Apparatus and methods of delivering music and information

• US 8,509,397 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2008
• Issued: 08/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: CDN Innovations, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Woodside Crest NY LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Chen, Alexander C., Gill, Sanjivpal S.
• Primary Examiner(s): ZENATI, AMAL S
• Application Number:
  US12/075,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20120064870A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,981 Days
• Field of Search: 379/88.1, 379/88.14, 455/2, 455/4.1
• US Class Current: 379/88.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/634 Query by example, e.g. query by humming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/685 using automatically derived transcript of audio data, e.g. lyrics speech recognition G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/60 for measuring the quality of voice signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

The invention comprises music and information delivery systems and methods. One system comprises a portable communication device configured to receive a piece of music from an audio source and transmit the piece of music via a first communication medium to a host computer. The host computer is configured to receive the piece of music from the portable communication device and search a storage medium to identify and access the piece of music from the storage medium. The host computer is configured to transmit the piece of music via a second communication medium to one or more reception units that are configured to receive the piece of music from the host computer via the second communication medium.

Claims

1. A wireless telephone comprising:

a microphone configured to receive ambient music of a song;

a processor configured to digitize the received ambient music to obtain a sample;

a transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit a first signal derived from the sample to a server, wherein the first signal is derived from music of the song and not a signal embedded in the music;

wherein the transceiver is further configured to wirelessly receive a second signal from the server;

wherein the processor is further configured to recover text from the second signal;

wherein the recovered text is a title of the song; and

a user interface configured to display the recovered text.

2. The wireless telephone of claim 1 wherein the sample of the received ambient music is a predetermined length.

3. The wireless telephone of claim 2 wherein the predetermined length is less than a minute.

4. The wireless telephone of claim 2 wherein the predetermined length is approximately 10 seconds.

5. The wireless telephone of claim 1 wherein the second signal includes recovered text of a name of an artist of the song.

6. The wireless telephone of claim 1 wherein the second signal includes information of an album of the song.

7. The wireless telephone of claim 6 wherein the information of the album includes graphics.

8. The wireless telephone of claim 1 wherein the first signal includes the sample.

9. The wireless telephone of claim 1 wherein the processor and the display are further configured to display an indication that the first signal was transmitted.

10. The wireless telephone of claim 1 wherein the display and the processor are further configured to display lyrics of the song.

11. The wireless telephone of claim 1 wherein the wireless telephone is configured to purchase and download a song identified by the title of the song.

12. The wireless telephone of claim 1 wherein the song is provided by hum, or whistle by a user.

13. A method comprising:

receiving ambient music of a song by a wireless telephone;

digitizing, by the wireless telephone, the received ambient music to obtain a sample;

wirelessly transmitting a first signal derived from the sample to a server by the wireless telephone, wherein the first signal is derived from music of the song and not a signal embedded in the music;

wirelessly receiving a second signal from the server by the wireless telephone;

recovering text from the second signal by the wireless telephone;

wherein the recovered text is a title of the song; and

displaying the recovered text by the wireless telephone.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the sample of the received ambient music is a predetermined length.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the predetermined length is less than a minute.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the predetermined length is approximately 10 seconds.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein the second signal includes recovered text of a name of an artist of the song.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein the second signal includes information of an album of the song.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the information of the album includes graphics.

20. The method of claim 13 wherein the first signal includes the sample.

21. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying, by the wireless telephone, an indication that the first signal was transmitted.

22. The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying lyrics of the song.

23. The method of claim 13, further comprising purchasing and downloading a song identified by the title of the song by the wireless telephone.

24. The method of claim 13 wherein the song is provided by hum, or whistle by a user.