Electronic music marker device delayed notification

• US 7,107,234 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2001
• Issued: 09/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Deguchi, Yuichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Garg, Yogesh C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAQ, NAEEM U
• Application Number:
  US09/932,665
• Publication Number:
  US 20030036967A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,852 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/27
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/28 Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

Method and system for providing a notification function for bookmarked music clips broadcast over a radio station to provide to a user of an electronic music marking device such that when the playlist for the bookmarked music clips is available, the user can access information corresponding to the bookmarked music clips, while when the playlist for the bookmarked music clips is not available, the user is notified that the playlist is unavailable, and when the playlist becomes available, the an email is generated and transmitted to the user informing the user that the playlist corresponding to the user'"'"'s bookmarked music clips is available, and further, the email may include a hypertext link attachment which may be configured to automatically re-direct the user'"'"'s browser terminal to display the playlist corresponding to the bookmarked music clips on the user'"'"'s electronic music marker device account.

Claims

1. A data marking device notification system, comprising:

a gateway terminal configured to receive one or more data marks including a bookmark from a data marking device of a user;

a playlist provider configured to generate a broadcast playlist including information on at least one music clip;

a server terminal coupled to the gateway terminal configured to receive said one or more data marks including said bookmark from said gateway terminal, said server terminal further configured to search for music clips corresponding to said one or more data marks including said bookmark within said broadcast playlist, if said broadcast playlist is available, from said playlist provider and to generate a user playlist containing said information on said music clips; and

means for generating a notification to the user in response to determining that said broadcast playlist has become available.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said playlist includes one or more of a title of a broadcast music clip, a name of the artist of the music clip and a name of the album of the music clip.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein each of said one or more data marks includes a date stamp and a time stamp.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said gateway terminal is further configured to receive a data marking device identification code.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein said gateway terminal is further configured to transmit said identification code to said server terminal.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein said server terminal is configured to determine a geographic location code corresponding to said identification code toward selecting which broadcast playlists correspond to a given data mark.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein said server terminal is configured to retrieve a broadcast station call letter corresponding to said geographic location code.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein said server terminal is configured to transmit said broadcast station call letter and said geographic location code to said playlist provider.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein said playlist generated by said playlist provider corresponds to said broadcast station call letter and geographic location code.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein said server terminal is further configured to transmit said user playlist to said gateway terminal.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein said gateway terminal includes a display unit configured to display said received user playlist.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein said gateway terminal display unit includes one of a cathode ray tube, a liquid crystal display unit, and a plasma display unit.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein said server terminal further includes a storage unit for storing said playlist received from said playlist provider, said user playlist and said data marks.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein said server terminal and said gateway terminal are connected via an internet connection.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein said server terminal is configured to generate an email notification for transmission to said gateway terminal.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein said email notification includes a hypertext link attachment corresponding to said user playlist.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein said gateway terminal is configured to display said user playlist when said hypertext link is selected.

18. The system of claim 15 wherein said server terminal automatically generates an email notification when said playlist received from said playlist provider does not correspond to said one or more data marks received from said gateway terminal.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein said server terminal is configured to transmit said email notification to a user email account in said server domain.

20. The system of claim 1 wherein said gateway terminal includes one of a personal computer, an internet access enabled personal digital assistant, Wireless Application Protocol enabled mobile telephone, and an i-mode enabled mobile telephone.

21. A delayed data mark playlist notification system, comprising:

a gateway terminal connected to a data marking device of a user, said gateway terminal configured to receive one or more data marks including a bookmark from said data marking device, each of said one or more data marks including a time stamp and a date stamp corresponding to a music clip broadcast over a registered radio station as contained within a broadcast playlist;

a server terminal coupled to said gateway terminal configured to receive said one or more data marks including said bookmark, and accordingly, to generate a corresponding user playlist including one or more of a name of the broadcast music clip, a name of the music clip artist, and the name of the music clip album from a broadcast playlist, if said broadcast playlist is available; and

programming in said server terminal for,

transmitting said generated user playlist, if available, to said gateway terminal,

sending notification to said gateway terminal, if said broadcast playlist is not available, and

transmitting a notification to the user when said broadcast playlist becomes available.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein said gateway terminal includes a display unit for displaying said received user playlist.

23. The system of claim 21 wherein said server terminal is further configured to periodically receive broadcast music playlists, said received broadcast music playlists including data corresponding to music clips broadcast over one or more registered radio stations.

24. A data marking device notification system, comprising:

means for receiving one or more data marks including a bookmark;

means for generating a broadcast playlist within a storage unit, if playlist of broadcast music clips is currently available;

means for receiving said broadcast playlist from said storage unit and generating a user playlist of music clip information based on said data marks including said bookmark and said received playlist; and

means for generating a notification to user in response to determining that said playlist has become available.

25. A delayed data mark playlist notification system, comprising:

means for receiving one or more data marks including a bookmark input by a user, each of said one or more data marks including a time stamp and a date stamp corresponding to a music clip broadcast over a registered radio station;

means for generating a user playlist with information on music clips found within a broadcast playlist retained in a storage unit, if the broadcast playlist is currently available, said user playlist including one or more of a name of the broadcast music clip, a name of the music clip artist, and the name of the music clip album; and

means for generating a notification to the user in response to determining that said playlist has become available.

26. The system of claim 25 further including means for transmitting said generated user playlist.