SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF MEDIA ASSETS FROM MEDIA DELIVERY UNIT TO HANDHELD MEDIA PLAYER

• US 20110078053A1
• Filed: 12/04/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yang Pan
• Original Assignee: Yang Pan
• Inventors: Pan, Yang
• Application Number:
  US12/960,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20110078053A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel

Abstract

A media delivery system is disclosed. The system comprises a media delivery unit and a handheld media player. According to one embodiment, the media delivery unit and the handheld device may be connected through a communication link, such as for example, the Bluetooth type of connection. While a media asset such as an audio asset is being delivered by the media delivery unit through a speaker system, a file including metadata of the media asset being played may be transferred from the media delivery unit to the handheld media player. The media asset in a desired form may be transferred to the player from a server based upon the received metadata. According to another embodiment, the handheld media player may include a receiving and recording unit. At least, a portion of an audio asset being played by the media delivery unit may be recorded by the player. An audio file analyzer may associate the audio file to a media asset in a media database. The identified audio asset may be presented to a user of the media player for purchasing.

Claims

1. A method of delivering audio assets comprising:

delivering an audio asset by a speaker system of a media delivery unit;

recording at least a portion of the asset as an audio file by a handheld media player;

connecting the media player to a server through a computing device;

or connecting the media player to a server through a communication network;

analyzing the recorded audio file by an audio asset analyzer;

associating the recorded audio file to an audio asset from a media database; and

presenting the audio asset to the user through a user interface.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said method further comprising:

selecting the presented asset; and

purchasing the selected asset through an on-line facility.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said method further comprising actuating an input structure of the handheld media player before recording the audio asset.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said method further comprising displaying an alerting message and actuating an input structure of the handheld player before recording the audio asset.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said method further comprising comparing the recorded audio file to a plurality of audio assets of the media database stored in the media player;

and/or in the computing device; and

/or in the server.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said media delivery unit including one of the following units:

a high fidelity audio system;

a radio;

a television; and

an automobile media delivery system.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said handheld media player is a part of a handheld computing and communication device.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communication network further comprising the Internet.

9. A media delivery system comprising:

a media delivery unit including a speaker system;

a handheld media player including a receiving and recording unit for recording at least a portion of an audio asset being delivered by the speaker system;

an audio file analyzer for associating recorded audio file to an audio asset in a media database; and

a user interface including a means of presenting the associated audio asset to the user.

10. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein said handheld media player further including a communication unit for connecting the media player to a computing device.

11. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein said handheld media player further including a communication unit for connecting the player to a server through a communication network including the Internet.

12. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein said system further comprising an audio file analyzer for associating the recorded audio file to an audio asset in a media database.

13. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein said media delivery unit including one of the following units:

a high fidelity audio system;

a radio;

a television; and

an automobile media delivery system.

14. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein said handheld media player is a part of a handheld computing and communication device.

15. A method of transferring a media asset comprising:

delivering a media asset by a speaker system of a media delivery unit;

constructing a file including metadata of the media asset being delivered;

transferring the file from the media delivery unit to a handheld media player through a communication link; and

transferring the media asset associated with the metadata from a server to the media player through a communication network.

16. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein said method further comprising:

presenting the received media asset to a user through a user interface; and

purchasing the asset through an on-line facility.

17. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein said communication link further including one of or a combination of the following types of connection:

FIREWIRE (IEEE

     1394);

USB (Universal Serial Bus);

Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15.1 and its extensions);

ZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4 and its extensions); and

WiFi (IEEE 802.11x and its extensions).

18. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein said method further comprising transferring the media assets from the server to the handheld media player through a computing device.

19. The system as recited in claim 15, wherein said handheld media player further including a communication unit for connecting the player to a server through a communication network including the Internet.

20. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein said media delivery unit including one of the following units:

a high fidelity audio system;

a radio;

a television; and

an automobile media delivery system.