[APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND DECODING MUSIC FORMAT AND DIGITAL MUSIC SHARING METHOD FOR MOBILE PHONES]

• US 20040242207A1
• Filed: 08/19/2003
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corporation
• Inventors: Chi, Chao-Wen
• Application Number:
  US10/604,820
• Publication Number:
  US 20040242207A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.2
• 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: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

An apparatus for detecting and decoding music format for mobile phones and a digital music sharing method are disclosed. The apparatus for detecting and decoding music format for mobile phones comprises a receiver, for receiving a digital music file and a data processing unit, for detecting the format of the digital music file and decoding the digital music file responsive to the detected format of the digital music file. The method of sharing digital music for mobile phones comprises providing a digital music file, transmitting the digital music file to a mobile phone, wherein the mobile phone detects the format of the digital music file and decodes the digital music file.

Claims

1. An apparatus for detecting and decoding music formats for mobile phones, comprising:

a receiver, for receiving a digital music file; and

a data processing unit, for detecting a format of said digital music file and decoding said digital music file responsive to the detected format of said digital music file.

2. The apparatus for detecting and decoding music formats for mobile phones of claim 1, wherein said data processing unit further comprises

a central processing unit, for receiving said digital music file from said receiver;

and

a music IC, for detecting the format of said digital music file and decoding said digital music file via a firmware.

3. The apparatus for detecting and decoding music formats for mobile phones of claim 2, wherein said data processing unit further comprises

a data buffer, coupled to said central processing unit and said music IC, said data buffer receiving and temporarily storing said digital music file and transmitting said temporarily stored digital music file to said music IC.

4. The apparatus for detecting and decoding music formats for mobile phones of claim 1, wherein said digital musical file is a MIDI file.

5. The apparatus for detecting and decoding music formats for mobile phones of claim 1, wherein the format of said digital musical file is selected from a group of formats consisting of MIDI, SP-MIDI, SMAF, MFi, RTTTL, and I-Melody.

6. The apparatus for detecting and decoding music formats for mobile phones of claim 1, wherein said data processing unit further comprises;

a central processing unit, for receiving said digital music file from said receiver and detecting the format of said digital music file; and

a music IC, for selecting a decoding procedure corresponding to the detected format of said digital music format by central processing unit to decode said digital music file.

7. The apparatus for detecting and decoding music formats for mobile phones of claim 6, wherein said data processing unit further comprises

a data buffer, coupled to said central processing unit and said music IC, said data buffer receiving and temporarily storing said digital music file and transmitting said temporarily stored digital music file to said music IC.

8. A method of sharing digital music for mobile phones, comprising:

providing a digital music file; and

transmitting said digital music file to a mobile phone, wherein said mobile phone detects a format of said digital music file and decodes said digital music file.

9. A method of sharing digital music for mobile phones, wherein the step of detecting the format of said digital music file and decoding said digital music file by the mobile phone further comprises:

obtaining a header of said digital music file, said header having an ID;

determining a format of said digital music file responsive to said ID;

obtaining a decoding procedure corresponding to the detected format of said digital music file; and

performing said decoding procedure to decode said digital music file.