Mobile wireless communication terminals, systems, methods, and computer program products for managing playback of song files

• US 7,890,088 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2009
• Issued: 02/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snaptrack Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: de Léon, David, Granström, Martin, Sparre, Erik
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; David Q
• Application Number:
  US12/433,053
• Publication Number:
  US 20090221273A1
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/556.1, 455/426, 455/412
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0083 using wireless transmission, e.g. radio, light, infrared
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/301 Soundscape or sound field simulation, reproduction or control for musical purposes, e.g. surround or 3D sound; Granular synthesis
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/081 Beat indicator, e.g. marks or flashing LEDs to indicate tempo or beat positions analysis tempo G10H2210/076; tempo or beat alterations G10H2210/375; rhythm pattern G10H2210/341
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/131 Library retrieval, i.e. searching a database or selecting a specific musical piece, segment, pattern, rule or parameter set
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/231 Quadrature modulation, e.g. QAM
• 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 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A mobile wireless communication terminal includes a wireless communication module that is configured to communicate with other communication terminals over a wireless interface, and a controller. The controller is configured to establish a connection with at least one participant wireless communication terminal via the wireless communication module, to receive from the at least one participant wireless communication terminal an identification of a compliant song file stored on the at least one participant wireless communication terminal and having a metadata tag associated therewith indicating that the compliant song file is classified in a prescribed song file category, and to execute playback of the compliant song file.

Claims

1. A host mobile wireless communication terminal comprising:

a wireless communication module that is configured to communicate with other communication terminals over a wireless interface; and

a controller that is configured to establish a connection with a plurality of participant wireless communication terminals via the wireless communication module, to maintain a list of nominated song files, to receive vote messages from at least two of the plurality of the participant wireless communication terminals, to determine an elected song file from the list of nominated song files based on the vote messages, and to execute playback of the elected song file simultaneously on the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals.

2. The host mobile wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to receive an identification of a nominated song file from at least one of the participant wireless communication terminals, and to add the identification of the nominated song file to the list of nominated song files.

3. The host mobile wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to retrieve the elected song file from at least one of the participant wireless communication terminals for playback.

4. The host mobile wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein:

the wireless communication module is configured to communicate with other communication terminals over a direct point-to-point wireless interface; and

the controller is configured to establish the connection with the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals via the wireless communication module via the direct point-to-point wireless interface, and to receive the vote messages from the participant wireless communication terminals via the direct point-to-point wireless interface.

5. The host mobile wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication module comprises a Bluetooth transmitter.

6. The host mobile wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication terminal includes a cellular telephone.

7. The host mobile wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the host mobile wireless communication terminal is a handheld mobile terminal.

8. The host mobile wireless communication terminal of claim 7 wherein the handheld mobile terminal is a cellular telephone.