Device, system, network and method for acquiring content

• US 20080271090A1
• Filed: 04/28/2007
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David M. Fortunato
• Original Assignee: David M. Fortunato
• Inventors: Fortunato, David M.
• Application Number:
  US11/796,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20080271090A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/67
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/20 Adaptations for transmission via a GHz frequency band, e.g. via satellite

Abstract

A system, device, network and method for acquiring content that is first transmitted via satellite and received by a satellite receiver such as, for example, a satellite radio receiver. The received content may be listened to (for audio content) upon receipt by the satellite radio receiver, yet may be acquired at some later time. Alternatively, the content may be acquired in real-time—that is, at or proximate to the time during which the content is listened to (again, using audio content as an example). To acquire the content at a later time, the listener captures a part of the signal which carries the content and which is received by the satellite radio receiver. The captured part of the signal may then be transmitted to a content provider that, in turn, transmits a copy of the content identified by the part of the signal to the listener.

Claims

1. A system for acquiring content in a signal transmitted by a transmitter, the signal including a content identifier, said system comprising means for capturing a part of the content identifier.

2. A system as recited by claim 1, further comprising means for transmitting the part of the content identifier.

3. A system as recited by claim 1, wherein said means for capturing comprises memory means.

4. A system as recited by claim 1, wherein said means for capturing is user activatable.

5. A system as recited by claim 4, wherein said means for capturing is user activatable by one of a depressible means, an audible means and a programmable means.

6. A system as recited by claim 5, wherein said programmable means is programmable by a user to define criteria of content for which said means for capturing captures the part of a content identifier.

7. A system as recited by claim 1, further comprising a receiver for receiving the signal.

8. A system as recited by claim 7, wherein said receiver includes said means for capturing.

9. A system as recited by claim 2, wherein said means for transmitting comprises one of a satellite transmitter and a land-based transmitter.

10. A system as recited by claim 7, wherein said means for transmitting comprises one of said receiver, a satellite transmitter and a land-based transmitter.

11. A system as recited by claim 1, wherein said means for transmitting is user activatable.

12. A system as recited by claim 11, wherein said means for transmitting is user activatable by one of a depressible means, an audible means and a programmable means.

13. A system as recited by claim 12, wherein said programmable means is programmable by a user to define a condition for which said means for transmitting transmits said content identifier.

14. A system as recited by claim 1, wherein the content is audio content and wherein the content identifier identifies one of a title, creator, distributor, publisher and source of the audio content.

15. A system as recited by claim 7, wherein the transmitter transmits a plurality of signals via satellite, and wherein said receiver further comprising means for selecting one of the plurality of signals transmitted by the transmitter.

16. A network for transmitting a signal and for receiving the signal, the signal comprising content and a content identifier, said network comprising:

a transmitter for transmitting the signal; and

a receiver for receiving the signal comprising means for capturing a part of the content identifier.

17. A network as recited by claim 16, wherein said transmitter comprises one of a satellite transmitter and a land-based transmitter.

18. A network as recited by claim 16, wherein said transmitter comprises a satellite transmitter and a land-based transmitter, said land-based transmitter transmitting the signal including the content and the content identifier to the satellite transmitter.

19. A network as recited by claim 16, wherein said receiver further comprises a transmitter for transmitting the part of the content identifier.

20. A network as recited by claim 16, wherein said means for capturing comprises memory means.

21. A network as recited by claim 16, wherein said means for capturing is user activatable.

22. A network as recited by claim 16, wherein said means for capturing is user activatable by one of a depressible means, an audible means and a programmable means.

23. A network as recited by claim 22, wherein said programmable means is programmable by a user to define criteria of content for which said means for capturing captures the part of a content identifier.

24. A network as recited by claim 19, wherein said receiver transmitter is user activatable.

25. A network as recited by claim 24, wherein said receiver transmitter is user activatable by one of a depressible means, an audible means and a programmable means.

26. A network as recited by claim 25, wherein said programmable means is programmable by a user to define a condition for which said receiver transmitter transmits said content identifier.

27. A network as recited by claim 16, wherein the content is audio content and wherein the content identifier identifies one of a title, creator, distributor, publisher and source of the audio content.

28. A network as recited by claim 16, wherein the transmitter transmits a plurality of signals via satellite, and wherein said receiver further comprising means for selecting one of the plurality of signals transmitted by the transmitter.

29. A method for acquiring content in a signal received by a receiver, the signal including content and a content identifier identifying the content, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving the signal;

capturing a part of the content identifier; and

transmitting the part of the content identifier.