Media delivery platform

• US 8,908,567 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2014
• Issued: 12/09/2014
• 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): Zhao, Wei
• Application Number:
  US14/230,696
• Publication Number:
  US 20140211668A1
• Time in Patent Office: 253 Days
• Field of Search: 370/259
• US Class Current: 370/259
• 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

A method of delivering an audio and/or visual media file including, 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. A method of wirelessly delivering a compressed digital audio and/or visual file to a cell phone, the method comprising:

providing the compressed digital audio and/or visual file for access over the Internet, said compressed digital audio and/or visual file is provided with a website;

receiving a request from the cell phone;

optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme;

converting the digital audio and/or visual file to mono by summing of a left channel and a right channel if the digital audio and/or visual file is stereo and the cell phone is configured only for mono playback;

normalizing an amplitude of the digital audio and/or visual file;

converting the digital audio and/or visual file according to a selected sampling frequency;

performing a pre-emphasis filtering on the digital audio and/or visual file;

re-normalizing the digital audio and/or visual file; and

transmitting the compressed digital audio and/or visual file to the cell phone using orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) modulation over a cellular data connection based on the received request.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the cell phone.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the cell phone.

4. A method of wirelessly delivering a compressed digital audio and/or visual file to a wireless device means, the method comprising:

providing the compressed digital audio and/or visual file for access over the Internet;

optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme, the optimization scheme comprising converting the digital audio and/or visual file to mono by summing of a left channel and a right channel if the digital audio and/or visual file is stereo and the wireless device means is configured only for mono playback;

normalizing an amplitude of the digital audio and/or visual file;

converting the digital audio and/or visual file according to a selected sampling frequency;

performing a pre-emphasis filtering on the digital audio and/or visual file; and

re-normalizing the digital audio and/or visual file;

wherein the compressed digital audio and/or visual file comprises at least one of a full, partial, or segment of;

a song, a musical score, a musical composition, a ringtone, a video or video segment, a movie or movie segment, a film or film segment, an image clip, a picture, a clip, an image, a photograph, a television show, a human voice recording, a personal recording, a cartoon, an animation, an audio advertisement, a visual advertisement, or combinations thereof;

wherein the compressed digital audio and/or visual file is provided from a website;

receiving a request from the wireless device means; and

transmitting the compressed digital audio and/or visual file to the wireless device means using orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) modulation over a cellular data connection based on the received request.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the wireless device means is a cell phone.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the cell phone.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the wireless device means.

8. A method of wirelessly delivering a compressed digital audio and/or visual file to a wireless device means, the method comprising:

optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme, wherein optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme comprises;

converting the digital audio and/or visual file to mono by summing of a left channel and a right channel if the digital audio and/or visual file is stereo and the wireless device means is configured only for mono playback;

normalizing an amplitude of the digital audio and/or visual file;

converting the digital audio and/or visual file according to a selected sampling frequency;

performing a pre-emphasis filtering on the digital audio and/or visual file;

re-normalizing the digital audio and/or visual file;

receiving a request from the wireless device means for the compressed digital audio and/or visual file; and

transmitting the compressed digital audio and/or visual file to the wireless device means using orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) modulation over a cellular data connection based on the received request.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the compressed digital audio and/or visual file comprises at least one of a full, partial, or segment of:

a song, a musical score, a musical composition, a ringtone, a video or video segment, a movie or movie segment, a film or film segment, an image clip, a picture, a clip, an image, a photograph, a television show, a human voice recording, a personal recording, a cartoon, an animation, an audio advertisement, a visual advertisement, or combinations thereof.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the wireless device means is a cell phone.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the cell phone.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the wireless device means.

13. A method of wirelessly delivering a compressed digital audio and/or visual file to a wireless device means, the method comprising:

providing a website;

wherein the compressed digital audio and/or visual file comprises at least one of a full, partial, or segment of;

a song, a musical score, a musical composition, a ringtone, a video or video segment, a movie or movie segment, a film or film segment, an image clip, a picture, a clip, an image, a photograph, a television show, a human voice recording, a personal recording, a cartoon, an animation, an audio advertisement, a visual advertisement, or combinations thereof;

wherein the website includes a plurality of compressed digital audio and/or visual files for selection of at least one compressed digital audio and/or visual file;

optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme, wherein optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme comprises;

converting the digital audio and/or visual file to mono by summing of a left channel and a fight channel if the digital audio and/or visual file is stereo and the wireless device means is configured only for mono playback;

normalizing an amplitude of the digital audio and/or visual file;

converting the digital audio and/or visual file according to a selected sampling frequency;

performing a pre-emphasis filtering on the digital audio and/or visual file; and

re-normalizing the digital audio and/or visual file;

receiving a first request from the wireless device means for the website;

transmitting the website to the wireless device means based on the received first request;

receiving a second request from the wireless device means selecting the at least one compressed digital audio and/or visual file; and

transmitting the selected at least one compressed digital audio and/or visual file to the wireless device means using orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) modulation over a cellular data connection based on the received second request.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the wireless device means is a cell phone.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the cell phone.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the wireless device means.