TELEPHONE FOR MUSIC SHARING
First Claim
1. A telephone having a unit for transmission of an audio signal, comprising:
- a microphone integrated within the telephone for telephony communications;
a storage unit for storage of audio signals;
a transmitter to transmit audio signals from the storage unit;
a receiver for receiving audio signals; and
an audio player to play received audio signals from the storage unit or from the receiver;
wherein, the telephone has a first communications mode for telephony communications; and
a second communications mode parallel with the first communications mode for playing of audio signal, and wherein each of the first communications mode and the second communications mode comprise an amplitude of sound.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a mobile telephone enabled for audio signal playback between telephones within a cluster. In one aspect, a member telephone of the cluster is enabled to transmit audio signals to another telephone in the cluster while the music plays synchronously on each device. Alternatively, the telephones use synchronization signals to enable playback of music synchronously from a storage unit on each telephone. In another aspect, telephony communication and audio transfer can be available through the same mode or through parallel communications systems such that playback of audio signals and other communication can occur at the same time. In yet another aspect, an amplitude control enables users to vary the ratio of sound between telephony communication and audio signal.
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34 Claims
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1. A telephone having a unit for transmission of an audio signal, comprising:
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a microphone integrated within the telephone for telephony communications;
a storage unit for storage of audio signals;
a transmitter to transmit audio signals from the storage unit;
a receiver for receiving audio signals; and
an audio player to play received audio signals from the storage unit or from the receiver;
wherein, the telephone has a first communications mode for telephony communications; and
a second communications mode parallel with the first communications mode for playing of audio signal, and wherein each of the first communications mode and the second communications mode comprise an amplitude of sound. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A telephone having a unit for transmission of an audio signal, comprising:
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a microphone integrated within the telephone for telephony communications;
a storage unit for storage of audio signals;
a transmitter to transmit audio signals from the storage unit;
a receiver for receiving audio signals, the receiver further comprising a first mode to receive audio signals via an Internet connection and a second mode to receive audio signals from a transmitter of a compatible device; and
an audio player to play received audio signals from the storage unit or from the receiver;
wherein, telephony communications are coincident with playing of audio signals. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for using a telephone to share dynamic information within a cluster of telephones, comprising:
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playing an audio selection on a first member telephone;
broadcasting the audio selection from the first member telephone to a second member telephone;
playing the broadcast audio selection on the second member telephone;
transferring dynamic information from the second member telephone to the first member telephone coincident with playing of the audio selection on the first and second telephones; and
presenting the dynamic information on the first member telephone. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A telephone for sharing dynamic information within a cluster of telephones, the cluster of telephones having one or more members, comprising:
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means for playing an audio selection on a first member telephone;
means for broadcasting the audio selection;
means for receiving audio selections;
means for playing the audio selection;
means for transferring dynamic information to a member telephone coincident with playing of the audio selection on the first member telephone;
means for receiving dynamic information; and
means for presenting the dynamic information to a user on the first member telephone. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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