Method and System of Creating Media Playlists and Sending to Mobile Devices

• US 20080256129A1
• Filed: 12/30/2007
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Iain Glendinning, Robert Salinas
• Original Assignee: Iain Glendinning, Robert Salinas
• Inventors: Glendinning, Iain, Salinas, Robert
• Application Number:
  US11/967,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20080256129A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4143 embedded in a Personal Computer [PC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists

Abstract

The field of invention is computer-implemented systems and methods for creating and transmitting media to mobile devices, and in particular, methods and systems for locating, selecting, grouping, and arranging media items in playlists, and transmitting playlists to mobile devices and/or other electronic devices. This invention enhances the usability of mobile devices, and in particular, the usability of any mobile phone by making a user'"'"'s media or third party media accessible to that user via the mobile phone. An object of the invention is to make any mobile phone a personal media player such as a “MP3 player”, a “Podcast” player, a “slideslow” viewer, and so on.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

uploading a plurality of media files;

grouping one or more the media files in a playlist; and

transmitting the playlist to a mobile device;

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the media files comprise music.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the media files comprise video.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the media files comprise images.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the media files comprise music and text.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the media files comprise video and text.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the media files comprise images and text.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the media files comprise interactive media.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the method has an additional step of scheduling the transmission of playlists such that the playlist is transmitted on predetermined schedule.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the method has an additional step of recipient saving playlist on mobile device.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the method has an additional step of recipient sending a reply to sender of playlist by electronic means.

13. A method comprising:

purchasing a plurality of media files;

grouping one or more of the media files in one or more playlists; and

transmitting one or more the playlists to a mobile device;

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the method has an additional step of scheduling the transmission of playlists such that playlists are transmitted at a predetermined time.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein the method has an additional step of shuffling or randomizing one or more playlists prior to transmission of the playlists to the mobile device.

17. A method comprising:

selecting a plurality of media files;

grouping one or more of the media files in at least one playlist;

converting a playlist into a resulting media file; and

transmitting the resulting media file to a mobile device.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the resulting media file is encoded as an audio file.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein the resulting media comprises a plurality of music files.

20. The method of claim 17 wherein the resulting media file is encoded as a video file.

21. The method of claim 17 having the additional step of encoding at least one image or video file in the resulting media file.

22. The method of claim 17 wherein the resulting media comprises a plurality of music files and a slideshow of images.

23. The method of claim 17 wherein the resulting media comprises at least one music file and at least one video file.

24. The method of claim 17 wherein the resulting media comprises a plurality of images files in a slideshow with or without music.

25. The method of claim 17 wherein the resulting media comprises at least one advertisement.