MEDIA DELIVERY PLATFORM

• US 20150207929A1
• Filed: 04/01/2015
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Skky, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Skky, Inc.
• Inventors: Mikkelsen, John, Freidson, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 9,832,304 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2647 Arrangements specific to the receiver only equalisation H04L27/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2656 Frame synchronisation, e.g. packet synchronisation, time division duplex [TDD] switching point detection or subframe synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 : Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0252 : by means of a snap-on mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 : by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 : using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 : for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 : for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42051 : where the notification is included in the ringing tone
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 : Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 : Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 : Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/00 : Network data management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices

Abstract

A method of delivering an audio and/or visual media file including, for example, one or more of full or partial master recordings of songs, musical compositions, ringtones, videos, films, television shows, personal recordings, animation and combinations thereof, over the air wirelessly, from one or more servers to an electronic device with or without an Internet connection, said method comprising transmitting and audio and/or visual media file in compressed format to said electronic device, and wherein the electronic device is effective to receive said audio and/or visual file and playback said audio and/or visual content on demand by a user.

Claims

1. A digital cellular phone for receiving over a digital cellular network one or more digital audio and/or visual files from one or more servers, the phone comprising:

a memory configured to store one or more modules;

a receiver communicatively coupled to the memory, the receiver configured to receive an orthogonal frequency-division multiplex data transmission over the digital cellular network;

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to execute the one or more modules to cause the one or more processors to;

receive a selection for one or more compressed digital audio and/or visual data files from a library of compressed data files hosted by the one or more servers;

receive at least a portion of the one or more compressed digital audio and/or visual data files;

wherein at least a portion of the one or more compressed digital audio and/or visual data files is included in the orthogonal frequency-division multiplex data transmission;

provide to the one or more servers acknowledgement data, the acknowledgement data informing the one or more servers that at least a portion of the one or more compressed digital audio and/or visual data files was successfully received by the receiver; and

store in said memory at least a portion of the received one or more compressed digital audio and/or visual data files.

2. The phone as recited in claim 1, wherein the receiver is configured to further receive individual modulated sub-channel data transmissions within the orthogonal frequency-division multiplex data transmission.

3. The phone as recited in claim 2, wherein the individual modulated sub-channel data transmissions include packets of data.

4. The phone as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to provide to the one or more servers an indication that a data block was not received by the receiver.

5. The phone as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to playback the one or more compressed digital audio-visual data files.

6. The phone as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to store in at least one buffer at least a portion of the received one or more compressed digital audio and/or visual data files.

7. The phone as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more compressed digital audio and/or visual data files is associated with a unique numerical identifier.

8. The phone as recited in claim 1, wherein the receiver comprises a synchronization subsystem for synchronizing the received OFDM transmission.

9. A digital cellular phone for receiving one or more digital audio or audio-visual files from one or more servers, the phone comprising:

a memory configured to store one or more modules;

a receiver communicatively coupled to the memory, the receiver configured to receive an orthogonal frequency-division multiplex data transmission;

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to execute the one or more modules to cause the one or more processors to;

receive a selection for one or more compressed digital audio or audio-visual data files from a library of compressed audio or audio-visual data files hosted by one or more servers;

receive a streamed sequence of packets representing at least a portion of the one or more compressed digital audio or audio-visual data files;

wherein at least a portion of the packets of the one or more compressed digital audio or audio-visual data files is included in the orthogonal frequency-division multiplex data transmission;

provide to the one or more servers acknowledgement data, the acknowledgement data informing the one or more servers that at least a portion of the packets of the one or more compressed digital audio or audio-visual data files was successfully received by the receiver;

store in a buffer memory at least a portion of the received packets of the one or more compressed digital audio or audio-visual data files; and

playback the stream of the one or more compressed digital audio or audio-visual data files.

10. The digital cellular phone of claim 9, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to record information on how many times or when part of or all of the one or more compressed digital audio or audio-visual data files is played.

11. A digital cellular phone for receiving over a digital cellular network one or more digital audio or audio-visual files from one or more servers, comprising:

a memory configured to store one or more modules;

a receiver communicatively coupled to the memory, the receiver configured to receive an orthogonal frequency-division multiplex data transmission over a digital cellular network;

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to execute the one or more modules to cause the one or more processors to;

store in a buffer memory at least a portion of a compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file received in the orthogonal frequency-division multiplex data transmission received by the receiver;

play at least a portion of the compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file.

12. The digital cellular phone of claim 11, wherein the receiver further comprises a synchronization subsystem to synchronize the received OFDM transmission.

13. The digital cellular phone of claim 12, wherein the receiver further comprises a descrambler to descramble the received OFDM transmission.

14. The digital cellular phone as recited in claim 13, wherein the receiver is configured to further receive individual modulated sub-channel data transmissions within the orthogonal frequency-division multiplex data transmission.

15. The digital cellular phone as recited in claim 14, wherein the individual modulated sub-channel data transmissions include packets of data.

16. The digital cellular phone as recited in claim 12, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to provide to the one or more servers an indication that a data block was not received by the receiver.

17. The digital cellular phone as recited in claim 12, wherein the one or more compressed digital audio or audio-visual data files is associated with a unique numerical identifier.

18. The digital cellular phone as recited in claim 12, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to provide to one or more servers acknowledgement data, the acknowledgement data informing the one or more servers that at least a portion of the compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file was successfully received by the receiver.

19. The digital cellular phone as recited in claim 12, wherein the one or more processors is further configured to record information on how many times or when part of or all of the compressed audio or audio-visual file is played.