Accessory for electronic device including broadcast signal tuner
Inventors
Gorman, Daphne I. • El-Hassan, Wassim
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-12477167-B2
Publication Date
2025-11-18
Expiration Date
Abstract
A stylus usable with an electronic device to provide an input to the electronic device, may include a stylus body, a battery within the stylus body, a first antenna configured to receive a broadcast signal, the broadcast signal including video content, a second antenna configured to communicate with a remote electronic device via a wireless communication protocol, and a processing system configured to receive the broadcast signal from the antenna, demodulate the broadcast signal to produce a digital content signal including the video content, encode the digital content signal according to the wireless communication protocol to produce an encoded digital content signal, and send to the remote electronic device, via the second antenna, the encoded digital content signal.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to a stylus usable with an electronic device to provide an input to the electronic device while receiving and relaying broadcast video content. The stylus includes a processing system within the stylus body that receives a first broadcast signal from a first antenna and demodulates the first broadcast signal to produce a first digital content signal including first video content, and receives a second broadcast signal and partially demodulates the second broadcast signal to produce a partially demodulated second digital content signal including second video content.
A communication system within the stylus body encodes the first digital content signal according to a wireless communication protocol to produce an encoded first digital content signal, and encodes the partially demodulated second digital content signal according to the wireless communication protocol to produce an encoded partially demodulated second digital content signal. The stylus sends both encoded signals to the remote electronic device via a second antenna, so that the electronic device receives both the fully demodulated and partially demodulated video content.
In related aspects, an electronic device system includes an electronic device with a housing, a display, and a cover, together with an accessory removably coupled to the electronic device. The accessory has an attachment mechanism, a first antenna configured to receive two different broadcast signals encoded according to different broadcast protocols, and a second antenna configured to communicate with the electronic device via a wireless communication protocol, and is configured to demodulate one broadcast signal, partially demodulate the other, encode the digital content signals according to the wireless communication protocol, and send both encoded signals to the electronic device.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims are directed to a stylus and an accessory/electronic device system that receive two different broadcast signals, demodulate one fully and the other partially, encode both for wireless communication, and send both encoded streams to an electronic device. The inventive features include multi-protocol broadcast reception for video content, demodulation and partial demodulation at the accessory, and wireless encoding and sending of both resulting digital content signals to a remote electronic device.
Stylus with dual broadcast reception and full/partial demodulation
A stylus usable with an electronic device to provide an input to the electronic device comprising a stylus body and a first antenna configured to receive a first broadcast signal encoded according to a first broadcast protocol including first video content and a second broadcast signal encoded according to a second broadcast protocol different from the first broadcast protocol including second video content, where the processing system within the stylus body receives the first broadcast signal and demodulates the first broadcast signal to produce a first digital content signal including the first video content, and receives the second broadcast signal and partially demodulates the second broadcast signal to produce a partially demodulated second digital content signal, and where a communication system encodes the first digital content signal and the partially demodulated second digital content signal according to the wireless communication protocol and sends to the remote electronic device via the second antenna the encoded first digital content signal and the encoded partially demodulated second digital content signal.
Electronic device system with accessory relaying full and partial broadcast video
An electronic device system comprising an electronic device and an accessory removably coupled to the electronic device, where the accessory includes an attachment mechanism, a first antenna configured to receive a first broadcast signal encoded according to a first broadcast protocol including first video content and a second broadcast signal encoded according to a second broadcast protocol different from the first broadcast protocol including second video content, and a second antenna configured to communicate with the electronic device, and where a processing system is configured to demodulate the first broadcast signal to produce a first digital content signal including the first video content and partially demodulate the second broadcast signal to produce a partially demodulated second digital content signal, and encode the first digital content signal and the partially demodulated second digital content signal according to a wireless communication protocol and send to the electronic device via the second antenna the encoded first digital content signal and the encoded partially demodulated second digital content signal.
Accessory with dual broadcast reception, full/partial demodulation, and wireless sending
An accessory for use with an electronic device comprising a housing, an attachment mechanism configured to removably attach the accessory to an electronic device, a processing system within the housing, a first antenna configured to receive a first broadcast signal encoded according to a first broadcast protocol including first video content and a second broadcast signal encoded according to a second broadcast protocol different from the first broadcast protocol including second video content, and a second antenna configured to communicate with the electronic device via a wireless communication protocol, where the processing system receives the first broadcast signal from the first antenna and demodulates the first broadcast signal to produce a first digital content signal including the first video content, receives the second broadcast signal and partially demodulates the second broadcast signal to produce a partially demodulated second digital content signal, encodes the first digital content signal and the partially demodulated second digital content signal according to the wireless communication protocol to produce an encoded first digital content signal and an encoded partially demodulated second digital content signal, and sends to the electronic device via the second antenna the encoded first digital content signal and the encoded partially demodulated second digital content signal.
Across the independent claims, the core claim coverage centers on receiving two broadcast signals encoded according to different broadcast protocols that each include respective video content, demodulating one to a first digital content signal and partially demodulating the other to a partially demodulated second digital content signal, encoding both according to a wireless communication protocol, and sending both encoded signals to an electronic device via a second antenna.
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