Patent ID: 7814209

Claim:
A wireless data output method for outputting at one or more wireless output devices digital content accessed from a wireless mobile information apparatus without requiring a device-dependent output device driver specific to each one or more wireless output devices, the wireless mobile information apparatus including an interface for interacting with a user, one or more application software for providing functionalities to the wireless mobile information apparatus, an output management software for output of digital content from the wireless mobile information apparatus to a wireless output device, and a wireless communication unit for wireless communication with the one or more wireless output devices, the method comprising: passing at the wireless mobile information apparatus at least part of digital content from the one or more application software to the output management software for wireless output; searching at the wireless mobile information apparatus with the wireless communication unit and over radio frequency wireless communication for one or more wireless devices; discovering at the wireless mobile information apparatus over the radio frequency wireless communication one or more wireless output devices; selecting at the wireless mobile information apparatus a selected output device from among the one or more output devices discovered in the wireless search; establishing a radio frequency wireless connection directly between the wireless mobile information apparatus and the selected output device for output of digital content directly from the wireless mobile information apparatus to the selected output device, the direct wireless connection not including an external output server between the information apparatus and the selected output device; receiving at the wireless mobile information apparatus over the radio frequency wireless communication connection information or components from the selected output device for generating output data, the information or components being necessary for generating at the wireless mobile information apparatus an output data from the digital content suitable for transferring to the selected output device; generating at the wireless mobile information apparatus an output data from the digital content for outputting at the selected output device, using at least partly the information or components received over the wireless communication connection; and transferring the output data over the radio frequency wireless communication connection directly from the wireless mobile information apparatus to the selected output device for output.