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Systems and methods for the identification and/or distribution of music and other forms of useful information

  • US 9,959,088 B2
  • Filed: 08/24/2015
  • Issued: 05/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
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1. A portable battery powered electronic device which independently reproduces digital music information from an internal electronic memory, comprising:

  • a wireless data transfer unit;

    a temporary digital communication interface providing bi-directional communication between the portable battery powered electronic device and a vehicle sound system, andwherein the portable battery powered electronic device communicates with the vehicle sound system via the temporary digital communication interface in response to user selections made at a user control interface of the vehicle sound system and one or more user selections at the user control interface of the vehicle sound system generate one or more music transfer control signals, the one or more music transfer control signals are transferred from the vehicle sound system to the portable battery powered electronic device via the temporary digital communication interface and cause the portable battery powered electronic device to communicate with the vehicle sound system and thereby transfer digital music information comprising one or more songs from a portion of the internal electronic memory of the portable battery powered electronic device to the vehicle sound system via the temporary digital communication interface for reproduction by the vehicle sound system;

    the user control interface of the vehicle sound system being physically separated from a user control interface of the portable battery powered electronic device;

    wherein the portable battery powered electronic device receives a communication from the vehicle sound system via the temporary digital communication interface including music request control information generated by a user selection at the user control interface of the vehicle sound system and temporarily stores the received music request control information in a further electronic memory portion of the portable battery powered electronic device such that the stored music request control information is at least temporarily available for a music request program portion executed by a processor of the portable battery powered electronic device and the stored music request control information is sufficient for the music request program portion to generate a music request message that the portable battery powered electronic device transmits to a server of a digital music data transmission service using the wireless data transfer unit, the music request message being sufficient for the digital music data transmission service to identify one or more digital music files corresponding to the music request message, and wherein the portable battery powered electronic device receives and processes a communication from the digital music transmission service via the wireless data transfer unit which transfers digital music or link data corresponding to the music request control information so that either transferred digital music is available for reproduction from another portion of the internal electronic memory of the portable battery powered electronic device by either the portable battery powered electronic device or the vehicle sound system or received link data provides user options for preview and/or purchase of music.

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