Multimedia broadcasting, broadcast services for cell phone and other users and modified SIM card and related means for enabling such broadcast reception
First Claim
1. A computerized cell phone capable of telephone communication on a cellular phone system, the cellular phone system having a transmitter-receiver providing broadcast transmissions of large data files, each broadcast transmission being simultaneously receivable by multiple enabled cell phone users in range of the transmitter receiver, the cell phone comprising a removable electronic accessory device provided with a machine-readable electronic key and having the ability to receive the broadcast transmission from the cellular phone system, wherein the cell phone is capable of receiving large data files and wherein the electronic key enables reception of the broadcast transmission without initialization with the cellular phone system.
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Abstract
Preferred embodiments enable cell phone users to plug in a novel SIM card and receive a multimedia broadcast of their choice, television, celebrity broadcast calls, newspapers, games, video and the like, without initializing with a service provider. Adapters can provide additional cell phone communication channels enabling a user to talk on the phone while receiving a broadcast into storage or to quickly receive a broadcast over multiple channels. Cell phone TV flicker can be inhibited by receiving over multiple channels. Each channel can be controlled or activated by its own SIM card. Novel product-specific SIM cards are provided to enable reception of specific broadcasts.
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- 1. A computerized cell phone capable of telephone communication on a cellular phone system, the cellular phone system having a transmitter-receiver providing broadcast transmissions of large data files, each broadcast transmission being simultaneously receivable by multiple enabled cell phone users in range of the transmitter receiver, the cell phone comprising a removable electronic accessory device provided with a machine-readable electronic key and having the ability to receive the broadcast transmission from the cellular phone system, wherein the cell phone is capable of receiving large data files and wherein the electronic key enables reception of the broadcast transmission without initialization with the cellular phone system.
- 26. A removable electronic accessory device for a computerized radiotelephone receiver capable of telephone communication on a cellular radiotelephone system and of receiving cellular phone broadcast transmissions, the accessory device being encoded with a machine-readable electronic key, optionally a telephone number, wherein the electronic accessory device comprises a SIM card, the SIM card can enable a SIM card-compatible cell phone to receive broadcasts via at least one broadcast-specific phone number and is retrofittable to provide broadcast reception capability to a SIM card-compatible cell phone lacking broadcast reception capability and wherein the electronic key enables reception of broadcast transmission of large data files by the radiotelephone system without initialization.
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32. A method of broadcasting, the method comprising:
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a) employing a terrestrial or satellite cell phone transmitter to transmit large data files from a cellular phone system to a population of cell-phone-equipped users wherein each said user cell phone has; i) a removable electronic accessory device provided with a machine-readable electronic key enabling reception of the broadcast communication; and ii) the ability to receive the broadcast communication from the cellular phone system without initializing with the cell phone system; b) distributing the electronic key to the users prior to broadcasting the large data files and by one or more broadcasts from an individual said terrestrial or satellite transmitter being simultaneously receivable by any one of the cell-phone equipped users within signal range. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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- 46. A receiver-enabled computer comprising a cell phone capable of telephone communication on a cellular phone system, the cellular phone system having a transmitter-receiver providing broadcast transmissions of large data files, each broadcast transmission being simultaneously receivable by multiple enabled cell phone users in range of the transmitter receiver, the cell phone having the ability to receive broadcast transmissions from the cellular phone system and communicate the received transmissions to the computer and comprising a removable electronic accessory device provided with a machine-readable electronic key and, wherein the cell phone is capable of receiving large data files and wherein the electronic key enables reception of the broadcast transmission without initialization with the cellular phone system.
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