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1. LI I t ARM7TOMI S 1 21 1 Coriri 1 is D uou rs i ARM tecai Bus j 3 Advanced Bus i 1254 P nx SRAM intemal Flash 235 RHB Controles Conreier DN Decoder 0 2727 222 236 257 1 wea divas TUUS AHB to VPB VPB 215 i SRAM Bridge Divider 3 4 i i 225 228 Peripheral Bus 24 1 LI ENDO Extemal 2 Serial Interrupts Interfaces 0 and 1 SOARS i 225 SCA 3 een SESS ines gary Serial lini 081 226 di TS ADOTO 246 Teni AID Converters UARTO amp 1 ii p Ana D and 12 221 Ps m Dn 1 3 247 Real Ti RICI As Converter i pos y 5 tat 7228 EE IE 24g i General 277 Watchdog o Purpose i Tirner 2 2 4 i 2 i tg 19 System i i Control FIG 2 Patent Application Publication Feb 22 2007 Sheet 3 of 6 US 2007 0042806 A1 CxF FFF FFFF AH Peripherals 222 0000 VPB 8 000 0550 GxCGCry 0000 Reserved Address Space 058000 0000 Reserved Address Space Ox4000 3000 0 4000 7FFF dx4000 4000 054000 16 kB On Chip Static RAM 2132 18 ke Ort Chip State RAM K 000 2009 8 kB On Chip Static RAM LPC2131 054000 0 4000 0000 Reserved Address Space 32 XB On Chip State RAM LPC2128 0 0008 2000 0 0007 FRFF 0 0050
2. SUNY osL 1408 2 4 O3GIA IVAN 1195 49 ouo2 GIT V S 2S X 1313 oL TOL US 2007 0042806 A1 TETHERED DIGITAL BUTLER CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD RELATED APPLICATIONS 0001 This application claims the benefit of and priority to U S Provisional Application No 60 709 666 filed Aug 19 2005 by inventor Robert Stepanian entitled TETH ERED DIGITAL BUTLER CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD This application is related to U S Design Pat Application Nos 29 236 023 29 236 022 and 29 236 022 filed on Aug 10 2005 by inventors Phoebe Ng Robert Stepanian and Allison S Conner entitled NAVIGATION BUTTON ARRAY FOR REMOTE CON TROL HOUSING REMOTE CONTROL HOUSING and CONSOLE HOUSING The provisional and related design applications are incorporated by reference BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 0002 The present invention relates to a tethered digital butler consumer electronics product and method The teth ered digital butler of a price and form factor suitable for consumer electronics markets of developed and developing countries includes a communications and multi media con sole and a wireless remote The remote may resemble a handheld personal computer HPC a palm held personal computer PPC or PDA or a smart phone but has a low cost and feature set supported by the console that is novel in the
3. the palm held remote further integrates a fingerprint reader and invokes glue logic running on the media center that is adapted to connect fingerprint reader data to an authen tication module 11 The remote control of claim 9 wherein the palm held remote further integrates a camera and invokes glue logic running on the media center that is adapted to connect camera data to a video conferencing module 12 A multi media and communications system includ ing a palm held remote and a bread box or smaller sized console in wireless commu nication with the remote wherein the palm held remote integrates at least a fingerprint reader a speaker microphone and volume control adapted for use as a telephone a display at least capable of showing a telephone number a cursor control and trigger adapted to select and control resources of the console a compact keypad including numeric keys usable for telephone dialing the compact keypad further including alphabetic keys usable for messaging wherein the bread box or smaller sized console integrates at least a DVD CD player a network port and logic and resources adapted to authenticate users of the palm held remote and person alize their telephone network connection and their messaging based on fingerprints received from the palm held remote connect the palm held remote to the telephone network send and receive messages across a communications network di
4. 0095 A standard off the shelf Bluetooth module 633 is available module with USB interface The module may be connected to the USB port available on the motherboard header The module will be connected to the host system by the USB port available on the motherboard header The modules built around CSR chipset may be suitable 0096 power supply used may be a standard mini ITX power supply A standard 12 volts DC power module also can be used for this purpose The power supply board includes DC DC converters to provide output voltages of 12V 12V 3 3V and 45V DC similar to power supply These power supply tapping is used in the carrier board to supply power to the add on modules such as socket modem WLAN and Bluetooth modules Console software 0097 0098 A Linux core runs on the VIA Eden processor The module drivers loaded on the OS core takes control the peripheral devices A dedicated software application running parses data received wirelessly such as over Bluetooth It also redirects the data to corresponding modules Modules Introduction 0099 modem connected with the host system moth erboard is used to make the dial up connections This makes the socket modem module as a portable one 0100 the console or host system processor side the serial driver initializes and configures the serial port baud rate equal to the modem baud rate appropriate modem driver is loaded to m
5. General Purpose Computer TV Set Top Box w optional personal video recorder PVR Terrestrial Cable Satellite IP Messaging console one or any combo Text SMS Webpages Voice Landline cell IP Video Network Port TV and or Monitor Out Optionally Hard Drive Media Card Reader non volatile memory CD DVD Writable versions possible Wireless network router 0104 Supported by the hand held remote one or any combination of the following Fingerprint Optional Speaker Mic Vol control Display Cursor Control Thumb board Alphanumeric Feb 22 2007 0105 Applied to the following services Communication including Phone LL Cell IP Internet email and text voice video messenger Entertainment including Multimedia apps including PVR DVD Video Photo Music Radio and Games Productivity apps such as a personal information manager PIM contacts calendar editor Some Particular Embodiments 0106 The present invention may be practiced as a method or device adapted to practice the method The same method can be viewed from the perspective of a console adapted for use with a remote a remote adapted to control a console or a combination of console and remote 0107 While the present invention is disclosed by refer ence to the preferred embodiments and examples detailed above it is understood that these examples are intended in an illustrative rather than in a limiting sense Computer assi
6. USB wakeup and detach sideband signals supported Direct Memory Access DMA for low overhead USB control 0072 The general purpose I O features Sixteen individually programmable general purpose I O Configurable for UART wake up hand shaking Base band and CPU activity indication USB UART mode select Each GPIO can be used as interrupt 0073 The pulse code modulator support includes PCM interface for audio applications PCM OUT PCM IN PCM CLK and PCM SYNC Linear u Law and A Law codes supported Interface to OKI MSM 7732 01 and OKI 7716 codec US 2007 0042806 A1 Direct Memory Access DMA for low overhead PCM control 0074 12 MHZ crystal serves as the primary clock crystal 0075 FIG 5 shows the ZV4301 to other CPU and peripheral interfaces The ZV4301 is interfaced with the main processor LPC2132 100 through the UART port The 8 Mb Flash memory AT49BV802A 501 is interfaced with ZV4301 through the external bus interface The single rail linear codec 141 is interfaced with the ZV4301 through the PCM interface 0076 Debugging of the remote is supported by JTAG header and BDM header is used in the board for the debugging purposes This section gives the details of the JTAG header and BDM header 0077 The processor complies with the IEEE 1149 1A JTAG testing standard The JTAG test pins are multiplexed with background debug pins 0078 The system is fed with 5 volts input power The input
7. are empha sized in this application One will recognize that the features discussed can be combined in many ways while remaining faithful to the tethered digital butler concept In a first embodiment of the tethered digital butler the palm held remote allows a user to select among and use logic and resources of a bread box or smaller sized console to authen ticate users from a fingerprint reader on the remote to personalize the user s telephone and internet browsing expe riences to connect the user to a telephone network consis US 2007 0042806 A1 tent with the user s authentication and to control multi media features such as channel control volume control DVD CD playback control and digitally stored music access and playback In this embodiment the palm held remote integrates at least a fingerprint reader a speaker microphone and volume control adapted for use as a tele phone a display at least capable of showing a telephone number a cursor control and trigger adapted to select and control resources of the console a compact keypad includ ing numeric keys usable for telephone dialing the compact keypad further including alphabetic keys usable for web browsing The bread box or smaller sized console integrates at least a DVD CD player a network port and logic and resources adapted to authenticate users of the palm held remote and personalize their telephone network connection and their Internet browsing based on fingerprint
8. be packaged separately from a console and sold to 51 Int CI interact with capabilities of a communications and multi p H04B 1 38 2006 01 media console from a different source such as one running H04M 1 00 2006 01 on a Windows OS X or Linux platform 100 151 i2 1 m TET i SENSOR PARALLEL PORT TT 151 122 132 p mua d ZEEVO 2V4301 P 1 i cos 3 4 LPC 2132 i i 25 P 155 eon POWER FROM 12 124 134 de 2 3 6V NINN _ Ns E Reset Input 33vnEG H BUCK BOOST US 2007 0042806 A1 Patent Application Publication Feb 22 2007 Sheet 1 of 6 lee n et a i DIN TA Ih PS 1 wd TU d anaon seil bos _ votvaz 2 43 useiiaws ia Sls dul 32525 Laod 1311Ya vd 933 H9IH ldS oot ozi d ACE E LSOOBMONG i PM hT d 1 MOVIL el 133711034 1NO2 pi QOHVOSA3M 6541684 YOSNAS WU e LZ UN WNHIN AS Adds aves woud Patent Application Publication Feb 22 2007 Sheet 2 of 6 US 2007 0042806 A1 J 251 585 232
9. clock frequency lower clock frequency for the same performance results in power savings and reduced EMI 0049 2 4 V to 3 6 V VDD operating range I O pins are 5 V tolerant 8 kB flash code memory with 1 kB sectors and 64 byte page size Byte erase allowing code memory to be used for data storage Flash program operation completes in 2 ms 256 byte RAM data memory Real time clock that can also be used as a system timer Enhanced UART with fractional baud rate generator break detect framing error detection automatic address detection and versatile interrupt capabilities 400 kHz byte wide 12C bus communication port Eight keypad interrupt inputs plus two additional external interrupt inputs Four interrupt priority levels 0050 On chip power on reset allows operation without external reset components A reset counter and reset glitch suppression circuitry prevent spurious and incomplete resets software reset function is also available 0051 The keypad 8 13 matrix 406 is connected to the GPIO lines of P89LPC931 micro controller 404 The keypad has 8 return lines and 13 scan lines The return lines are connected to the keyboard port of the P89LPC931 micro controller The P89LPC931 is connected to the main pro cessor LPC2132 through the 12C bus to minimize the number of pins on the main processor 0052 The custom software is loaded into the flash pro gram memory of the P89LPC931 micro controller whic
10. developed for mobile remote PDA notebook PC and hand held device applications It includes two perpendicular rollers actuated by friction on the ball and two spring contacts which generate by contact closing and opening the electrical pulses and a light tactile effect click at each pulse A switch called Select is integrated in the trackball Optimally two LEDs can be included with the trackball and driven accord ing to the wishes of the user Several tactile effects can be obtained according to the number of tooth integrated in the gear axle the standard resolution is 12 pulses per ball rotation When the Trackball is activated its relative posi tion changes are analyzed in two directions X and Y The two perpendicular rollers are actuated by friction on the ball During their revolution the rollers activate two spring contacts which generate by contact closing and opening the electrical pulses 0058 To track the ball movements a simple electronic device tied to the direction contacts converts the vertical and horizontal displacements of the both perpendicular rollers in logical levels of X axis and Y axis displacements Some pull up resistors or respectively pull down resistors are tied to the axis direction contacts while the common contact is tied to the ground or respectively to the power supply potential The change in state interrupts the main LPC2132 processor 100 The output pulse frequency is directly propo
11. execution One 8 channel 10 bit A D converters 226 provides a total of up to 16 analog inputs with conversion times as low as 244 us per channel Single 10 bit D A converter 227 provides variable analog output Two 32 bit timers counters with four capture and four compare channels each 225 PWM unit six outputs 225 and watchdog 248 Feb 22 2007 Main CPU 60 MHz 64 Kb flash 16 Kb 8051 MCU compatible with 8 KB flash 28 32 graphics parallel serial LCD Miniature all directional scanning switch Fingertip sensor with SPI interfaces Bluetooth SOC with UART interface Bluetooth SOC Flash 8 Mb Micro power synchronous 600 ma Buck Boost Dc DC converter 0035 Real time clock 247 equipped with independent power and clock supply permitting extremely low power consumption in power save modes Multiple serial inter faces including two UART 16C550 246 two Fast 12C bus 400 Kb s 244 SPI and SSP 245 with buffering and variable data length capabilities Vectored interrupt controller 253 with configurable priori ties and vector addresses Up to 47 5 V tolerant general purpose I O pins 228 in tiny LQFP64 package Up to nine edge or level sensitive external interrupt pins 224 available 60 MHz maximum CPU clock available from programmable on chip PLL 241 On chip crystal oscillator with an operating range of 1 MHz to 30 MHz Power saving modes include idle and Power down Individual enable
12. following features Direction control of individual bits Separate control of output set and clear All I O default to inputs after reset 0037 The LPC 2132 memory maps shown in FIG 3 incorporate several distinct regions In addition the CPU interrupt vectors may be re mapped to allow them to reside in either Flash memory by default or on chip static RAM 0038 The vectored interrupt controller VIC accepts all of the interrupt request inputs and categorizes them as FIQ vectored IRQ and non vectored IRQ as defined by pro grammable setting The programmable assignment scheme means that priorities of interrupts from the various periph erals can be dynamically assigned and adjusted 0039 Fast interrupt request FIQ has the highest priority If more than one request is assigned to FIQ the VIC combines the requests to produce the FIQ signal to the ARM processor The fastest possible FIQ latency is achieved when only one request is classified as FIQ because then the FIQ service routine can simply start dealing with that device But if more than one request is assigned to the FIQ class the FIQ services routine can read a word from the VIC that identifies an FIQ source that is requesting an interrupt Vectored IRAs have middle priority Sixteen of the interrupts can be assigned to this category Any of the interrupt requests can be assigned to any of the 16 vectored IRQ slots among which slot 0 has the highest priority and slot 15
13. for fingerprint authentication 0087 The trackball interface module uses sampling tech niques to read the ball movement and click button states The outputs ofthe trackball are connected to general purpose I O channels The modules sense the state of the general purpose I O s at a predetermined frequency such as 1 kHz 0088 Bluetooth wireless interface module may be based on Zeevo ZV4301 Bluetooth SOC with headset and serial port profile SPP firmware This module is coupled to the main controller through a UART The module is adapted to convey wirelessly a mix of keyboard data trackball data fingerprint sensor data for authentication and data to be displayed on the remote module s display Console Hardware 0089 Introduction 0090 core component of the console or host system may be a standard mini ITX mother board with ports to add peripherals A USB Bluetooth module and USB WLAN module may be connected to the motherboard through USB ports A display is connected through connector and the socket modem with RJ11 connector is connected through serial port 2 The remaining ports can be used for external interface The wireless remote communicates over Blue tooth with the USB Bluetooth module Features 0091 FIG 6 is a block diagram of the console 606 The host console of the system may be built on a standard Mini ITX motherboard and an additional add on board to support the features like WAP Bluetooth a
14. has the lowest Non vectored IRQ s have the lowest priority 0040 VIC combines the requests from all the vec tored and non vectored IRAs to produce the IRQ signal to the ARM processor The IRQ service routine can start by reading the register from the VIC and jumping there If any of the vectored IRAs are requested the VIC provides the address of the highest priority requesting IRAs service rou tine otherwise it provides the address of a default routine that is shared by all the non vectored IRAs The default routine can read another VIC register to see what IRAs are active 0041 The LPC 2132 contains two UARTS 246 One UART provides a full modem control handshake interface the other provides only transmit and receive data lines The features of UART 15 listed below 16 byte receive and transmit FIFO s Register locations conform to 550 industry standard Receiver FIFO trigger points at 1 4 8 and 14 bytes Built in baud rate generator Standard modem interface signals included on UART 1 0042 12 244 is a bi directional bus for inter IC control using only two wires a serial clock line SCL and a serial data line SDA Each device is recognized by a unique address and can operate as either a receiver only device or a transmitter with the capability both to receive and send information Feb 22 2007 0043 Transmitters and or receivers can operate in either master or slave mode depending on wheth
15. power is passed through a diode to provide the protection against reverse polarity The power to the digital butler remote comes from an external power supply module The external power supply module will provide power to the remote and for charging the battery The input power is fed through a connector From the 5 volts input the following voltages are derived on the CPU card Processor core voltage The core supply for the processor is generated through a low dropout regulator that can support current up to 1 5 A operating from a 5V input The output 1 8V is fed to the core of the processor PLL voltage The core voltage is the input to the PLL through a ferrite bead which supplies power to clock generation and PLL circuits of the processor 0079 Data sheets publicly available for the major IC components include 1 LPC213x Philips User manual Nov 22 2004 2 Zeevo ZV4301 Datasheet Jan 24 2005 3 P89LPC930 931 Data Sheet Rev 05 15 Dec 2004 4 DDG128032AAD Data sheet Rev1 0 Issue date 2004 10 06 5 ITT Cannon Miniature all direction scanning switch Data sheet 6 Authentec Fingerprint sensor AES 3400 Data sheet 7 MSM7716 OKI Datasheet Version August 1998 8 AT49BV802A Datasheet Document 3405D Flash March 2005 0080 addition a camera can be incorporated into the remote thereby enabling video conferencing and other visual features The camera is complemented by a glue logic application supplied for or n
16. with high bandwidth processing capability sufficient to support a wide range of embedded applications The ZV4301 operates from 25C to 85C and comes in a lead free version The ZV4301 18 implemented in a 0 18 micro meter CMOS process and includes the integration of all RF components and digital circuitry The only external components needed are an antenna crystal reference resister decoupling capacitors and flash memory The ZV4301 is designed for low power applications including sleep and deep sleep modes and operates from a single 3 3V supply The ZV4301 is manu factured in a 8 6x8 6x1 65 mm LTCC BGA package with 100 balls 0063 7 4301 is supplied with a link library for a complete lower layer protocol stack and source code to the blueOS operating system target manager and link manager API Upper layers are supported through the Zeevo partner program with firmware Bluetooth protocol stack software and Bluetooth profiles available from Zeevo s extensive partner list 0064 Zeevo4301 typical application supports AV equipment smart phones personal digital assistants print ers cellular peripherals access points and industry controls Features include US 2007 0042806 A1 Bluetooth 1 2 compliant High bandwidth ARM7TDM I processor subsystem 12 24 and 48 MHz CPU clocks selectable on chip PLL from single 12 MHz input Highly integrated low cost solution Radio link control and CPU are integrated Hi
17. 0 0000 FFFF 0 0000 6000 0 0000 0000 6080 512 XB On Chip Non Volatile Memory tLPC2138 4 On Chip Non Votstile Memery rLPC2132 32 kB On Chip Non Valarile Memory LPC213 Main Proc Keyboard Keyboard Matrix LPC 2132 P89LP931 8 return lines x 13 scan lines Hos Patent Application Publication Feb 22 2007 Sheet 4 of 6 US 2007 0042806 A1 LPC 2132 CPU AT49 BV802A 8Mb Flash loo So UART ZV 4301 Bluetooth SOC 502 MSM 7716 OKI codec Speaker 152 14 FIG 5 US 2007 0042806 A1 Patent Application Publication Feb 22 2007 Sheet 5 of 6 32VJH31NI lt 6 TWNYSLXS EL See NS M i J0399uuot Lry 9 Sls Stra 19 wong asn Mod pueoqhay SJepeeH 25 5 uod 8SN prog 29 ZED uod 0284 gt t uod asn ainpoy AA asn 324205 he Ig US 2007 0042806 A1 Patent Application Publication Feb 22 2007 Sheet 6 of 6 Aseyeg 2 914 queujeBeuajA EIL pue E Jebieup Alegeg INANI 2G OO vNY ADF 080 71 E HOSN3S OldS YSDNIS 271 3a OYA S OVAA usns Lemony 160 v WOd 23000 ony bL OPCXOCE cz 021 JINON 4
18. A for low overhead UART control Standard Bluetooth HCI interface over UART and USB Support for a range of Bluetooth data rates 57 6 723 Kb sec Support for multiple ACL and HC SCO packet types Park sniff and hold modes Feb 22 2007 Point to point point to multipoint and scatter net Up to 7 slaves and up to 4 Pico nets supported u Law A Law and CVSD transcoders on SCO channel Full 8 to 128 bit encryption 0068 The baseband modem includes Demodulator modulator RX TX self calibration burst tim ing control and transmitter burst spectral shaping FEC encoder decoder data whitening encryption decryp tion and cyclic redundancy check Link controller for synchronization frequency hope control and receiver transmitter slot timing 0069 The external bus interface includes 8 16 bit data bus 23 bit address bus Support for 2 memory banks Each bank supports up to 16 Mbytes flash and SRAM with independent timing control for each bank GPIO can function as additional interrupts 3 dedicated chip selects each with independent timing control 3 indicated interrupt lines 0070 UART includes 16450 register set compatible UART 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 61K 115 2K 230 4K 460 8K and 921 6 Kbs UART baud rates RTS and CTS flow control signals for UART Direct Memory Access DMA for low overhead UART control 0071 The USB support includes USB version 2 0 compliant interface
19. INE 8 Return line 8 K130 0 Keybd output P2 0 SCAN LINE 1 Keybd Scan line 1 Eli Keybd output P2 1 SCAN LINE2 Keybd Scan line 2 his Keybd output P2 2 SCAN LINE 3 Keybd Scan line 3 dd Keybd output P2 3 SCAN LINE 4 Keybd Scan line 4 TBO Keybd output P2 4 SCAN LINE 5 Keybd Scan line 5 xis Keybd output P2 5 SCAN LINE 6 Keybd Scan line 6 KBO Keybd output P2 6 SCAN LINE 7 Keybd Scan line 7 aoe Keybd output P2 7 SCAN LINE 8 Keybd Scan line 8 Keybd output P1 0 SCAN LINE 9 Keybd Scan line 9 Keybd output P1 1 SCAN LINE Keybd Scan line 10 iui Keybd output P1 4 SCAN LINE Keybd Scan line 11 a 30 11 Keybd output P1 6 SCAN LINE Scan line 12 30 12 Keybd output P1 7 SCAN LINE Scan line 13 13 0056 The LCD display 133 DD12803AAD in one embodiment is 128 32 dot matrix LCD module The LCD Module can be easily accessed via parallel micro controller GPIO interface Its features include Transflective display mode and positive type B W mode FSTN LCD Graphic 128 32 dot matrix display format Parallel input data from micro controller 1 33 duty multiplexing ratio 1 16 bias 6 o clock viewing direction US 2007 0042806 A1 Dimension outline 35 W 28 9 H 1 75 D mm Resolution 128 32 dots Active area 29 66 W 8 45 W mm Dots pitch 0 232 W 0 265 H mm Dots size 0 202 W 0 235 H mm 0057 ITT cannon TBWB2A00 trackball 123 is a miniature all directional scanning switch
20. US 20070042806A1 as United States a2 Patent Application Publication Pub No US 2007 0042806 A1 Stepanian 43 Pub Date Feb 22 2007 54 TETHERED DIGITAL BUTLER CONSUMER 52 US CL ite rre eines 455 557 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD 76 Inventor Robert Stepanian San Francisco CA 57 ABSTRACT US Conespotdente Adidiess The present invention relates to a tethered digital butler consumer electronics product and method The tethered amp WOLFELD LLP digital butler of a price and form factor suitable for con sumer electronics markets of developed and developing HALF MOON BAY CA 94019 US countries includes a communications and multi media con sole and a wireless remote The remote may resemble a 21 Appl No 1100200780 handheld personal computer a palm held personal 22 Filed Feb 8 2006 computer PPC or PDA or a smart phone but has a low cost and feature set supported by the console that is novel in the Related U S Application Data consumer electronics market In particular this disclosure relates to combining telephone service device control and 60 Provisional application No 60 709 666 filed on Aug optionally a fingerprint reader for easy user identification 19 2005 authorization and personalization As another option a cam era can be incorporated into the remote thereby enabling Publication Classification video conferencing and other visual features The remote may
21. and its logic and resources are further adapted to provide a menu of upcoming video content schedule recording of the video content and replay the video content 8 The system of claim 1 wherein the palm held remote further integrates a camera and the logic and resources of the bread box or smaller sized console are further adapted to connect camera data to a video conferencing module 9 A remote control for a media center the media center including logic and resources to process wireless input the remote control including a palm held remote adapted to invoke glue logic running on the media center by wirelessly directing input to the media center wherein the palm held remote integrates at least a speaker microphone and volume control adapted for use as a telephone a display at least capable of showing a telephone number a cursor control and trigger adapted to select and control resources of the console a compact keypad including numeric keys usable for telephone dialing the compact keypad further including alphabetic keys usable for web browsing wherein the glue logic invoked wirelessly by the remote control is adapted to connect the speaker and microphone to a telecom module and Feb 22 2007 connect the keyboard cursor control and trigger to an Internet browsing module and one or more media center controls of media selec tion playback and volume control 10 The remote control of claim 9 wherein
22. anipulate the connected socket modem US 2007 0042806 A1 WLAN module is a port of the Linux WLAN driver adapted to the host board The USB WLAN modules iden tified from Linksys and NetGear use the same driver Once the WLAN hardware is connected to the USB port it is logically connected to the access point using the WLAN control utility 0101 suitable Linux Bluetooth software stack is BlueZ Processing data from the stack involves developing parsing the data received from the remote The communi cation with the remote is established using the Bluez utilities from the host for remote headset and serial port function alities Once the application knows the source of the data packet it redirects the data to the appropriate module for the required functionality The software also provides a facility to send the data to the LCD available on the remote side The application developer can use the fingerprint raw data received from the Bluetooth remote and the authentication code libraries provided by the vendor to achieve the match ing operation 0102 The console may support the following functions Bluetooth remote access WLAN enabled for network communication Socket modem module for dial up network connection 0103 following combinations of hardware and soft ware features are within the scope of this disclosure for providing services described Supported by the console one or any combination of the following
23. ative to a communications and or multi media console such as one running under Windows OS X or Linux A CMOS camera commercially available for incorporation in camera phones may be suit able for this application This is illustrated in FIG 7 0081 FIG 7 depicts building the digital butler remote board as an XScale processor based solution This remote is built around the Intel XScale micro controller The main Feb 22 2007 processor provides interfaces for the Keypad Joystick 320 240 graphics LCD module fingerprint sensor Blue tooth SOC WiFi 802 11b g module audio codec and camera module The audio codec interfaces with a microphone speaker and headphone for voice utilities Alternatively the microphone speaker and headphone could interface through the Bluetooth module as described in the context of FIG 1 0082 From FIG 7 the components include the main processor 700 which couples to the Bluetooth module 732 WiFi module 751 and audio codec 741 The audio codec couples to speaker 752 microphone 751 audio jack 753 main processor also may couple to a fingerprint sensor 721 and a battery pack 712 A battery charger and power management component 724 such as a cradle couples to a DC power input 713 and charges the battery 712 The main processor also may couple to a camera module 750 a display 733 a keypad 711 and joy stick 723 The camera module may for instance be a 3 mega pixel CMOS com ponent The ma
24. battery friendly and well suited to Bluetooth communications These sensors Feb 22 2007 automatically generate interrupts and reduce system over head needed for finger detection 0061 Features of the fingerprint component in one embodiment include TruePrint technology for ability to acquire ATA Compact industry standard 100 Pin LQFP Package High definition 128x128 TruePrint technology based pixel array 500 pixels per inch ppi Extended Range 2 7V to 3 6V single power supply 0 C to 470 C operating temperature range Easy to integrate USB 2 0 full speed synchronous amp asyn chronous serial amp 8 bit parallel system interfaces 6 or 12 MHz operation with crystal or supplied clock input USB selective suspend support Ultra hard surface coating 1 million rubs w o degradation Highly scratch resistant IEC 61000 4 2 level 3 ESD capability 8 KV Built in low power finger detection w system interrupt capa bility Low power operation 6 mW imaging event The interface of these fingertip sensors is pin selectable choices The SPI interface finger chip sensor is selected so that the finger tip sensor is connected to the SPI port 245 of the main processor 0062 The Zeevo ZV4301 in FIG 5 used in one embodi ment is a Bluetooth SOC adapted to provide a high band width CPU system to add wireless connectivity to their product The ZV 4301 502 incorporates the industry stan dard 32 bit ARM7TDMI CPU core
25. consumer electronics market In particular this disclosure relates to combining telephone service device control and optionally a fingerprint reader for easy user identification authorization and personalization The remote may be pack aged separately from a console and sold to interact with capabilities of a communications and multi media console from a different source such as one running on a Windows OS X or Linux platform 0003 Convergence of digital devices is not unbounded because it is guided by market realities Many concepts are floated as trial balloons that burst never to see an enabling development effort or a reduction to practice Some conver gence trends are strong and noteworthy Cellular smart phones or business phones such as Treo or Blackberry products are becoming powerful and supplanting separate PDAs These smartphones go with the user across a cellular network and even overseas They are untethered packing many features into a small form factor not requiring a console Another trend is to repackage a PC as media center complete with a wireless keyboard Recent announcements suggest interfacing a Microsoft media center with a Blue tooth equipped cellular telephone to use the sound repro duction of a TV as a sort of speaker phone relying on the cellular telephone for network connectivity In both instances the telephone features are untethered from and do not depend on availability of a console 0004 Fo
26. d 0023 The form factor of a bread box or smaller sized console can be judged by volume A smallish consumer electronics component uses an enclosure from which con nectors and feet protrude that is 12 by 15 by 3 inches and has a volume of 540 cubic inches This is an approximately bread box sized enclosure although the shape differs from a loaf of bread 0024 The fifth embodiment adapted to compliment media center products is a palm held remote and a glue logic application that enables the media center to utilize the special purpose controls of the remote The remote may be adapted to invoke a glue logic application supplied for or native to a communications and or multi media console such as one running under Windows OS X or Linux 0025 In any of these embodiments a camera module can be incorporated into the remote thereby enabling video conferencing and other visual features The camera is complemented by a glue logic application supplied for or native to a communications and or multi media console such as one running under Windows OS X or Linux Remote Hardware 0026 Introduction 0027 The digital butler remote is a gadget based on the Bluetooth or another wireless technology used for commu nications and remote control applications Features 0028 digital butler remote board is an pro cessor based solution 0029 This remote is built around the Philips LPC2132 ARM controller The main pr
27. d to Feb 22 2007 authenticate users of the palm held remote and person alize their telephone network connection based on fingerprints received from the palm held remote connect the palm held remote to the telephone network control with the palm held remote retrieval transfer and playback of digital content from the media card reader control channels accessed by a video receiver drive speakers and provide volume control and provide playback control for the DVD CD player whereby the palm held remote allows a user of to select among and use the bread box or smaller sized console s user authentication and personalization telephone net Work connection media card reader functions channel control volume control and DVD CD playback con trol The system of claim 14 wherein the palm held remote further integrates a camera and the logic and resources of the bread box or smaller sized console are further adapted to connect camera data to a video conferencing module
28. disable of peripheral functions as well as peripheral clock scaling down for additional power optimi zation Processor wake up from Power down mode via external interrupt 224 Single power supply chip with POR and BOD circuits CPU operating voltage range of 3 0 V to 36 V 33 V 10 with 5 V tolerant I O pads 0036 The LPC 2132 s 64 KB of flash memory 223 may be used for both code and data storage Programming of the flash memory may be accomplished in several ways It may be programmed in the system via the serial port 245 The application program may also erase and or program the flash while the application is running allowing flexibility for data storage field firm grade upgrades etc While the on chip boot loader is used 64 KB flash memory is available for user code The LPC2132 flash memory provides a minimum of 100 000 erase write cycles and 20 years of data retention On chip static RAM 213 may be used for code and or data storage The SRAM may be accessed as 8 bits 16 bits or 32 bits wide General purpose parallel I O is supported by device pins that are connected to a specific peripheral function are controlled by the GPIO registers Pins may be US 2007 0042806 A1 dynamically configured as inputs or outputs Separate reg isters allow setting or clearing any number of outputs simultaneously The value of the output register may be read back as well as the current state of the port pins The GPIO lines have the
29. er the chip has to initiate a data transfer or is only addressed I2C is a multi master bus that can be controlled by more than one bus master connected to it 0044 implemented in LPC2132 support bit rate up to 400 kbit s Fast I2C The features of LPC2132 I2C bus is listed below Standard I2C compliant bus interface Easy to configure as master slave or line select master or slave Programming clocks allow versatile rate control Bi directional data transfer between masters and slaves Multi master bus no center master Arbitration between simultaneously transmitting masters without corruption of serial data on the bus Serial clock synchronization allows devices with different bit rates to communicate via one serial bus Serial clock synchronization can be used as a hand shack mechanism to suspend and resume serial transfer The 2 bus may be used for test diagnostics purposes 0045 The SPI 245 is a full duplex serial I O interface designed to be able to handle multiple masters and slaves connected to a given bus A single master and a single slave communicate on the interface during a given data transfer During a data transfer the master always sends a byte of data to the slave and the slave always sends a byte of data to the master The features of the SPI controller is listed below Compliant with serial peripheral interface SPI specifica tion Synchronous serial full duplex communication Co
30. gh throughput Tested qualified software stack available Support for very low power modes sleep and deep sleep Audio capability on an SCO channel On chip crystal tuning and power calibration Complete co location and co existence solutions with 802 11 supported through AWMA AFH and SFH 0065 The CPU and memory support include ARMT7TDM I processor core 12 24 and 48 MHz operation 32 16 bit RISC architecture 32 bit ARM instruction 16 bit Thumb instruction set for increased code density 32 bit ALU and high performance multiplier Extensive debug facilities JTAG 8 K bytes of boot ROM 64 K bytes of SRAM 0066 The radio features include Integrated RF interface connects directly to antenna Integrated power amplifier supports up to 4 dBm output power for class 2 amp 3 operation High sensitive design 86 dBm typically Class 1 operation is supported with an external power amplifier LNA interface IF enhanced direct conversion receiver architecture Integrated switch balun and matching network in an LTCC package Low power consumption receiver design Multiplexed RX TX antenna interface Fully integrated PLL synthesizer and loop filter requires external 12 MHZ crystal 0067 The baseband and software features include Required and optional Bluetooth 1 2 features faster connec tion extended SCO link adaptive frequency hopping AFH QOS flow control Direct memory access DM
31. h scans the keypad and generates ASCII codes and commu nicates to the main processor through the 12C bus The P89LPC931 micro controller is normally kept in power save mode and it will awaken in response to keyboard interrupts after the key press The keyboard port of P89LPC931 has change on status interrupt feature and hence any key press will generate the keyboard interrupt The key bounces are taken care of by the software 0053 QWERTY keyboard has the Chinese character entry feature and the software transfers the Chinese corre sponding ASCII codes to the main processor in Chinese key entry mode Feb 22 2007 0054 The following tables describe interfaces among the CPU 100 keyboard controller 404 and matrix 406 Keyboard Controller to CPU Interface Signal LPC2132 P8OLPCO3 Remarks Serial 2 Data SDA SDA I2C interface Serial I2C clock SCL SCL I2C interface 0055 Keyboard Controller to Matrix Interface P89LPC93 Signal Signal Name key board Remarks K131 0 Keybd input 1 Keybd input 2 K13L2 Keybd input 3 P0 2 K13L3 Keybd input 4 P0 3 KBIA Keybd input 5 P0 4 131 5 Keybd input 6 P0 5 K131 6 Keybd input 7 P0 6 K13L7 Keybd input 8 P0 7 RET LINE 1 Keybd Return line 1 RET 2 Keybd Return line 2 LINE 3 Keybd Return line 3 LINE 4 Keybd Return line 4 LINE 5 Keybd Return line 5 RET LINE 6 Keybd Return line 6 RET LINE 7 Return line 7 RET L
32. in processor 700 provides an array of ports for interfacing with these various components While cur rently available components are generally identified such as by resolution or wireless standard one of skill in the art will recognize that these components will evolve over the 20 year life of a patent Remote Software 0083 Software components of the palm held remote include an LCD interface module a keyboard interface module a fingerprint sensor module trackball interface module and a Bluetooth module Other wireless protocols such as IEEE 802 1 protocols can be substituted for Bluetooth Wireless protocols developed for cordless tele phones also might be used Data is transmitted and received over Bluetooth or another wireless connection between the console and the palm held remote in a custom data format In this format a record may have fields including start of packet packet type links data and checksum Different packet types are assigned to keyboard trackball fingerprint and LCD packets The start of packet field indicates that the packet starts here For instance 7 can be used as a start of packet flag A data field of just two bytes may be sufficient When the checksum contains an XOR of all the data link and packet type fields the checksum field can be used to discard corrupted data packets 0084 The LCD connected to the main controller uses the GPIO interface including data and control lines The LCD ca
33. mbined SPI master and slave Maximum data bit rate of one eighth of the input clock rate 0046 The real time clock RTC 247 is designed to provide a set of counters to measure time when normal or ideal operating mode is selected The RTC uses little power making it suitable for battery powered systems where the CPU is not running continuously idle mode The features of RIC are described below Measures the passage of time to maintain a calendar and clock Ultra low power design to support battery powered systems Provides seconds minutes hours day month year day of week and the day of year Programmable reference clock divider allows adjustment of the RTC to match various crystal frequencies 0047 8051 based Philips LPC89LPC931 controller in FIG 4 is suitable for keyboard interface The P89LPC930 931 404 is based on a high performance processor architecture that executes instructions in two to four clocks six times the rate of standard 80C51 devices Many system level functions have been incorporated into US 2007 0042806 A1 the P89LPC930 931 in order to reduce component count board space and system cost The P89LPC931 has the following enhanced features 0048 high performance ARM processor 80C51 CPU provides instruction cycle times of 111 ns to 222 ns for instructions except multiply and divide when executing at 18 MHz This is six times the performance of the standard 80C51 running at the same
34. n be used to display data received over the wireless link Another custom designed packet format may be used for LCD data This format includes eight fields start of packet packet type link mode exposition why position data and checksum The mode field indicates the mode in which the data is to be displayed This module operates in two modes a so called font mode and a byte mode In a phone mode the given string is displayed on the LCD display in the pre defined font shape and size In the byte mode the given date is displayed as raw data which allows the user to design their own shapes X and Y position coordinates indicate the row and column position on the LCD 0085 keyboard module of the remote is imple mented using an 8051 The key press data is sent to the main microcontroller through an 12C interface for further pro cessing The keyboard is a matrix keyboard including 13 scan lines and eight return lines A key press causes the 8051 US 2007 0042806 A1 to generate make and break codes along with key press values This data is given to the main micro controller which operates in an interrupt mode Here the 8051 acts as a master and the LPC2132 acts as a slave 0086 Fingerprint sensor software uses SPI code on the main controller The fingerprint data will be sent in a particular packet format over the wireless link to be pro cessed on the host side Authentec provides a useable appropriate library of routines
35. nd a MODEM for PSTN and a PCI VGA Card A standard Mini ITX is available in a 17 cmx17 cm form factor The motherboard and or add on board may include two connectors for example a VGA connector from motherboard 613 and a second VGA connector using a PCI add on card 614 The design also may include a serial port for external interface 611A and another serial port for a modem 611B two USB ports 612B support for a USB hub an 802 11g WLAN module 632 preferably interoperable with 802 11b with a separately connected antenna Other console components may include a USB to Bluetooth module 632 with chip antenna a standard PC hard disk drive 623 and DVD drive 624 and an ATX power supply or Mini ITX power module 0092 Motherboard support may include a VIA Eden C3 processor at operating at 1 0 1 5 GHz or another rate integrated Castle Rock graphics with MPEG 2 decoder optionally an MPEG 4 decoder for video a memory socket such as al DDR266 SODIMM socket a PCI slot two UltraDMA 66 100 133 connectors SATA connectors can used a 10 100 Base T Ethernet physical connection PS2 mouse and keyboard ports a parallel port an RJ 45 LAN port a serial port two USB 2 0 ports and a port Feb 22 2007 0093 socket modem module 634 is one component used to connect the motherboard to a POTS telephone system Alternatively modules can interface the mother board to a cellular or similar telephone system or
36. ocessor provides interfaces for the Keypad Trackball 128 32 graphics LCD module fin gerprint sensor and Bluetooth SOC The Bluetooth SOC and Zeevo ZV4301 interface with a microphone speaker and headphone for voice utilities The system may use a Philips 89LPC931 controller for the keypad interface through a 12C Bus alternative hardware configuration is illustrated in FIG 7 0030 FIG 1 is a block diagram of the digital butler remote US 2007 0042806 A1 Embodiment Details Chip Name Chip number Description Main processor LPC2132 Philips 100 SRAM Keypad controller 89LPC931 Philips 122 2C interface LCD Display module DDG128032AAD DDTL 133 Module TrackBall 123 2 00 ITT cannon Fingertip sensor 121 AES3400 Authentech Bluetooth SOC 132 ZV4301 Zeevo Flash Memory 131 AT49BV802A Atmel Codec IC 141 MSM7716 OKI Power Supply 113 LTC 3440EDD Linear Technology Single rail codec 0031 Additional details of the main processor are depicted in FIG 2 The LPC2132 100 is based on a 32 16 bit ARM7TDMI S CPU 232 with real time emula tion and embedded trace support together with 64 Kbytes KB of embedded high speed flash memory 223 A 128 bit wide memory interface 211 212 222 and accelerator architecture enable 32 bit code execution at maximum clock rate For critical code size applications an alternate 16 bit thumb mode reduces code by more then 3096 wi
37. r aspects of the present invention are described in the claims speci fication and drawings BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 0006 FIG 1 is a block diagram of the digital butler remote 0007 Details of the main processor are depicted in FIG 2 0008 The LPC 2132 memory maps are shown in FIG 3 0009 FIG 4 shows the 8051 LPC89LPC931 controller 0010 FIG 5 shows the ZV4301 to other CPU and peripheral interfaces 0011 FIG 6 is a block diagram of the console 0012 FIG 7 is an alternative block diagram of the digital butler remote with a CMOS camera module based Philips DETAILED DESCRIPTION 0013 following detailed description is made with reference to the figures Preferred embodiments are described to illustrate the present invention not to limit its scope which is defined by the claims Those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize a variety of equivalent varia tions on the description that follows 0014 tethered digital butler produces low cost palm held remote with a novel combination of features that are implemented by logic and resources of the console connected wirelessly to the palm held remote Tethering the palm held device so that it depends on logic and resources of the console runs against the trends and teachings of the consumer electronics industry and particularly against the trend toward more powerful smartphones 0015 Various novel combinations of features
38. r developing countries and cost conscious buy ers the Treo and media center approaches are over built and too expensive n opportunity arises to provide a low cost integrated consumer electronics system that includes a novel feature set and a cost effective allocation of technical tasks between a remote and a console SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 0005 present invention relates to a tethered digital butler consumer electronics product and method The teth Feb 22 2007 ered digital butler of a price and form factor suitable for consumer electronics markets of developed and developing countries includes a communications and multi media con sole and a wireless remote The remote may resemble a handheld personal computer HPC a palm held personal computer PPC or PDA or a smart phone but has a low cost and feature set supported by the console that is novel in the consumer electronics market In particular this disclosure relates to combining telephone service device control and optionally a fingerprint reader for easy user identification authorization and personalization As another option a cam era can be incorporated into the remote thereby enabling video conferencing and other visual features The remote may be packaged separately from a console and sold to interact with capabilities of a communications and multi media console from a different source such as one running on a Windows OS X or Linux platform Particula
39. rovide volume control US 2007 0042806 A1 provide playback control for the DVD CD player and access and playback digitally stored music whereby the palm held remote allows a user of to select among and use the bread box or smaller sized console s user authentication and personalization telephone net work connection Internet browsing channel control volume control DVD CD playback control and digi tally stored music access and playback 2 The system of claim 1 wherein the bread box or smaller sized console further include non volatile storage sized to hold a library of digitally stored music 3 The system of claim 1 wherein the logic and resources are further adapted to connect the palm held remote to a messaging service and to alert the user to incoming mes sages while the monitor or television is being used to watch TV 4 The method of claim 3 wherein the console is associ ated with one or more telephone numbers and the messaging service is short message service SMS 5 The method of claim 3 wherein the console is associ ated with one or more telephone numbers and the messaging service is a cellular telephone messaging protocol 6 The system of claim 1 wherein the logic and resources are further adapted to provide answering machine services and to 7 The system of claim 1 wherein the bread box or smaller sized console further includes non volatile storage sized to time shift playback from the video receiver
40. rtional to the moving speed and the direction The pulse frequency is processed by the main processor LPC2132 and the corresponding PS2 data sent to the host system 0059 AuthenTec EntrePad AES3400 AuthenTec s 3rd generation low power small form factor fingerprint identification sensor IC 121 This product combines sili con based image capture with a proprietary sensor control and matching algorithms to deliver ability to acquire ATA fingerprint images and authentication AuthenTec s Entre Pad AES3400 utilizes TruePrint Technology allowing the sensor to look past the easily obscured outer surface of the skin to the living layer below where the unique ridge and valley patterns of the fingerprint originate Trueprint is AuthenTec s unique patented imaging technology During imaging a small near field signal is generated between the IC and the finger s living tissue layer 16 384 individual elements in the sensor matrix form a planar antenna array that receives this signal creating a digital pattern that accurately reproduces the fingerprint s underlying structure A powerful utility within TruePrint is Dynamic Optimiza tion This tool analyzes each image controlling up to 15 sensor parameters to optimize the fingerprint image regard less of unusual skin conditions or surface contamination The TruePrint high quality fingerprint imaging technology enables reliable authentication 0060 fingerprint sensor is small
41. s received from the palm held remote connect telephone features of the palm held remote to the telephone network respond to Internet browsing commands from the palm held remote and display web pages on a monitor or television control channels accessed by a video receiver drive speakers and provide volume control provide playback control for the DVD CD player and access and playback digitally stored music 0016 In a second embodiment of the tethered digital butler the palm held remote has fewer components the console supports fewer features thus the combination will be less expensive and more attractive in many markets Remote components then include a speaker microphone and volume control adapted for use as a telephone a display at least capable of showing a telephone number a cursor control and trigger adapted to select and control resources of the console and a compact keypad including numeric keys usable for telephone dialing The fingerprint reader is not included nor is the alphabetic keypad The logic and resources of the console are reduced accordingly Logic and resources of the console need not authenticate and person alize based on fingerprints or access and playback digitally stored music Internet browsing may be limited or may be supported by an on screen keyboard 0017 Ina third embodiment of the tethered digital butler the DVD CD player is omitted from the console The features of the palm held remote do not m
42. splaying the messages on a monitor or television control channels accessed by a video receiver drive speakers and provide volume control and provide playback control for the DVD CD player whereby the palm held remote allows a user of to select among and use the bread box or smaller sized console s user authentication and personalization telephone net work connection messaging channel control volume control and DVD CD playback control 13 The system of claim 12 wherein the palm held remote further integrates a camera and the logic and resources of the US 2007 0042806 A1 12 bread box or smaller sized console are further adapted to connect camera data to a video conferencing module 14 A multi media and communications system includ ing a palm held remote and a bread box or smaller sized console in wireless commu nication with the remote wherein the palm held remote integrates at least a fingerprint reader a speaker microphone and volume control adapted for use as a telephone a display at least capable of showing a telephone number a cursor control and trigger adapted to select and control resources of the console a compact keypad including numeric keys usable for telephone dialing the compact keypad further including alphabetic keys usable for web browsing wherein the bread box or smaller sized console integrates at least a media card reader a network port and logic and resources adapte
43. sted processing is implicated in the described embodi ments It is contemplated that modifications and combina tions will readily occur to those skilled in the art which modifications and combinations will be within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the following claims We claim as follows 1 A multi media and communications system including a palm held remote and a bread box or smaller sized console in wireless commu nication with the remote wherein the palm held remote integrates at least a fingerprint reader a speaker microphone and volume control adapted for use as a telephone a display at least capable of showing a telephone number a cursor control and trigger adapted to select and control resources of the console a compact keypad including numeric keys usable for telephone dialing the compact keypad further including alphabetic keys usable for web browsing wherein the bread box or smaller sized console integrates at leasta DVD CD player a network port and logic and resources adapted to authenticate users of the palm held remote and person alize their telephone network connection and their Internet browsing based on fingerprints received from the palm held remote connect the palm held remote to the telephone network connect the palm held remote to the Internet and dis play web pages on a monitor or television control channels accessed by a video receiver drive speakers and p
44. th mini mal performance penalty Due to their tiny size and low power consumption these micro controllers are typically used for miniaturized applications such as hand held equip ment Most peripheral pins can also be remapped as General Purpose I O pins The system includes on chip SRAM of 16 KB 213 and is well suited for communication gateways and protocol converters soft modems voice recognition and low end managing providing both large buffer size and high processing power Various 32 bit timers 247 248 10 bit 8 channel ADC s 226 10 bit DAC 227 PWM channels 225 and 47 GPIO lines 228 with up to nine edge or level sensitive external interrupt pins make these microcontrol lers particularly suitable for industrial control and hand held systems 0032 The integrated ARM microprocessor operates at 60 MHz and in one embodiment supports the following fea tures 0033 16 32 bit ARM7TDMI S microcontroller 232 in a tiny LQFP64 package 8 16 32 KB of on chip static RAM 213 and 64 512 KB of on chip Flash program memory 223 A 128 bit wide interface accelerator 211 212 222 enables high speed 60 MHz operation 0034 In System In Application Programming ISP IAP via on chip boot loader software Single Flash sector or full chip erase in 400 ms and programming of 256 bytes in 1 Ms Embedded Trace interfaces 231 offer real time debugging with the on chip real monitor software and high speed tracing of instruction
45. to a voice over IP VoIP system One suitable module is WMV34 O TSM 100 from Analog Devices This serial socket modem provides complete worldwide support An Analog Devices serial socket modem features a solid state DAA that supports international operation with compliance to inter national telephone standards The modem module can be plugged on the carrier board by means of board to board connectors and will be interfaced to the additional serial port available on the motherboard header The socket modem module is powered by 3 3V DC supply and the interfacing signals are in the 3 3V LVTTL level The socket modem module has the connections for a telephone line This connection will be terminated to a RJ11 jack 635 on the carrier board for this purpose The serial port signals in the motherboard are terminated to header COM2 which is in RS232 level A RS232 transceiver interfaces 631 to the modem 634 0094 standard off the shelf 802 11g WLAN module 632 is available module with USB interface The module can be connected to the USB port available on the mother board header An external antenna may positioned at the rear panel of the host system for maximum sensitivity Some suitable modules include the Linksys WUSB54GP and Net Gear WG111 These modules are interoperable with 802 11b A WLAN module may be an alternative to a Bluetooth module for communications with the remote or can provide a network interface for the console
46. uch change but the logic and resources required of the console are reduced 0018 In fourth embodiment the console is implemented on a PC which may be larger than bread box sized This typically would be less desirable as most PCs do not fit a media room decor and are relatively loud due to fans and hard disk rotation 0019 As a further aspect of these embodiments the console may be equipped with a non volatile memory sized to time shift playback from the video receiver and its logic and resources are further adapted to provide a menu of upcoming video content schedule recording of the video content and replay the video content Alternatively the non volatile memory may be sized to hold a library of digital music Feb 22 2007 0020 In another aspect of these embodiments the remote may be a key for DRM Either memory on the remote a memory module or an identification reader combined with the remote may serve as the DRM key The identification reader can read a smart card or similar module with memory or can read a fingerprint in order to unlock the DRM rights When a user visits a neighbor s console they may take along their hand held remote and the associated digital rights for use on the neighbor s console 0021 The console may be equipped with a remote locator control button that causes the remote to emit a tone which makes it easier to locate 0022 The form factor of a palm held remote should be easily recognize

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