FM transmitter for mobile communication device
First Claim
1. A mobile telephone, comprising:
- a housing sized to be held within a hand of a user;
a transceiver assembly at least substantially contained within the housing and configured for communicating information with a wireless communication network, said transceiver assembly configured to receive media content in a form of data packets across said wireless communication network;
a memory at least substantially contained within the housing for storing media content received via the data packets across said wireless communication network; and
a FM RF transmitter assembly at least substantially contained within the housing for transmitting media content configured via frequency modulation (FM) for radio frequency transmission from the media content received via the data packets across said wireless communication network and stored in said memory to a FM receiver assembly including a radio tuner in proximity to the housing for reproduction of said media content, wherein said media content received via data packets across said wireless communication network is at least one of streaming audio or streaming video, a portion of the media content stored in the memory with a time delay and transmitted to the FM receiver assembly while a second portion of the media content is received via the data packets across said wireless communication network by the transceiver assembly.
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Abstract
A mobile communication device for transmitting media content to a receiver assembly in proximity to the mobile communication device includes a transceiver assembly for communicating information with a wireless communication network, and a transmitter assembly for transmitting media content received via the wireless communication network to a receiver assembly in proximity to the housing of the mobile communication device. Media content may be received via a GPRS bearer service, an EDGE bearer service, a UMTS bearer service, and the like. The transmitter assembly is coupled with a software module for configuring the media content for reproduction as sound and/or video. For example, streaming audio data downloaded from the Internet may be configured via frequency modulation (FM) for radio frequency (RF) transmission to an RF receiver in proximity to the mobile communication device.
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12 Claims
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1. A mobile telephone, comprising:
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a housing sized to be held within a hand of a user; a transceiver assembly at least substantially contained within the housing and configured for communicating information with a wireless communication network, said transceiver assembly configured to receive media content in a form of data packets across said wireless communication network; a memory at least substantially contained within the housing for storing media content received via the data packets across said wireless communication network; and a FM RF transmitter assembly at least substantially contained within the housing for transmitting media content configured via frequency modulation (FM) for radio frequency transmission from the media content received via the data packets across said wireless communication network and stored in said memory to a FM receiver assembly including a radio tuner in proximity to the housing for reproduction of said media content, wherein said media content received via data packets across said wireless communication network is at least one of streaming audio or streaming video, a portion of the media content stored in the memory with a time delay and transmitted to the FM receiver assembly while a second portion of the media content is received via the data packets across said wireless communication network by the transceiver assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for transmitting media content from a mobile telephone to a receiver assembly in proximity to the mobile telephone, the mobile telephone having a housing sized to be held within a hand of a user, a transceiver assembly at least substantially contained within the housing for communicating information with a wireless communication network, a memory at least substantially contained within the housing for storing media content received via the wireless communication network and a transmitter assembly at least substantially contained within the housing for transmitting media content to the receiver assembly, the method comprising:
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receiving the media content via the wireless communication network, the media content received via the wireless communication network being in a form of data packets; storing the media content in the form of data packets received from the wireless communication network in the memory; retrieving the stored media content from said memory after a timed delay; configuring the received media content in the form of data packets for reproduction as at least one of sound and video, wherein the step of configuring the received media content for reproduction as at least one of sound and video comprises configuring the received media content via frequency modulation (FM) for radio frequency (RF) transmission; and transmitting the configured media content to the receiver assembly, wherein said media content received via the wireless communication network in the form of data packets is at least one of streaming audio or streaming video, a portion of the media content stored in the memory with the timed delay and transmitted to the receiver assembly while a second portion of the media content is received via the wireless communication network. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A mobile communication device configured to transmit media content to a receiver assembly in proximity to the mobile communication device, comprising:
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a transceiver for communicating information with a wireless communication network, said transceiver receiving media content in a form of data packets across said wireless communication network; a memory for storing media content received via the data packets across said wireless communication network; a processing system for executing a program of instructions, the program of instructions for configuring media content received via the data packets across said wireless communication network into a video format; and a transmitter for transmitting the configured media content in said video format to the receiver assembly, wherein the configured media content in said video format is transmitted through at least one of Bluetooth, wireless USB or television transmission, wherein said media content received through the data packets across said wireless communication network is streaming video, a portion of the media content stored in said memory with a time delay and transmitted to the receiver assembly while a second portion of the media content is received via the data packets across said wireless communication network by the transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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