Porable radio terminal with musuc data download function

• US 20030134589A1
• Filed: 11/22/2002
• Published: 07/17/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Oba, Masaru
• Application Number:
  US10/296,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20030134589A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/3.03
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 15/02 Synthesis of acoustic waves synthesis of speech G10L13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/493 Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a portable wireless terminal equipped with a music data download function, which is provided with a reservation function used to download music data at a designated time instant.

The portable wireless terminal of the present invention is comprised of: a control means (1) for controlling a line establishment of the portable wireless terminal and transmission/reception of data; a communication interface means (2) for transmitting/receiving a command signal, music data, music data information, and processing load information via the line for the portable wireless terminal with respect to a download center; a display means (3) for displaying thereon information related to transmission/reception data and an input request; a selection means (4) for performing various sorts of selection operations based upon the displayed information; a storage means (5) for storing thereinto the downloaded music data; and a reservation means (6) for designating a download time instant of the music data.

Claims

1. A portable wireless terminal equipped with a music data download function, comprising:

control means for controlling a line establishment of the portable wireless terminal and transmission/reception of data;

communication interface means for transmitting/receiving a command signal, music data, music data information, and processing load information via the line for the portable wireless terminal with respect to a remote music data delivery firm (will be referred to as a “

download center”

hereinafter);

display means for performing various sorts of display operations for information related to transmission/reception data and an input request;

selection means for performing various sorts of selection operations based upon the displayed information;

storage means for storing thereinto the downloaded music data; and

reservation means for designating a download time instant of the music data.

4. A portable wireless terminal equipped with a music data download function as claimed in claim 1, or claim 3 wherein:

the determining method of the download time instant in said reservation means is determined based upon a past use history of the portable wireless terminal.

5. A portable wireless terminal equipped with a music data download function as claimed in claim 1, or claim 3 wherein:

the determining method of the download time instant in said reservation means is determined based upon the processing load information such as throughput information transmitted from the download center.

2. A portable wireless terminal equipped with a music data download function, comprising:

control means for controlling a line establishment of the portable wireless terminal and transmission/reception of data;

communication interface means for transmitting/receiving a command signal, music data, music data information, and processing load information via the line for the portable wireless terminal with respect to a download center;

display means for performing various sorts of display operations for information related to transmission/reception data and an input request;

selection means for performing various sorts of selection operations based upon the displayed information;

storage means for storing thereinto the downloaded music data; and

delivery firm selection means for selecting/determining an optimum delivery firm from a plurality of music data delivery firms.

3. A portable wireless terminal equipped with a music data download function, comprising:

control means for controlling a line establishment of the portable wireless terminal and transmission/reception of data;

communication interface means for transmitting/receiving a command signal, music data, music data information, and processing load information via the line for the portable wireless terminal with respect to download center;

display means for performing various sorts of display operations for information related to transmission/reception data and an input request;

selection means for performing various sorts of selection operations based upon the displayed information;

storage means for storing thereinto the downloaded music data;

reservation means for designating a download time instant of the music data; and

delivery firm selection means for selecting/determining an optimum delivery firm from a plurality of music data delivery firms.