Mobile device capable of receiving music or video content from satellite radio providers

• US 20070222734A1
• Filed: 03/25/2006
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MUSE Green Investments LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: MUSE Green Investments LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Tran, Bao
• Application Number:
  US11/388,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20070222734A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/98
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/632 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed to play satellite radio music on a mobile phone by authenticating the mobile phone; generating a stream universal resource locator (URL) for a predetermined content; and receiving data from the stream URL and playing audio associated with the stream URL on the mobile phone.

Claims

1. A method to play content from a satellite radio provider on a mobile phone, comprising:

authenticating the mobile phone with a satellite radio music server;

generating an internet protocol (IP) stream address for predetermined contents;

receiving data from the stream address over a cellular channel to the mobile phone; and

playing audio associated with the stream address on the mobile phone.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising performing a search to identify the predetermined content.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the search comprises performing a taxonomy search for music.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the predetermined contents are pre-selected by the satellite music server.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the predetermined contents are selected by a user.

6. The method of claim 2, comprising selling content for downloading to the mobile phone.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the stream address comprises one of:

a URL address, an MMS address, an SMS address.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the search is specified using one of:

an SMS message, a WAP field.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising

projecting a keyboard pattern using a light projector;

capturing one or more images of a user'"'"'s digits on the keyboard pattern with a camera;

decoding a character being typed on the keyboard pattern.

10. The method of claim 9, comprising projecting video onto a surface.

11. A cell phone capable of playing content from a satellite radio broadcaster, comprising:

a processor;

a wireless cellular radio coupled to the processor; and

code executing on the processor for authenticating the mobile phone;

generating an Internet protocol stream universal resource locator (URL) for a predetermined content; and

receiving data from the stream URL and playing the content associated with the stream URL on the mobile phone.

12. The cell phone of claim 11, comprising code to transmit audio or music from a satellite radio service to the mobile phone.

13. The cell phone of claim 11, comprising code to store audio or video data for subsequent playing.

14. The cell phone of claim 11, comprising code to display music album graphics.

15. The cell phone of claim 11, comprising code to receive a log-in and a password from the mobile phone.

16. The cell phone of claim 11, comprising code to preset a plurality of channels.

17. The cell phone of claim 11, comprising code to receive IP television (IPTV) data.

18. The cell phone of claim 11, comprising code to search for a predetermined content.

19. The cell phone of claim 11, comprising code to

project a keyboard pattern using a light projector;

capture one or more images of a user'"'"'s digits on the keyboard pattern with a camera;

decode a character being typed on the keyboard pattern.

20. The cell phone of claim 19, comprising code to project video onto a surface.