microphone 68, and they make the user to listen to and speak via portable communication appts.
Although purpose for simplified illustration, flow chart among Fig. 3-5 comprises the series of steps or the functional block of one or more feature of the associative operation of representing portable communication appts 14, but be to be understood that and recognize, feature of the present invention is not limited to the order of these steps or functional block, according to feature of the present invention, some step or functional block can occur in sequence and/or take place simultaneously with other steps or functional block by different with the order that illustrates and describe herein.And, the method that does not need step shown in all of aspects of relevant operation or functional block to implement feature according to the present invention.And, under the situation that does not depart from scope of the present invention, can add the additional step or the functional block of aspects of relevant operation.
Turn to Fig. 3 now, the method for sharing TV content (for example part of TV fragment, TV program, TV snapshot etc.) is in functional block 100 beginnings, and in functional block 100, mobile phone receives the TV data.In one embodiment, receive the TV data and comprise the TV signal that for example uses antenna 62 and TV receiving element 60 (Fig. 2) to receive aerial transmission.The mobile phone software and hardware can carry out alternately to extract suitable TV picture signal from the TV signal of aerial transmission.Alternatively, receive the TV data and can comprise that mode with stream video or time shift is from suitable content source (for example, TV apps server 24 or TV network (Fig. 1)) receiving video data signal.When the user when the data represented TV content of the TV that watches reception (for example TV program), in functional block 105, mobile phone can receive request to send TV moment (for example the user is in the TV fragment or the part of the TV program of watching, or the snapshot of viewed TV performance) from the user.By pressing or otherwise activate the suitable button on the mobile phone, for example by pressing special-purpose " transmission TV moment " button or pressing other suitable soft keys, the user can send signal or otherwise order mobile phone to start the function that the TV shared routing provides.
In functional block 110, create or otherwise trigger and comprise the TV moment that the user selects or the message of TV fragment.In one embodiment, the MMS message that comprises TV moment, fragment or content that the user selects is created or otherwise triggered to mobile phone.Alternatively, mobile phone is created the Multimedia Message of another type of the TV fragment with user's selection, such as email message.Should recognize, TV share application 38 can work independently or with suitable messaging applications (for example, on the mobile phone or otherwise be programmed into message application in the mobile phone) in conjunction with work.
In one embodiment, when having received the user command that sends TV moment, TV fragment etc., the suitable Multimedia Message of the TV moment that comprises that the last X that watched by the user forms second will be created or otherwise be triggered to mobile phone automatically.In one embodiment, fragment is made up of the preset time section, for example, last 10 seconds, last 20 seconds, last 40 seconds etc.Alternatively, when having received the user command that sends TV moment, the TV share application can point out the user to key in the length of the TV fragment that should send by Multimedia Message.Because mobile phone carried out buffer memory (for example, consistent with the time shift of TV content) to last Y minute of the TV content usually, so the TV content that can be implemented on this point is shared.Mobile phone can allow to send the message that comprises required TV fragment when the user continues to watch TV on mobile phone, for example Multimedia Message.
With reference now to Fig. 4,, the method for sharing TV content (for example the part of TV fragment, TV program etc.) starts from functional block 120, in functional block 120, and mobile phone record TV data.In one embodiment, the TV data of record are corresponding to the view data from the TV signal extraction of aerial transmission.Alternatively, stream or other video datas that provides from suitable content source (for example, TV apps server) sends record TV data.In functional block 125, mobile phone receives the retrieval TV request of moment from the user.The order of retrieval TV moment or TV fragment can be provided when watching the TV program of precedence record the user in one embodiment.Alternatively, the user can order mobile phone that the menu of the TV fragment of precedence record is provided.In functional block 130, the message that will send that comprises required TV moment or TV fragment, for example Multimedia Message are created or otherwise triggered to mobile phone.Discuss with reference to figure 3 as top, create or otherwise trigger Multimedia Message to include but not limited to MMS message, email message etc.
With reference now to Fig. 5,, provides the illustrative embodiments of sharing the method for TV content with remote-control device.This method starts from functional block 140, receives the TV data at functional block 140 mobile phones.As discussed above, receive the TV data and can be included in aerial reception TV signal and signal extraction TV view data aloft from receiving.Alternatively, receiving the TV data can comprise by the video data signal of the form that flows from content source (for example, TV apps server).In functional block 145, the user has TV program or its a part of option of recorder.If the user wishes to write down certain part or all of TV program, then the user can order mobile phone to store TV program (functional block 150) in memory.No matter whether the user wishes to write down the TV program, in functional block 155, the user has the option that sends the TV fragment.Described fragment can be based on the TV data (for example, its part will be stored in the suitable storage buffer) that receive, perhaps from the TV program or its part that write down or otherwise be stored in the memory.If the user wishes to send the TV fragment, then the message that comprises required TV fragment, for example Multimedia Message (functional block 160) will be created or otherwise be triggered to mobile phone.As mentioned above, Multimedia Message can comprise message, email message of MMS form etc.
Although described the present invention, should recognize that method described herein can be applicable to share other media contents, the video content that includes but not limited to receive or write down in advance, image, audio content, data file etc. at the situation of sharing the TV content.In addition, as mentioned above, creating or otherwise trigger the message with TV fragment can comprise triggering or point out any other application programs (for example loading or otherwise operate in the messaging applications on the mobile phone) to take suitable behavior according to the function that the application-specific with triggering is associated.
In one embodiment, the message (for example Multimedia Message) that comprises required TV fragment can send with other information or data.For example, each Multimedia Message can comprise with this Multimedia Message in the relevant information of TV fragment that sends.This information can comprise from the information of the electronic program guides corresponding with the transmission program (EPG) or the part of this electronic program guides (EPG).Suitable EPG information can comprise the simple description of the initial time and date of playing of programm name, program, program or the part of the program that sent etc.
Should recognize to have a shared TV fragment and do not interrupt the user and watch the mobile phone of the function of TV program to provide the additional convenience and the function of cellular phone of enhancing for the user.The meaning of execution mode described herein for instance but without limits, the user may wish individually or with message (such as " you should look at this program; It is showed ") send funny fragment together to friend.Alternatively, by send the TV fragment when watching the TV program, the user can share this fragment in the TV fragment when he is fresh.Can prove this TV sharing functionality for avoid the user to friend says " you saw the performance of that madness last night just at the right time? " be useful.On the contrary, the user can share the TV fragment, say " you have seen that I issue fragment of your that mad performance expression last night? "
The method and apparatus that persons of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that reference example execution mode description herein will have expection various other application within the scope of the present invention.
One of skill in the art will appreciate that computer program elements of the present invention and/or electric circuit element can be implemented as hardware and/or software (comprising firmware, resident software, microcode etc.).The present invention can take the form of computer program, this computer program can by computer can with or computer-readable recording medium realize, this computer can with or computer-readable recording medium in this medium, have computer can with or computer-readable program command, " code " or " computer program ", to use by instruction execution system or the combined command executive system is used.In the linguistic context of this document, computer can with or computer-readable medium can be can comprise, storage, transmission, propagation or transmission procedure with by or any medium of using of combined command executive system, device or equipment.Computer can with or computer-readable medium for example can be but be not limited to electricity, magnetic, light, electromagnetism, infrared or semiconductor system, device, equipment or such as the propagation medium of internet.Note, computer can with or computer-readable medium even can be to print paper or other the suitable media that program is arranged on it, because can be for example by to the optical scanner of paper or other media and electronics obtains this program, then it is compiled, explains or otherwise processed in a suitable manner.Computer program described here and any software and hardware have formed the various devices of the function of the present invention that is used for carrying out example embodiment.
The specific embodiment of the present invention is disclosed at this.Those skilled in the art will readily recognize that the present invention can have other application in other environment.In fact, many execution modes and implementation all are fine.Claims are in no way intended to limit the scope of the present invention to above-mentioned embodiment.In addition, to " be used for ... device " any statement all be in order to cause that the device about element and claim adds the understanding of function, yet, even claim otherwise comprises word " device ", not special use statement " be used for ... device " element be not to be intended to be understood that device adds the element of function.
Although illustrate and described the present invention at specific preferred implementation, clearly, according to reading and the understanding to this specification and accompanying drawing, others skilled in the art will expect the variation and the modification of equivalence easily.Specifically, for the various functions of carrying out by above-described element (parts, assembly, equipment, member etc.), unless point out separately, otherwise the term (comprise and mention " device ") that is used for describing these elements is intended to any element (even different with the disclosed structure of carrying out the function of the exemplary embodiment of the invention of explanation here on the structure) corresponding to the appointed function (being to be equal on the function) of carrying out described element.In addition, though below only at several illustrate in the execution mode only one or more has described concrete feature of the present invention, but described feature can make up with one or more other features in other execution modes, and this may be desirable for any given or concrete the application and be favourable.

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1. share the method for TV content with remote-control device for one kind, this method may further comprise the steps:
Receiving step receives signal or the data (100 of representing the TV content; 140);
Select step,, select the part that will send (105 of described TV content in response to user command; 155); And
Trigger step, trigger Multimedia Message to send it to described remote-control device (110; 160), this Multimedia Message comprises the selected portion of described TV content.
2. method according to claim 1, wherein, described triggering step may further comprise the steps: the Multimedia Message (110 of creating the selected portion that comprises described TV content; 160).
3. according to claim 1 or the described method of claim 2, wherein, described triggering step (110; 160) may further comprise the steps: carry out comprising the message of the selected portion of described TV content with transmission alternately with Multimedia Message transmitting and receiving service (MMS) application program.
4. according to each the described method in the claim 1 to 3, wherein, described Multimedia Message is MMS message or email message.
5. according to each the described method in the claim 1 to 4, wherein, the selected portion of described TV content comprises the snapshot of described TV content.
6. according to each the described method in the claim 1 to 5, wherein, described receiving step (100; 140) may further comprise the steps: receive the TV signal aloft, and this TV conversion of signals is become the TV video data.
7. according to each the described method in the claim 1 to 6, wherein, described receiving step (100; 140) may further comprise the steps: receive the stream video of representing the TV content.
8. according to each the described method in the claim 1 to 7, described method is further comprising the steps of: the selected portion of record (150) described TV content.
9. according to each the described method in the claim 1 to 8, described method is further comprising the steps of: last X minute of the TV content that storage automatically receives, wherein X is a predetermined value.
10. method according to claim 9, wherein, described Multimedia Message comprises the last Y second of TV content that described user watches, wherein Y is the optional value of predetermined value or user.
11. a portable communication appts (10), this portable communication appts (10) comprising:
Receiver (60,62), it is used to receive signal or the data of representing the TV content;
Be stored in the program (38) in the memory (32), wherein, described procedure triggers Multimedia Message (110; 160) to send it to remote-control device, described Multimedia Message comprises that the user of described TV content selects part.
12. portable communication appts according to claim 11 (10), wherein, described portable communication appts is a mobile phone.
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