MOBILE MEDIA DEVICE USER INTERFACE

• US 20100332988A1
• Filed: 06/24/2009
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Stinson, D. Graham, Guerrero, Miguel, Fong, Jeffrey C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,756,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/727
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0257 User requested
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/57 for mobile receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/31 Arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/63 for services of sales data processing systems or methods specially adapted for electronic commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/74 using programme related information, e.g. title, composer or interpreter
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/85 which are mobile communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4436 Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

A mobile media device user interface is described. In one or more implementations, output of a plurality of audio content is monitored by a mobile media device. Each of the audio content was received via a respective one of a plurality of broadcast channels by the mobile media device. A user interface is displayed on a display device of the mobile media device, the user interface describing each of the plurality of audio content and the respective broadcast channel from which the audio content was received.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

monitoring output of a plurality of audio content by a mobile media device, each said audio content being received via a respective one of a plurality of broadcast channels by the mobile media device; and

displaying a user interface on a display device of the mobile media device, the user interface describing each of the plurality of audio content and the respective said broadcast channel from which the audio content was received.

2. A method as described in claim 1, wherein a portion of the user interface that describes a particular said audio content is selectable to initiate an operation to purchase the particular said audio content via a network connection.

3. A method as described in claim 2, wherein the particular said audio content once purchased is downloadable by another media device.

4. A method as described in claim 2, wherein the operation includes authenticating a user of the mobile media device using an authentication service.

5. A method as described in claim 4, wherein the authentication of the user by the authentication service provides access to a plurality of websites, at least one of which is configured to provide the particular said audio content for purchase.

6. A method as described in claim 4, wherein the authentication of the user by the authenticate service is performed automatically and without user intervention using a token that is stored on the mobile media device.

7. A method as described in claim 1, wherein a first said broadcast channel is broadcast using frequency modulation (FM) and a second said broadcast channel is broadcast via satellite.

8. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the user interface describes each of the plurality of audio content using metadata broadcast with respective said audio content.

9. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the user interface describes the plurality of audio content in reverse chronological order of when each of the plurality of audio content was output, respectively.

10. One or more computer-readable storage comprising instructions that are executable by a mobile media device to output a user interface that describes a plurality of content received via a broadcast and output by the mobile media device, the user interface having a plurality of options to purchase the plurality of content for download.

11. The one or more computer-readable storage as described in claim 10, wherein the mobile media device is installed in a vehicle.

12. The one or more computer-readable storage as described in claim 10, wherein the plurality of content includes audio content that was received via an FM broadcast and audio content that was received via a satellite broadcast.

13. The one or more computer-readable storage as described in claim 10, wherein the user interface describes the plurality of content in reverse chronological order of when each of the plurality of audio content was output, respectively, by the mobile media device.

14. The one or more computer-readable storage as described in claim 10, wherein the user interface describes the plurality of content in groups arranged by broadcaster.

15. The one or more computer-readable storage as described in claim 10, wherein the user interface has a plurality of options to purchase the plurality of content for download to and local storage by the mobile media device.

16. A mobile media device comprising:

a display device; and

one or more modules to output a plurality of audio content that have been received wirelessly via one or more broadcast channels and display a user interface on the display device that includes one or more of the audio content that is an advertisement.

17. The mobile media device as described in claim 16, wherein:

the one or more modules are configured to receive the one or more of the audio content that is an advertisement wirelessly via a one-way broadcast; and

the description of the advertisement is selectable in the user interface to navigate to the advertisement that is accessible by the one or more modules via a two-way network connection.

18. The mobile media device as described in claim 17, wherein the two-way network connection provides an Internet connection and the one-way broadcast is received via a radio broadcast in compliance with frequency modulation (FM).

19. The mobile media device as described in claim 17, wherein the description of the advertisement in the user interface includes metadata that was broadcast with the advertisement.

20. The mobile media device as described in claim 16, wherein the description of the advertisement is selectable in the user interface to navigate to the advertisement via an Internet connection to purchase a good or service that pertains to the advertisement.