Mobile wireless communication terminals, systems, methods, and computer program products for providing a song play list

• US 20070049256A1
• Filed: 08/26/2005
• Published: 03/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Wassingbo, Tomas
• Granted Patent: US 7,555,291 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files

Abstract

A mobile wireless communication terminal includes a wireless communication module and a controller. The wireless communication module is configured to communicate with other communication terminals over a wireless interface. The controller is configured to establish a connection with a participant wireless communication terminal via the wireless communication module, to maintain a play list representing song files to be played, to receive a participant song identification from the participant wireless communication terminal, wherein the participant song identification corresponds to a participant song file stored on the participant wireless communication terminal, to add the participant song identification to the play list, and to thereafter execute playback of the song files represented by the play list, including retrieving the participant song file from the participant wireless communication terminal for playback.

Claims

1. A mobile wireless communication terminal comprising:

a wireless communication module that is configured to communicate with other communication terminals over a wireless interface; and

a controller that is configured to establish a connection with a participant wireless communication terminal via the wireless communication module, to maintain a play list representing song files to be played, to receive a participant song identification from the participant wireless communication terminal, wherein the participant song identification corresponds to a participant song file stored on the participant wireless communication terminal, to add the participant song identification to the play list, and to thereafter execute playback of the song files represented by the play list, including retrieving the participant song file from the participant wireless communication terminal for playback.

2. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to establish a connection with a plurality of participant wireless communication terminals via the wireless communication module, to receive a plurality of participant song identifications from the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals, wherein each participant song identification corresponds to a respective participant song file stored on a respective one of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals, to add each of the participant song identifications to the play list, and to retrieve the participant song files from each of the respective participant wireless communication terminals for playback.

3. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to retrieve and execute the participant song file from the participant wireless communication terminal as a streaming music file.

4. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to retrieve the participant song file from the participant wireless communication terminal, to store the participant song file on the wireless communication terminal, and to thereafter execute playback of the stored participant song file.

5. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to send a playback signal to a media center for playback of the song files represented by the play list on the media center.

6. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 including a sound transducer and wherein the controller is configured to play the song files represented by the play list using the sound transducer.

7. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to send a playback signal to at least one participant wireless communication terminal for playback of the song files represented by the play list on the at least one participant wireless communication terminal.

8. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to receive a song catalog listing from the participant wireless communication terminal representing available song files stored on the participant wireless communication terminal, to receive user input selecting from the available song files, and to add the selected available song files to the play list.

9. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to send a listing signal to the participant wireless communication terminal representing the play list for display of the play list on the participant wireless communication terminal.

10. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to modify the play list responsive to user input.

11. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein:

the wireless communication module is configured to communicate with other communication terminals over a direct point-to-point wireless interface; and

the controller is configured to establish the connection with the participant wireless communication terminal via the wireless communication module, receive the participant song identification from the participant wireless communication terminal, and retrieve the participant song file from the participant wireless communication terminal for playback all via the direct point-to-point wireless interface.

12. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication module comprises a short range transmitter, and the controller is configured to establish the connection with the participant wireless communication terminal, receive the participant song identification from the participant wireless communication terminal, and retrieve the participant song file from the participant wireless communication terminal for playback all via the short range transmitter.

13. The wireless communication terminal of claim 12 wherein the short range transmitter is a Bluetooth transmitter.

14. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication terminal includes a cellular telephone.

15. A system for providing a song play list, the system comprising:

a host mobile wireless communication terminal;

a participant wireless communication terminal;

wherein the host wireless communication terminal includes;

a wireless communication module that is configured to communicate with other communication terminals over a wireless interface; and

a controller that is configured to establish a connection with the participant wireless communication terminal via the wireless communication module, to maintain a play list representing song files to be played, to receive a participant song identification from the participant wireless communication terminal, wherein the participant song identification corresponds to a participant song file stored on the participant wireless communication terminal, to add the participant song identification to the play list, and to thereafter execute playback of the song files represented by the play list, including retrieving the participant song file from the participant wireless communication terminal for playback.

16. The system of claim 15 including a plurality of participant wireless communication terminals, and wherein the controller is configured to establish a connection with each of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals, to receive a plurality of participant song identifications from the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals, wherein each participant song identification corresponds to a respective participant song file stored on a respective one of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals, to add each of the participant song identifications to the play list, and to retrieve the participant song files from each of the respective participant wireless communication terminals for playback.

17. A method for providing a song play list using a host wireless communication terminal, the method comprising:

establishing a wireless connection between the host wireless communication terminal and a participant wireless communication terminal;

maintaining a play list using the host wireless communication terminal, the play list representing song files to be played;

receiving at the host wireless communication terminal a participant song identification from the participant wireless communication terminal, wherein the participant song identification corresponds to a participant song file stored on the participant wireless communication terminal;

adding the participant song identification to the play list; and

thereafter

executing playback of the song files represented by the play list, including retrieving the participant song file from the participant wireless communication terminal for playback.

18. A computer program product for providing a song play list using a host wireless communication terminal, the computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therein, the computer usable program code comprising;

computer usable program code configured to establish a wireless connection between the host wireless communication terminal and a participant wireless communication terminal;

computer usable program code configured to maintain a play list using the host wireless communication terminal, the play list representing song files to be played;

computer usable program code configured to receive at the host wireless communication terminal a participant song identification from the participant wireless communication terminal, wherein the participant song identification corresponds to a participant song file stored on the participant wireless communication terminal;

computer usable program code configured to add the participant song identification to the play list; and

computer usable program code configured to thereafter execute playback of the song files represented by the play list, including retrieving the participant song file from the participant wireless communication terminal for playback.