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

• US 8,000,742 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2009
• Issued: 08/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snaptrack Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Granström, Martin, de Léon, David, Sparre, Erik
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; David Q
• Application Number:
  US12/433,071
• Publication Number:
  US 20090215435A1
• Time in Patent Office: 838 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/557, 455/556.1, 455/426
• US Class Current: 455/557
• 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
• 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, analogue or digital, e.g. DECT, GSM, UMTS
• 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 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, and to send light effect signals to each of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals instructing each of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to control a lighting device thereof in correspondence with playback of a song file, wherein the controller is configured to send light effect signals to each of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals instructing the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to control the lighting devices thereof differently from one another;

wherein the controller is configured to send light effect signals to each of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals so as to cause a lighting device of a first of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to respond to audio signals in a first audio frequency range and to cause a lighting device of a second of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to respond to audio signals in a second audio frequency range different from the first audio frequency range.

2. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to send light effect signals to each of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals so as to cause the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to display on respective displays thereof an image that moves over time from the display of a first of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to the display of a second of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals.

3. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to execute playback of the song file simultaneously on the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals.

4. The 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 at least one participant wireless communication terminal via the wireless communication module via the direct point-to-point wireless interface, and to send the at least one light effect signal to the at least one participant wireless communication terminal via the direct point-to-point wireless interface.

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

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

7. 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 establish a connection with a plurality of participant wireless communication terminals via the wireless communication module, and to send light effect signals to each of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals instructing each of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to control a lighting device thereof in correspondence with playback of a song file;

wherein the controller is configured to coordinate control of the lighting devices of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals using the light effect signals such that the lighting devices are operated differently from one another during playback of the song file by the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals.

8. The wireless communication terminal of claim 7 wherein the controller is configured to coordinate control of the lighting devices of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to execute a dynamic light effect pattern that travels from a first of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to a second of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals.

9. The wireless communication terminal of claim 8 wherein the controller is configured to coordinate control of the lighting devices of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to cause a video or animation to be displayed on respective displays of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals such that the video or animation appears to travel from the display of the first of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to the display of the second of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals.

10. The wireless communication terminal of claim 7 wherein the controller is configured to coordinate control of the lighting devices of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals so as to cause the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to display on respective displays thereof an image that moves over time from the display of the first of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to the display of the second of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals.

11. The wireless communication terminal of claim 7 wherein the controller is configured to coordinate control of the lighting devices of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals using the light effect signals such that the lighting devices are operated differently from one another during simultaneous playback of the song file by the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals.

12. The wireless communication terminal of claim 7 wherein the controller is configured to send audio signals to each of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals, and the audio signals trigger light effects from the lighting devices of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals such that the lighting effects are synchronized and are dependent on the audio signals.

13. The wireless communication terminal of claim 7 wherein the lighting devices are light emitting diodes (LEDs), and the controller is configured to instruct the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to turn the LEDs on and off.

14. The wireless communication terminal of claim 7 wherein the controller is configured to cause the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to simultaneously display synchronized light effects in dynamic patterns that differ from one another during simultaneous playback of the song file on the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals,

15. The wireless communication terminal of claim 7 wherein:

the controller is configured to cause a first of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to playback a first audio channel of the song file and to cause a second of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals to playback a second audio channel of the song file;

the light effect signals sent to the first of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals correspond to the first audio channel; and

the light effect signals sent to the second of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals correspond to the second audio channel.

16. The wireless communication terminal of claim 7 wherein the controller is configured to:

determine the relative positions of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals; and

assign different light effect signals to the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals dependent on their relative positions.

17. The wireless communication terminal of claim 7 wherein the controller is configured to:

execute playback of the song file simultaneously on the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals; and

coordinate control of the lighting devices of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals using the light effect signals such that the lighting devices are operated differently from one another during simultaneous playback of the song file by the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals.

18. The wireless communication terminal of claim 7 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 at least one participant wireless communication terminal via the wireless communication module via the direct point-to-point wireless interface, and to send the at least one light effect signal to the at least one participant wireless communication terminal via the direct point-to-point wireless interface.