On-line music data providing system via bluetooth car kit

• US 20040214525A1
• Filed: 05/24/2004
• Published: 10/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: KT Freetel Co., Ltd. (KT Corporation)
• Original Assignee: KT Freetel Co., Ltd. (KT Corporation)
• Inventors: Oh, Jae-Duk, Ahn, Byung-Koo
• Application Number:
  US10/478,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20040214525A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0058 Transmission between separate instruments or between individual components of a musical system G10H1/0083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/305 Internet or TCP/IP protocol use for any electrophonic musical instrument data or musical parameter transmission purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/321 Bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Disclosed is an online music-data providing system via a Bluetooth car kit which comprises: a music-data providing server for providing music data through a network; a mobile communication system connected to the network; a mobile station for wirelessly accessing the mobile communication system and performing the Bluetooth protocol; and a Bluetooth car kit installed in a vehicle, having a Bluetooth function for performing the Bluetooth protocol, for performing short range radio links by the Bluetooth protocol to the mobile station, receiving the music data from the music-data-providing server through the mobile station, reproducing them, and outputting them. Since the music files distributed by the music-data-providing server are encoded, they are not transmitted or reproduced to other devices except the car kit. Further, the present invention provides various categories of contents in addition to the online music data distribution service through the car kit.

Claims

1. An online music-data-providing system via a Bluetooth car kit, comprising:

a music-data-providing server for providing music data on line through a network;

a mobile communication system connected to the network;

a mobile station for wirelessly accessing the mobile communication system, and performing the Bluetooth protocol for short range links; and

a Bluetooth car kit installed in a vehicle, having a Bluetooth function for performing the Bluetooth protocol, for performing short range radio links by the Bluetooth protocol to the mobile station, receiving the music data from the music-data-providing server through the mobile station, reproducing them, and outputting them,

wherein the Bluetooth car kit is capable of reproducing the music data in real-time while receiving the music data from the music-data-providing server.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the Bluetooth car kit comprises:

a Bluetooth communication unit for performing short range radio links by the Bluetooth protocol to the mobile station;

a decompressor for decoding the music data received from the mobile station through the Bluetooth communication unit, and decompressing them;

an audio output unit for processing the music data decompressed by the decompressor, reproducing them, and outputting them so that a user may listen to them through a plurality of speakers;

a voice coder, comprising a microphone for receiving an external voice and outputting a corresponding voice signal, for processing the voice signal output through the microphone and outputting the same; and

a controller for controlling the Bluetooth communication unit, the decompressor, the audio output unit, and the voice coder to control the whole operation of the car kit.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the music-data-providing server provides streaming music data and general music data, and the decompressor determines types of the music data provided by the music-data-providing server to perform a decompression operation.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the decompressor decompresses the music data in real-time while receiving the music data from the mobile station and outputs them to the audio output unit when the music data are streaming music data, and the decompressor decodes the music data and decompresses them after the music data are completely transmitted from the mobile station when the music data are general music data.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the decompressor comprises:

a first decryptor for decompressing streaming music data;

a decoder for decoding general music data; and

a second decryptor for decompressing the music data decoded by the decoder.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the voice coder comprises:

a coder for converting the voice signal output from the microphone into digital signals; and

an echo canceller for canceling the speaker sound input to the microphone.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the audio output unit comprises:

a D/A converter for converting the music data decompressed by the decompressor into analog signals; and

an amplifier for amplifying the analog signals output by the D/A converter and outputting them to the speaker.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile station comprises:

a wireless transmitting and receiving unit for receiving the music data from the music-data-providing server through radio links to the mobile communication system;

a user interface for receiving a user instruction, outputting it, and displaying predetermined information to the user;

a Bluetooth communication unit for performing short range radio links by the Bluetooth protocol to the Bluetooth car kit; and

a controller for controlling the wireless transmitting and receiving unit, the user interface, and the Bluetooth communication unit to control the whole operation of the mobile station.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein when an external telephone call request is provided to the mobile station while the Bluetooth car kit receives predetermined music data from the music-data-providing server and reproduces them, the Bluetooth car kit temporarily or completely stops reproducing the predetermined music data, and performs a hands-free function on the mobile station.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the temporarily stopped music data are reproduced again after the external telephone call is finished.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein when an external voice call access request is provided to the mobile station while the Bluetooth car kit receives predetermined music data from the music-data-providing server, the Bluetooth car kit temporarily or completely stops receiving the predetermined music-data and performs a hands-free function on the mobile station.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the temporarily stopped music data are received again after the external telephone call is finished.

13. A mobile station comprising:

a wireless transmitting and receiving unit for receiving music data from a music-data-providing server through radio links to a mobile communication system connected through a network to the music-data-providing server that provides music data;

a user interface for receiving a user instruction, outputting it, and displaying predetermined information to the user;

a Bluetooth communication unit for performing short range radio links by the Bluetooth protocol to the Bluetooth car kit; and

a controller for controlling the wireless transmitting and receiving unit, the user interface, and the Bluetooth communication unit to transmit the music data provided by the music-data-providing server to the Bluetooth car kit, and controlling the Bluetooth car kit to perform a hands-free function,

wherein when an external telephone call request is provided to the mobile station while the mobile station is transmitting predetermined music data to the Bluetooth car kit, the controller of the mobile station temporarily or completely stops transmitting the predetermined music data to the Bluetooth car kit and controls the Bluetooth car kit to perform a hands-free function on the mobile station.

14. A Bluetooth car kit for receiving external compressed music data and reproducing the same, comprising:

a Bluetooth communication unit for performing short range radio links by the Bluetooth protocol to a mobile station that receives the compressed music data from a predetermined music-data-providing server through radio data links;

a decompressor for decoding the compressed music data received from the mobile station through the Bluetooth communication unit, and decompressing them;

an audio output unit for processing the music data decompressed by the decompressor, reproducing them, and outputting them so that a user may listen to them through a plurality of speakers;

a voice coder, comprising a microphone for receiving an external voice and outputting a corresponding voice signal, for processing the voice signal output through the microphone and outputting the same; and

a controller for controlling the Bluetooth communication unit, the decompressor, the audio output unit, and the voice coder to reproduce the compressed music data received from the mobile station so that a user may listen to them, and performing a hands-free function of the mobile station through the microphone and the speaker,

wherein the controller controls the decompressor to output the decoded music data to the audio output unit in real-time and the audio output unit to reproduce the outputted music data in real-time while receiving the music data from the music-data-providing server.

15. An online music data providing method via a Bluetooth car kit, comprising:

a user wirelessly accessing a music-data-providing server through a mobile station, the mobile station being wirelessly connected to a mobile communication system accessed to the music-data-providing server;

the user selecting a music file through the mobile station from among the music files provided by the music-data-providing server;

the music-data-providing server providing data of the music file selected by the user to the mobile station;

the mobile station receiving the music data from the music-data-providing server, and transmitting the same to the Bluetooth car kit, the Bluetooth car kit being connected to the mobile station through short range radio links by the Bluetooth protocol; and

the Bluetooth car kit decompressing and reproducing the music data transmitted from the mobile station,

wherein the Bluetooth car kit is capable of decompressing and reproducing the music data in real-time while receiving the music data from the music-data-providing server.

16. An agency method for providing music data by a mobile station comprising:

a mobile station accessing a music-data-providing server through radio links to a mobile communication system;

requesting the music-data-providing server to provide data on the file selected by the user from among the music files provided by the music-data-providing server; and

receiving the music data from the music-data-providing server, and transmitting them to the Bluetooth car kit, the Bluetooth car kit being connected to the mobile station through short range radio links by the Bluetooth protocol and reproducing the music data transmitted from the mobile station,

wherein when an external telephone call request is provided to the mobile station while the mobile station is transmitting predetermined music data to the Bluetooth car kit, the mobile station temporarily or completely stops transmitting the predetermined music data to the Bluetooth car kit and controls the Bluetooth car kit to perform a hands-free function on the mobile station.

17. A method for receiving and reproducing provided music data by a Bluetooth car kit comprising:

the Bluetooth car kit accessing a mobile station through short range radio links by the Bluetooth protocol;

receiving music data through the short range radio links from a mobile station that receives the music data from a music-data-providing server, the mobile station wirelessly accessing the music-data-providing server through a mobile communication system connected to the music-data-providing server through a network to receive the music data from the music-data-providing server;

decompressing the music data transmitted from the mobile station; and

reproducing the decompressed music data,

wherein the Bluetooth car kit is capable of decompressing and reproducing the music data in real-time while receiving the music data from the music-data-providing server.