Method for Playing Audio Files on a Portable Electronic Device
First Claim
1. A method for playing an audio file on a portable electronic device comprising:
- receiving said audio file as an email attachment;
sending a first request from an attachment viewer of said portable electronic device to an attachment server in order to determine a file type of said email attachment;
building and storing a graph structure representing said audio file on said attachment server and sending a response to said attachment viewer notifying said attachment viewer of said file type of said email attachment;
sending a second request from said attachment viewer to said attachment server to play said audio file, said request notifying said attachment server of a supported audio format of said portable electronic device; and
sending a transcoded audio file from said attachment server to said attachment viewer, said transcoded audio file corresponding to said audio file and having said supported audio format;
wherein said transcoded audio file is playable by a media player of said portable electronic device.
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Abstract
A method for playing an audio file on a portable electronic device includes receiving the audio file as an email attachment, sending a first request from an attachment viewer of the portable electronic device to an attachment server in order to determine a file type of the email attachment, building and storing a graph structure representing the audio file on the attachment server and sending a response to the attachment viewer notifying the attachment viewer of the file type of the email attachment, sending a second request from the attachment viewer to the attachment server to play the audio file, the request notifying the attachment server of a supported audio format of the portable electronic device and sending a transcoded audio file from the attachment server to the attachment viewer, the transcoded audio file corresponding to the audio file and having the supported audio format so that the transcoded audio file is playable by a media player of the portable electronic device.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for playing an audio file on a portable electronic device comprising:
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receiving said audio file as an email attachment; sending a first request from an attachment viewer of said portable electronic device to an attachment server in order to determine a file type of said email attachment; building and storing a graph structure representing said audio file on said attachment server and sending a response to said attachment viewer notifying said attachment viewer of said file type of said email attachment; sending a second request from said attachment viewer to said attachment server to play said audio file, said request notifying said attachment server of a supported audio format of said portable electronic device; and sending a transcoded audio file from said attachment server to said attachment viewer, said transcoded audio file corresponding to said audio file and having said supported audio format; wherein said transcoded audio file is playable by a media player of said portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A portable electronic device comprising:
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an attachment viewer application stored in flash memory of said portable electronic device, said attachment viewer for communicating with an attachment server to request conversion of an audio email attachment into an audio format supported by said portable electronic device; and a media player for playing a transcoded audio file returned from said attachment server, said transcoded file corresponding to said audio email attachment and having a format that is supported by said media player; wherein a graph structure representing said audio file is built prior to said audio file being transcoded, said graph structure being stored on said attachment server. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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