APPARATUS AND METHODS OF DELIVERING MUSIC AND INFORMATION
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Abstract
The invention comprises music and information delivery systems and methods. One system comprises a portable communication device configured to receive a piece of music from an audio source and transmit the piece of music via a first communication medium to a host computer. The host computer is configured to receive the piece of music from the portable communication device and search a storage medium to identify and access the piece of music from the storage medium. The host computer is configured to transmit the piece of music via a second communication medium to one or more reception units that are configured to receive the piece of music from the host computer via the second communication medium.
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43 Claims
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24. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions configured to, in response to execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations for providing information relating to a song, the operations comprising:
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receiving, from a mobile device, a first signal that includes data derived from a sample, wherein the sample was digitized at the mobile device from ambient music, the ambient music received prior to being digitized; identifying, based on the received first signal, the song; and sending, to a reception unit, a second signal containing information relating to the song. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method, performed by a computing device, for providing information relating to a song, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a mobile device, a first signal that includes data derived from a sample, wherein the sample was digitized at the mobile device from ambient music, the ambient music received prior to being digitized; identifying, based on the received first signal, the song; and sending, to a reception unit, a second signal containing information relating to the song. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system for providing information relating to a song, the system comprising:
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a memory; a processor; a transceiver configured to receive, from a mobile device, a first signal that includes data derived from a sample, wherein the sample was digitized at the mobile device from ambient music, the ambient music received prior to being digitized; and a matching module configured to identify, based on the received first signal, the song; wherein the transceiver is further configured to send, to a reception unit, a second signal containing information relating to the song. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A system for providing information relating to a song, the system comprising:
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means for receiving, from a mobile device, a first signal that includes data derived from a sample, wherein the sample was digitized at the mobile device from ambient music, the ambient music received prior to being digitized; means for identifying, based on the received first signal, the song; and means for sending, to a reception unit, a second signal containing information relating to the song.
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