Easy call for content
First Claim
1. A method for providing easily retrieved content, comprising:
- (a) voluntarily initiating a call, via a mobile device, to a particular destination associated with a specific content to be transmitted over one or more of broadcast, satellite, wired cable, WPAN/WLAN and Internet protocols, the call including a voice command indicating desired time when the specific content is to be delivered;
(b) retrieving, by a content server, the specific content including video and/or audio content associated with the particular destination in which contact has been initiated by the mobile device; and
(c) providing the specific content to the mobile device initiating the call in (a) at the desired time,wherein a table of potentially requested material is maintained and updated to avoid typing on the mobile device all pre-programmed content numbers.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for quickly and easily requesting content over a mobile device via a telephone network without requiring user entry of a number of pieces of information or having to forward through to certain request screens and/or browse for content. The method includes verifying a mobile device based on an incoming telephone call to a particular destination telephone number; retrieving by a content server the specific content associated with the particular destination telephone number in which contact has been initiated by the mobile device; and providing the specific content to the mobile device requesting the content. Specific content includes but is not limited to broadcast data, satellite transmitted data, and cable network data provided during a telephone call, so that a mobile device can receive everything from television shows to news broadcasts and educational shows, etc. so long it is within range of a telephone network.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing easily retrieved content, comprising:
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(a) voluntarily initiating a call, via a mobile device, to a particular destination associated with a specific content to be transmitted over one or more of broadcast, satellite, wired cable, WPAN/WLAN and Internet protocols, the call including a voice command indicating desired time when the specific content is to be delivered; (b) retrieving, by a content server, the specific content including video and/or audio content associated with the particular destination in which contact has been initiated by the mobile device; and (c) providing the specific content to the mobile device initiating the call in (a) at the desired time, wherein a table of potentially requested material is maintained and updated to avoid typing on the mobile device all pre-programmed content numbers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A content server for providing content to a mobile device, comprising:
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a transceiver for receiving the content over one or more broadcast, satellite, wired cable, WPAN/WLAN and Internet protocols and for communicating with one or more mobile devices; means for receiving a voluntary call from the mobile device to a particular destination requesting a specific content to be transmitted over the one or more of the broadcast, satellite, wired cable, WPAN/WLAN and Internet protocols, the call including a voice command indicating desired time when the specific content is to be delivered; means for retrieving the specific content identified via the call; and means for providing the specific content including video and/or audio content associated with the particular destination in which contact has been initiated by the mobile device at the desired time, wherein a table of potentially requested material is maintained and updated to avoid typing on the mobile device all pre-programmed content numbers. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for content retrieval by a mobile device, comprising
a content server for retrieving a specific content in response to a voluntary call, which includes a voice command indicating desired time when the specific content is to be delivered; -
one or more transceivers for receiving the specific content including video and/or audio content associated with the call sent over one or more of broadcast, satellite, wired cable, WPAN/WLAN and Internet protocols, and means for converting broadcast data into a form suitable for transmission over a telephone network, wherein a table of potentially requested material is maintained and updated so avoid typing on the mobile device all pre-programmed content numbers. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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