Method of transmitting multimedia contents from the internet to client systems

• US 20020073220A1
• Filed: 07/26/2001
• Published: 06/13/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Idroid Com
• Original Assignee: Idroid Com
• Inventors: Lee, Sang Baek
• Application Number:
  US09/916,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20020073220A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/764 at the destination reformatting of additional data in video clients H04N21/4355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

A method for transmitting multimedia contents from the Internet to a client system includes, at the client system having a portable multimedia device, selecting desired contents to be received a plurality of sources with different URL addresses. The selected contents are submitted to a server system. The selected contents are transmitted to the client system. The received content is uploaded to the portable multimedia device.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting multimedia contents, comprising:

at a client system selecting a desired content to be received from a content provider;

submitting the selected content to a server system;

receiving the selected content at the client system; and

thereafter, uploading the received content to a portable multimedia device that is coupled to the client system.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

attaching an information to the selected content to promote a business entity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected content is in a first format, the method further comprising:

converting the content in the first format to a second format.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the portable device recognizes the second format but not the first format.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

identifying the portable device coupled to the client system to provide the client system with information as to which format is compatible with the portable device.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the client system determines which formats are compatible with the portable device without requiring a user to identify the portable device.

7. A method for transmitting multimedia contents, comprising:

providing a client software accessible via a communication network to be downloaded to a remote computer;

downloading the client software to a client system;

inputting a request for a multimedia content using the client software in the client system;

submitting the request to a server system via the communication network;

receiving at the client system a content corresponding to the submitted request; and

thereafter, uploading the received content to a portable multimedia device that is coupled to the client system.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

attaching an advertisement to the content corresponding to the submitted request.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the content corresponding to the submitted request is streaming data.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

playing the streaming data on the client system; and

capturing the streaming data as a storable file.

11. A method for transmitting multimedia contents, comprising:

inputting a request for a multimedia content using the client software in the client system, the request including one or more descriptive words relating to the multimedia content, wherein the one or more descriptive words are not communication links;

submitting the request to a server system via a communication network;

receiving at the client system a content corresponding to the submitted request; and

thereafter, uploading the received content to a portable multimedia device that is coupled to the client system.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the content is audio or video data.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

searching for a content provider that has the content corresponding to the submitted request; and

retrieving the content corresponding to the submitted request to the server system in order to download the content to the client system.