Telephone initiated protocol-improved media delivery platform

• US 9,712,582 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2009
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Skky, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Skky, Inc.
• Inventors: Freidson, Robert, Mikkelsen, John
• Primary Examiner(s): DETWEILER, JAMES M
• Application Number:
  US12/322,537
• Publication Number:
  US 20100191608A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,086 Days
• Field of Search: 705 50- 79
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• 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 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 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: H04M 1/0254 comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/64 file transfer between terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of delivering an audio and/or visual file over the air (wireless) from one or more servers to an electronic device, dependent or independent on an Internet connection, after inquiry and/or ordering said delivery from one or more of a dialed telephone number, dialing a toll-free number, and SMS and/or MMS message, comprising transmitting a compressed audio and/or visual file to said electronic device, and wherein said electronic device is effective to receive said compressed audio and/or visual file and playback said audio and/or visual content of said file on demand by the user.

Claims

1. A method of delivering an audio and/or visual file wirelessly from one or more servers to a cellular phone over an analog cellular phone line, said analog cellular phone line providing only a voice channel, the method comprising:

contacting a service provider of said audio and/or visual file by a dialed telephone number over the analog cellular phone line,

the service provider recording a contact information associated with the cellular phone;

selecting through an interface element of the cellular phone the audio and/or visual file for downloading from the service provider;

the service provider converting the selected audio and/or visual file from a digital state to a sequence of sound modulates for an analog transmission;

transferring codes of these sound modulates to a voice adapter that converts the codes to a plurality of actual sounds;

transferring the plurality of actual sounds over the analog cellular phone line to the cellular phone;

said cellular phone comprising;

a digital signal processor;

said digital signal processor converting the plurality of actual sounds from an analog state to a digital state as initially stored by the service provider;

a player for playing one or more selected digital audio and/or visual files received wirelessly from a server by way of said digital signal processor, wherein said audio and/or visual files comprise 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 plurality of actual sounds representing the codes of the sequence of sound modulates in analog form from said one or more servers.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing the audio and/or visual file on the cellular phone.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising playing back the audio and/or visual file on the cellular phone.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising using the audio and/or visual file as an alert message for the cellular phone wherein the audio and/or visual file is played to alert a user of the occurrence of an event.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the audio and/or visual file is associated with a specific caller'"'"'s phone number, and wherein the audio and/or visual file plays upon receiving the call from the specific caller.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

said cellular phone being shared by a plurality of users, wherein a plurality of audio and/or visual files are delivered to and stored on said cellular phone, and wherein a specific audio and/or visual file of said plurality of audio and/or visual files is associated with a specific user of said plurality of users, wherein said specific audio and/or visual file alerts the user of an incoming call where said specific user is the intended recipient of said incoming call.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said audio and/or visual file is selected from a personal recording recorded by a user of the device, or one or more segments of an audio and/or visual file or a mixture thereof.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising charging a fee to a user of the device, said fee being charged based on a number of audio and/or visual files received.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the audio and/or visual file is selected from master recordings, CD tracks, DVD tracks, and video.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the cellular phone replies to the service provider to effectuate purchase of an item associated with said audio and/or visual file, upon playing the contents of said audio and/or visual file.

11. The method of claim 1 further including automatically disconnecting from the service provider after the digital signal processor acknowledges to the one or more servers the successful delivery of the audio and/or visual file.