Media delivery platform

• US 8,423,427 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2009
• Issued: 04/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Skky, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Skky, Inc.
• Inventors: Mikkelsen, John, Freidson, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Pond, Rob
• Application Number:
  US12/322,618
• Publication Number:
  US 20090234915A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,532 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/27
• US Class Current: 705/26.8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2647 Arrangements specific to the receiver only equalisation H04L27/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2656 Frame synchronisation, e.g. packet synchronisation, time division duplex [TDD] switching point detection or subframe synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• 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 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 : Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0252 : by means of a snap-on mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 : by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 : using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 : for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 : for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42051 : where the notification is included in the ringing tone
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 : Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 : Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 : Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/00 : Network data management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices

Abstract

Provided is a method of delivering an audio and/or visual media file comprising, without limitation, for example, one or more of full or partial master recordings of songs, musical compositions, ringtones, videos, films, television shows, personal recordings, animation and combinations thereof, over the air wirelessly, from one or more servers to an electronic device with or without an Internet connection, said method comprising transmitting and audio and/or visual media file in compressed format to said electronic device, and wherein the electronic device is effective to receive said audio and/or visual file and playback said audio and/or visual content on demand by a user.

Claims

1. An electronic wireless device comprising:

a digital signal processor or one or more processors including a digital signal processor;

a player for playing one or more selected digital audio and/or visual files received wirelessly from a server by way of said processor or processors, wherein said files comprise compressed audio and/or visual content, one or more full or partial master recordings of songs, musical scores or musical compositions or other audio recording or segments thereof, videos or video segments or other visual recording, movies or movie segments, film or film segments, one or more image clips, television shows, human voice, personal recordings, cartoons, animation, audio and/or visual advertising content or combinations thereof; and

a receiver which receives the files from said server upon selection by way of a standard telephone network, and wherein said electronic wireless device is further effective to process server transmitted files by synchronized server-associated orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) modulation.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the receiver receives the digital audio and/or visual files by way of a standard telephone network without accessing the Internet.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein said files are edited snippets from full unedited digital audio and/or visual files, and wherein the device further stores and plays back said full unedited files.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein said full unedited file is an alert or ringtone to signify the occurrence of an event or specified event.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein said alert message or ringtone for identifying the specific caller is selected by the specific caller or the specific callee.

6. The device of claim 3, wherein the device is a cellular phone adapted to play the alert message or ringtone.

7. The device of claim 3, wherein said alert message or ringtone is played to indicate an incoming call.

8. The device of claim 3, wherein said alert message or ringtone is further played to identify a specific caller or a specific callee.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is a cellular phone, land line phone, computer, clock, watch, pager, door bell, car alarm, palm pilot, or personal calendar.

10. The device of claim 1, including a collection or library of digital audio and/or visual files that is stored on the device.

11. The device of claim 1, further comprising an attachable accessory unit that interfaces with said device and includes a memory for storing said digital audio and/or visual files.

12. The device of claim 1 which is effective for selection of the compressed digital audio and/or visual files for wireless delivery upon selection and demand to or from said electronic device for play therein with or without using an Internet connection.

13. The device of claim 1 wherein said compressed audio and/or visual file may be selected and/or received from or to said electronic device on a voice mode connection without switching to data mode.