METHOD FOR TRANSFER OF DATA

• US 20080040446A1
• Filed: 04/06/2007
• Published: 02/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: MEYER, ROLF
• Application Number:
  US11/697,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20080040446A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles

Abstract

The invention provides a method for transferring data, in particular data pertaining to copyright, from a server with a first Internet Protocol address to a mobile device with a second Internet Protocol address. A mobile device transmits a request for at least one file by a mobile device. The first server receives the request of the mobile device and identifies the mobile device based on the Internet Protocol address. The authorization of the mobile device is checked based on the Internet Protocol address of the mobile device. The files requested by the mobile device are transferred when the mobile device has an appropriate authorization.

Claims

1-4. -4. (canceled)

5. A method for transferring data, in particular data pertaining to copyright, from a server with a first Internet Protocol address to a mobile device with a second Internet Protocol address, comprising the following steps:

transmitting a request for at least one file by a mobile device;

receiving the request of the mobile device through a first server;

identifying the mobile device based on its Internet Protocol address;

checking the authorization of the mobile device; and

transferring the requested file from the server to the mobile device when the mobile device has an appropriate authorization.

6. A method according to claim 5, wherein information about the formats that can be played back by the mobile device are transmitted along with the request for the file to be transferred, wherein the server converts the requested file into a format which can be processed by the mobile device provided the requested file is not already in an appropriate format on the server.

7. A method according to claim 5, wherein the requested data is an audio file.

8. A method according to claim 5, wherein the formats that the mobile device can process are determined based on the IP address of the mobile device, and wherein the server converts the requested file into a format which can be processed by the mobile device provided the requested file is not already in an appropriate format on the server.