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Searching method and mobile device using the method

US8776141B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 20, 2012
Grant dateJul 8, 2014
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Expiry dateJul 16, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/47815
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of controlling a mobile device and which includes wirelessly communicating, via a wireless communication unit of the mobile terminal, with an external reproduction device reproducing content on a display of the reproduction device; inputting, via an input unit of the mobile terminal, a search request requesting information about at least one item identifiable in the reproducing content; searching, via a controller of the mobile terminal, the information about said at least one item; and displaying, on a display unit of the mobile terminal, the information found during the search.

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