Mobile wireless communication terminals, systems, methods, and computer program products for publishing, sharing and accessing media files

• US 7,925,244 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2006
• Issued: 04/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Minör, Sten
• Primary Examiner(s): Eng; George
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brandt; Christopher M
• Application Number:
  US11/442,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20070281667A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,778 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.2, 455/414.1, 455/414.3, 455/41.2, 455/41.3
• US Class Current: 455/414.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• 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 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1078 Resource delivery mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A method for publishing and sharing media files includes: making a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals from a publisher wireless communication terminal; establishing a connection via a wireless communication module of the publisher wireless communication terminal with a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files; sending an identification of the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal; sending a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal to the publisher wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file; sending the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request; and executing playback of the published media file on the requestor wireless communication terminal.

Claims

1. A method for publishing and sharing media files, the method comprising:

pre-selecting a media file from a collection of media files on a publisher wireless communication terminal for publication;

thereafter

making the selected media file a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals from the publisher wireless communication terminal;

thereafter

receiving a discovery request issued from a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files;

automatically establishing a connection via a wireless communication module of the publisher wireless communication terminal with the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the discovery request;

automatically sending an identification of the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the discovery request;

sending a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal to the publisher wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file;

automatically sending the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request;

executing playback of the published media file on the requestor wireless communication terminal; and

prior to receiving the discovery request, placing the publisher wireless communication terminal in a publisher mode and awaiting the discovery request from the requestor wireless communication terminal.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the published media file is a song file.

3. The method of claim 1 including:

establishing a connection via a wireless communication module of the publisher wireless communication terminal with a plurality of requestor wireless communication terminals seeking published media files;

sending identifications of published media files from the publisher wireless communication terminal to each of the requestor wireless communication terminals;

sending a media file request from each of the requestor wireless communication terminals to the publisher wireless communication terminal requesting the published media files;

sending published media files from the publisher wireless communication terminal to each of the requestor wireless communication terminals in response to the media file requests; and

executing playback of the published media files on each of the requestor wireless communication terminals.

4. The method of claim 1 including issuing the discovery request from the requestor wireless communication terminal seeking wireless communication terminals that are offering published media files.

5. The method of claim 1 including generating and displaying on the requestor wireless communication terminal a published media file list including the published media file identification.

6. The method of claim 1 including sending the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request by streaming the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal.

7. The method of claim 6 including sending the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request by streaming the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal at a rate less than a prescribed standard rate to prevent first quality reproduction during playback.

8. The method of claim 1 including sending the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request as a truncated sample of the published media file.

9. The method of claim 1 including sending the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request with a Digital Rights Management (DRM) scheme configured to limit access to the published media file.

10. The method of claim 1 including sending the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request with metadata including descriptive information regarding the published media file.

11. The method of claim 1 including providing a chat/messaging service between the publisher wireless communication terminal and the requestor wireless communication terminal that enables the publisher wireless communication terminal and the requestor wireless communication terminal to discuss the published media file via the chat/messaging service.

12. The method of claim 1 including sending feedback regarding the published media file from the requestor wireless communication terminal to the publisher wireless communication terminal, wherein the feedback includes a rating of the published media file and/or comments regarding the published media file.

13. The method of claim 1 including providing a connection between the requestor wireless communication terminal and an online store and/or informational website.

20. The method of claim 1 further including broadcasting advertisement signals from the publisher wireless communication terminal to potential requestor wireless communication terminals, wherein the advertisement signals indicate that the pre-selected media file is available for transfer to the potential requestor wireless communication terminals.

14. A 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 pre-select a media file from a collection of media files on the mobile wireless communication terminal for publication, to thereafter make the selected media file a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals, to thereafter receive a discovery request issued from a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files, to automatically establish a connection via the wireless communication module with the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the discovery request, to automatically send an identification of the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the discovery request, to receive a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file, to automatically send the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request for playback; and

to place the publisher wireless communication terminal in a publisher mode and await the discovery request from the requestor wireless communication terminal prior to receiving the discovery request.

15. The wireless communication terminal of claim 14 wherein the published media file is a song file.

16. The wireless communication terminal of claim 14 wherein the controller is configured to establish connections via the wireless communication module with a plurality of requestor wireless communication terminals seeking published media files, to send identifications of published media files to each of the requestor wireless communication terminals, to receive media file requests from the requestor wireless communication terminals requesting the published media files;

to send the published media file(s) to the requestor wireless communication terminals in response to the respective media file requests for playback.

17. The wireless communication terminal of claim 14 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 publisher wireless communication terminal via the wireless communication module, send the published media identification to the requestor wireless communication terminal, and send the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal for playback all via the direct point-to-point wireless interface.

18. The wireless communication terminal of claim 14 wherein the wireless communication module comprises a Bluetooth transmitter.

19. The wireless communication terminal of claim 14 wherein the wireless communication terminal includes a cellular telephone.

21. A method for publishing and sharing media files, the method comprising:

pre-selecting a media file from a collection of media files on a publisher wireless communication terminal for publication;

thereafter

broadcasting advertisement signals from the publisher wireless communication terminal to potential requestor wireless communication terminals, wherein the advertisement signals indicate that the pre-selected media file is available for transfer to the potential requestor wireless communication terminals;

making the selected media file a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals from the publisher wireless communication terminal;

thereafter

receiving a discovery request issued from a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files;

establishing a connection via a wireless communication module of the publisher wireless communication terminal with the requestor wireless communication terminal;

sending an identification of the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the discovery request;

sending a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal to the publisher wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file;

sending the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request; and

executing playback of the published media file on the requestor wireless communication terminal.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the published media file is a song file.

23. The method of claim 21 including:

establishing a connection via a wireless communication module of the publisher wireless communication terminal with a plurality of requestor wireless communication terminals seeking published media files;

sending identifications of published media files from the publisher wireless communication terminal to each of the requestor wireless communication terminals;

sending a media file request from each of the requestor wireless communication terminals to the publisher wireless communication terminal requesting the published media files;

sending published media files from the publisher wireless communication terminal to each of the requestor wireless communication terminals in response to the media file requests; and

executing playback of the published media files on each of the requestor wireless communication terminals.

24. A 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 pre-select a media file from a collection of media files on the mobile wireless communication terminal for publication, to thereafter broadcast advertisement signals from the publisher wireless communication terminal to potential requestor wireless communication terminals, wherein the advertisement signals indicate that the pre-selected media file is available for transfer to the potential requestor wireless communication terminals;

to make the selected media file a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals, to thereafter receive a discovery request issued from a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files, to establish a connection via the wireless communication module with the requestor wireless communication terminal, to send an identification of the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the discovery request, to receive a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file, to send the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request for playback.

25. The wireless communication terminal of claim 24 wherein the published media file is a song file.

26. The wireless communication terminal of claim 24 wherein the controller is configured to establish connections via the wireless communication module with a plurality of requestor wireless communication terminals seeking published media files, to send identifications of published media files to each of the requestor wireless communication terminals, to receive media file requests from the requestor wireless communication terminals requesting the published media files;

to send the published media file(s) to the requestor wireless communication terminals in response to the respective media file requests for playback.

27. The wireless communication terminal of claim 24 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 publisher wireless communication terminal via the wireless communication module, send the published media identification to the requestor wireless communication terminal, and send the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal for playback all via the direct point-to-point wireless interface.