Wireless sharing of audio files and related information

• US 7,949,300 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2007
• Issued: 05/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jook, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Jook, Inc.
• Inventors: Chan, Hoe, Tang, Terence, Tan, Min-Liang
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Lee
• Application Number:
  US11/788,217
• Publication Number:
  US 20080176511A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,497 Days
• Field of Search: 455/11.1, 455 16- 18, 455 412- 413, 381/77, 381/79, 381/311
• US Class Current: 455/11.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/74 using programme related information, e.g. title, composer or interpreter
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/80 characterised by transmission among terminal devices

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for wireless sharing of audio sounds among a plurality of users. A user of the present invention can communicate his or her audio sounds to other users, who can receive the audio sounds wirelessly and choose to rebroadcast them. Along with the audio sound files users can share information regarding the audio sounds being shared, such as title, artist, collection, genre, year, encoding rate, size, playlist, and other desired information. The user of device can opt to set the device to transmit, re-transmit, broadcast, re-broadcast, receive or not to receive play-list information in addition to the audio sound files and the information regarding the audio sounds themselves.

Claims

1. A system for sharing an audible experience comprising:

a first audio playback system headphones comprising;

a plurality of speakers;

a first wireless transceiver, the first wireless transceiver configured to simultaneously receive reception signals and transmitting transmission signals; and

a first control system for said first wireless transceiver adapted to control a transmission of a first audio signal and a first audio digital information to a second audio playback system headphones comprising a second wireless transceiver and a second control system adapted to generate an audio playback corresponding to said first audio signal and display said digital audio information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said first audio digital information comprises at least a portion of a first dataset from an ID3 tag data container accessible to said first control system.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said first audio digital information comprises a second dataset, at least some of which is not available in an ID3 tag data container accessible to said first control system.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said first audio digital information comprises a second dataset, wherein at least some of said second dataset is manually input by a user of said first audio playback system headphones.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said first audio digital information comprises a title of said first audio signal.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said first audio digital information comprises an artist associated with said first audio signal.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said first audio digital information comprises a writer associated with said first audio signal.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said first audio digital information comprises a collection associated with said first audio signal.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said first audio digital information comprises a genre associated with said first audio signal.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said first audio digital information comprises a date associated with a commercial release of said first audio signal.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said first audio digital information comprises an encoding rate associated with said first audio signal.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein said first audio digital information comprises a size associated with said first audio signal.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said first audio digital information comprises a playlist associated with said first control system.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein said first audio digital information comprises a playlist associated with said first control system.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising storing at least some of said first digital audio information for later download.

16. An audio sharing network comprising:

a first playback system comprising;

a first wireless transceiver, the first wireless transceiver configured to simultaneously receive reception signals and transmitting transmission signals; and

a first control system for said first wireless transceiver adapted to control simultaneous reception and transmission of a first audio signal and a first dataset associated with said first audio signal; and

a second playback system comprising;

a second wireless transceiver; and

a second control system for said second wireless transceiver adapted to control reception and playback of said first audio signal and display of at least some of said first dataset.

17. The network of claim 16, wherein said second control system is adapted to allow a user to rebroadcast said first audio signal and said first dataset to a third playback system.

18. The network of claim 16, wherein said first audio signal and said first dataset are encoded, thereby creating a closed network.

19. The network of claim 16, wherein said first audio signal and said first dataset are encrypted before transmission, thereby generating a first encrypted audio signal and a first encrypted dataset.

20. A device peripheral comprising:

a controller;

a transceiver controllable by the controller for performing a signaling operation, the signaling operation comprises simultaneously receiving reception signals and transmitting transmission signals;

a device interface couplable to a device for communicating the controller with the device, the controller for performing a communication operation via the device interface, the communication operation comprises simultaneously receiving first dataset from and transmitting second dataset to the device, each of the first and second dataset comprises at least a media data and digital information,

wherein the reception signals carrying and being convertible into one of a third dataset and the first dataset, and the transmission signals carrying and being converted from one of the first dataset, the second dataset, the third dataset and a fourth dataset,

wherein each of the first dataset, the second dataset, the third dataset and the fourth dataset comprises at least one of a media data and digital information being at least one of indicative and descriptive of the media data, the media data comprising at least one of video data, image data and audio data.

21. The device peripheral of claim 20, wherein the second dataset is derived from the first dataset.

22. The device peripheral of claim 20, further comprises a user interface for displaying the digital information.

23. The device peripheral of claim 20, wherein the digital information comprises a title of the media data.

24. The device peripheral of claim 20, wherein the digital information comprises an artist associated with the media data.

25. The device peripheral of claim 20, wherein the digital information comprises a writer associated with the media data.

26. The device peripheral of claim 20, wherein the digital information comprises a collection associated with the media data.

27. The device peripheral of claim 20, wherein the digital information comprises a genre associated with the media data.

28. The device peripheral of claim 20, wherein the digital information comprises a date associated with a commercial release of the media data.

29. The device peripheral of claim 20, wherein the digital information comprises an encoding rate associated with the media data.

30. The device peripheral of claim 20, wherein the digital information comprises a size associated with the media data.

31. The device peripheral of claim 20, wherein the digital information comprises a playlist associated with the media data.

32. The device peripheral of claim 20, further comprising storing at least some of the information for later download.

46. The device peripheral of claim 20, wherein the signaling operation further comprises one of receiving the reception signals and transmitting the transmission signals.

47. The device peripheral of claim 20, wherein the communication operation further comprises one of transmitting the first dataset to the device and receiving the second dataset from the device.

33. A device comprising:

a controller;

a transceiver controllable by the controller for performing a signaling operation, the signaling operation comprises simultaneously receiving reception signals and transmitting transmission signals;

a playback module; and

a data interface for communicating the controller with the playback module, the controller for performing a communication operation via the data interface, the communication operation comprises simultaneously receiving first dataset from and transmitting second dataset to the device, the playback module being operable for playback of one of the first dataset and the second dataset,

wherein the reception signals carrying and being convertible into one of a third dataset and the first dataset, and the transmission signals carrying and being converted from one of the first dataset, the second dataset, the third dataset and a fourth dataset,

wherein each of the first dataset, the second dataset, the third dataset and the fourth dataset comprises at least one of a media data and digital information being at least one of indicative and descriptive of the media data, the media data comprising at least one of video data, image data and audio data.

34. The device of claim 33, wherein the second dataset is derived from the first dataset.

35. The device of claim 33, further comprises a user interface for displaying the digital information.

36. The device of claim 33, wherein the digital information comprises a title of the media data.

37. The device of claim 33, wherein the digital information comprises an artist associated with the media data.

38. The device of claim 33, wherein the digital information comprises a writer associated with the media data.

39. The device peripheral of claim 33, wherein the digital information comprises a collection associated with the media data.

40. The device of claim 33, wherein the digital information comprises a genre associated with the media data.

41. The device of claim 33, wherein the digital information comprises a date associated with a commercial release of the media data.

42. The device of claim 33, wherein the digital information comprises an encoding rate associated with the media data.

43. The device of claim 33, wherein the digital information comprises a size associated with the media data.

44. The device of claim 33, wherein the digital information comprises a playlist associated with the media data.

45. The device of claim 33, further comprising storing at least some of the information for later download.

48. The device, of claim 33, wherein the signaling operation further comprises one of receiving the reception signals and transmitting the transmission signals.

49. The device of claim 33, wherein the communication operation further comprises one of transmitting the first dataset to at least one other device and receiving the second dataset from the at least one other device.