Music-related information transmitted over mobile telephone network to a requesting user

• US 6,236,832 B1
• Filed: 01/14/2000
• Issued: 05/22/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ito, Seigo
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward F.
• Application Number:
  US09/483,696
• Time in Patent Office: 494 Days
• Field of Search: 455/6.3, 455/38.1, 455/517, 455/524, 455/422, 455/550, 455/566, 455/556, 455/414, 455/63, 370/328
• US Class Current: 455/3.06
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/28 with correlation of data from several navigational instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/36 relating to the receiver frond end
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/48 by combining or switching between position solutions derived from the satellite radio beacon positioning system and position solutions derived from a further system
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2205/002 for traffic control, mobile tracking, guidance, surveillance or anti-collision
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2205/008 using a mobile telephone network

Abstract

Music related information is transmitted to a user over a mobile telephone network, and the user can select a desired music program based on a display listing transmitted from the base station. The transmission speed of the transmitted data is checked and if the transmission speed is below a predetermined rate a data stream is generated every predetermined time with a portion of the music data being left out, so that a listenable audio signal can be produced based on this generated data stream.

Claims

1. An information distribution method comprising:

a request signal receiving step for receiving a service request signal from a user;

a transmitting step for transmitting data containing music-related information from a base station of a mobile telephone network on a predetermined cell according to said service request signal;

an audio signal generating step for generating audio signal by processing said data forming said music-related information;

checking a transmission speed of the data transmitted from the base station;

when the transmission speed of the data is at or above a predetermined rate, performing said audio signal generating step; and

when the transmission speed of the data is below the predetermined rate, generating a data stream at every predetermined time with a portion of the data being missing and then performing said step of processing on said generated data stream.

2. The information distribution method according to claim 1 further comprising the step of:

displaying to the user a listing of the music-related information transmitted from the base station.

3. The information distribution method according to claim 2 further comprising the step of:

selecting a desired one from the displayed listing of music-related information using a wireless remote control unit.

4. The information distribution method according to claim 3 further comprising the step of:

displaying words corresponding to the desired one of the music-related information selected in the step of selecting.

5. A music-related information distribution method, comprising the step of:

transmitting a service request signal from a user at a mobile unit to a base station of a mobile telephone network;

transmitting data containing music-related information from the base station on a predetermined cell of the mobile telephone network to the mobile unit according to the service request signal;

receiving the transmitted data containing music-related information at the mobile unit;

displaying a listing of the items contained in the received music-related information;

selecting a desired item of music-related information from the displayed listing of items;

generating an audio signal by processing the selected item of music-related information;

checking a transmission speed of the data transmitted from the base station;

when the transmission speed of the data is at or above a predetermined rate, performing said step of generating an audio signal; and

when the transmission speed is below the predetermined rate, generating a data stream at every predetermined time with a portion of the data being missing and then performing said processing on said generated steam.

6. The music-related information distribution method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of:

displaying words corresponding to the audio-signal based on the selected item of music-related information.

7. The music-related information distribution method according to claim 5, wherein the step of selecting includes using a wireless remote control unit.

8. The music-related information distribution method according to claim 5, wherein the step of displaying includes arranging a liquid crystal display screen in front of a user of the mobile unit.