Music-data reproducing system using a download program

• US 7,039,686 B1
• Filed: 08/18/2000
• Issued: 05/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Sasaki, Hiroyuki, Arisawa, Ryukou, Fujii, Yuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Wiley, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): MESFIN, YEMANE
• Application Number:
  US09/642,622
• Time in Patent Office: 2,083 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/217, 709/219, 709/247, 709220-222, 455/517, 455/414.3, 455/414.4, 717/178
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0058 Transmission between separate instruments or between individual components of a musical system G10H1/0083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/061 MP3, i.e. MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, lossy audio compression
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/251 Mobile telephone transmission, i.e. transmitting, accessing or controlling music data wirelessly via a wireless or mobile telephone receiver, analog or digital, e.g. DECT GSM, UMTS smartphone, PDA or palmtop used for musical purposes G10H2230/015; mobile ringtone G10H2230/021
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• 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 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A data card 101 with music data accumulated therein is inserted into a portable telephone 110 to fetch the music data into the portable telephone, and application software suitable for a music data format prescribed in association with the music data is selected from among a plurality of pieces of application software (131, 133) stored in a server 130 located remotely, and is downloaded. Through this configuration, the application software associated with the music data can be downloaded from the server to the portable telephone by the user'"'"'s selection.

Claims

1. A music-data reproducing system using a download program comprising:

a server having a plurality of pieces of application software; and

a portable telephone which includes;

a storage means which stores music data;

a history recording means which records a history of downloading application software from the server;

a search means for searching the history to determine corresponding to a music data format defined in connection with the music data;

an instructing means which instructs the server to download the application software corresponding to a music data format defined in connection with the music data, the application software is downloaded through a communication network; and

an application software executing means which executes the application software by using the menu data after completion of the downloading the application software.

2. The music-data reproducing system according to claim 1,

wherein a list of downloadable application software in the server is transmitted to the portable telephone upon instruction from the portable telephone.

3. The music-data reproducing system according to claim 1,

the music-data reproducing system further comprising a storage medium capable to be mounted in the portable telephone, the storage medium stores the music data in advance;

wherein the portable phone retrieves the music data from the storage medium and executes the application software associated with the music data.

4. The music-data reproducing system according to claim 1,

wherein the music data is stored in the storage means of the portable phone by transmitted through a communication line.