METHOD, SYSTEM AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PURCHASING MEDIA

• US 20120084175A1
• Filed: 10/04/2010
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Arastafar, Martin
• Application Number:
  US12/897,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084175A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

Abstract

According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and mobile electronic device for purchasing media are provided. The method comprises receiving metadata at a communications interface of a mobile electronic device, the metadata comprising an identifier for media being played by a second device; determining whether input data has been received at the mobile electronic device, the input data representing a purchase command; and when the determination is affirmative, transmitting a purchase request from the mobile electronic device for purchasing the media, the purchase request including the identifier.

Claims

1. A method of purchasing media comprising:

receiving metadata at a communications interface of a mobile electronic device, the metadata comprising an identifier for media being played by a second device;

determining whether input data has been received at the mobile electronic device, the input data representing a purchase command; and

when the determination is affirmative, transmitting a purchase request from the mobile electronic device for purchasing the media, the purchase request including the identifier.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to transmitting the purchase request, receiving the media at the mobile electronic device; and

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storing the media in a memory of the mobile electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

transmitting the media to the second device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

following receipt of the metadata, storing the metadata in a memory of the mobile electronic device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving further metadata; and

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writing the further metadata in the memory in place of the metadata.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata is received from the second device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the metadata is received automatically.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

prior to receiving the metadata, transmitting a metadata request to the second device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second device is a satellite radio tuner.

10. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a memory;

a communications interface for receiving metadata, the metadata comprising an identifier for media being played by a second device; and

a processor configured to determine whether input data has been received at the mobile electronic device, the input data representing a purchase command; and

, when the determination is affirmative, to transmit, via the communications interface, a purchase request for purchasing the media, the purchase request including the identifier.

11. The mobile electronic device of claim 10, the processor being further configured, responsive to transmitting the purchase request, to receive the media via the communications interface and to store the media in the memory.

12. The mobile electronic device of claim 11, the processor further being configured to transmit the media to the second device.

13. The mobile electronic device of claim 10, the processor being further configured, following receipt of the metadata, to store the metadata in the memory.

14. The mobile electronic device of claim 13, the processor being further configured to receive further metadata and to write the further metadata in the memory in place of the metadata.

15. The mobile electronic device of claim 10, wherein the metadata is received from the second device.

16. The mobile electronic device of claim 15, wherein the metadata is received automatically.

17. The mobile electronic device of claim 15, the processor being further configured, prior to receiving the metadata, to transmit, via the communications interface, a metadata request to the second device.

18. The mobile electronic device of claim 10, wherein the second device is a satellite radio tuner.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions embodied therein for execution by a processor, the computer-readable instructions implementing a method, the method comprising:

receiving metadata at a communications interface of a mobile electronic device, the metadata comprising an identifier for media being played by a second device;

determining whether input data has been received at the mobile electronic device, the input data representing a purchase command; and

when the determination is affirmative, transmitting a purchase request from the mobile electronic device for purchasing the media, the purchase request including the identifier.