SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR STORAGE OF MUSIC VIA IPTV

• US 20090144789A1
• Filed: 07/07/2008
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chang, E-Lee, Yu, Ke, Khandelwal, Madhur, Pirani, Akbar, Branam, Michael, Weaver, Timothy
• Application Number:
  US12/168,839
• Publication Number:
  US 20090144789A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/110
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2747 Remote storage of video programs received via the downstream path, e.g. from the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer products for storage of music via Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) are disclosed herein. Exemplary embodiments include a network-based method for audio storage. The method includes receiving a request to store audio data, retrieving the audio data through an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) network, and storing the audio data in an audio repository in communication with the IPTV network.

Claims

1. A network-based method for providing audio storage, the method comprising:

receiving a request to store audio data;

retrieving the audio data through an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) network; and

storing the audio data in an audio repository in communication with the IPTV network.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing an audio file listing of audio files available to the IPTV network; and

receiving an audio file selection from the listing, wherein retrieving the audio data is based on the audio file selection.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

initiating an encoding session to translate audio files included in the audio file selection; and

rendering the translated audio files on a communications device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the audio files are encoded to a WINDOWS MEDIA format for rendering on the communications device.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the audio data is stored in a listing format containing pointers associated with the audio files available to the IPTV network.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising rendering lyrics associated with the audio file selection on a communications device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the communications device is an Internet Protocol-enabled television.

8. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing a transcoded format of audio files included in the audio file selection to a communications device address of a communications device.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the communications device address includes at least one of a uniform resource locator and an Internet address.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the communications device includes a set-top box.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio repository is accessible by devices authenticated on the IPTV network.

12. A system for providing network-based audio storage, the system comprising:

a computer processing device; and

an audio storage application executing on the computer processing device, the audio storage application including;

receiving a request to store audio data,

retrieving the audio data through an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) network, and

storing the audio data in an audio repository in communication with the IPTV network.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the audio storage application further includes:

providing an audio file listing of audio files available to the IPTV network; and

receiving an audio file selection from the listing, wherein retrieving the audio data is based on the audio file selection.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the audio storage application further includes:

initiating an encoding session to translate audio files included in the audio file selection; and

rendering the translated audio files on a communications device.

15. A computer program product for network-based audio storage, the computer program product including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

receiving a request to store audio data;

retrieving the audio data through an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) network; and

storing the audio data in an audio repository in communication with the IPTV network.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the method further includes:

providing an audio file listing of audio files available to the IPTV network; and

receiving an audio file selection from the listing, wherein retrieving the audio data is based on the audio file selection.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the method further includes:

initiating an encoding session to translate audio files included in the audio file selection; and

rendering the translated audio files on a communications device.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, the audio files are encoded to a WINDOWS MEDIA format for rendering on the communications device.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the audio data is stored in a listing format containing pointers associated with the audio files available to the IPTV network.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising rendering lyrics associated with the audio file selection on an Internet Protocol-enabled television.