Portable cellular phone

• US 7,149,471 B1
• Filed: 08/18/2000
• Issued: 12/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujii, Yuichi, Sasaki, Hiroyuki, Arisawa, Ryukou
• Primary Examiner(s): APPIAH, CHARLES NANA
• Application Number:
  US09/642,221
• Time in Patent Office: 2,307 Days
• Field of Search: 455/556, 455/550, 455/412, 455/414, 455/466, 455/3.01, 455/3.02, 455/3.04, 455/567, 455/563, 455/186.1, 455/420, 4555561-5562, 455/414.1, 455/412.1, 455/550.1, 455/418, 455/419, 455/412.2, 370/352, 370/409, 709/219, 709/229, 709/217, 709220-222, 709/231, 709/247, 717/178, 704/258, 704/500, 846/05, 846/45
• US Class Current: 455/3.04
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/08 specially adapted for optional reception of entertainment or informative matter
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Music data stored in a data card 101 is input into a portable cellular phone 110, and also a plurality of pieces of application software (131, 133) suitable for a music data format defined in connection with the music data is selected by a user and downloaded from a remote server 130. According to this configuration, the application software in association with the music data can be downloaded from the server in response to the user'"'"'s selection.

Claims

1. A portable cellular phone comprising:

a music data retrieving means which retrieves music data; and

a downloading means which downloads an application software corresponding to a music data format defined in connection with the music data from a remote server.

2. The portable cellular phone according to claim 1, wherein the retrieving means retrieves the music data from a storage medium.

3. The portable cellular phone according to claim 1, wherein the retrieving means retrieves the music data via a communication means.

4. The portable cellular phone according to claim 1, further comprising an application software executing means which executes the application software in association with the music data in the cellular phone.

5. The portable cellular phone according to claim 4, wherein the application software executing means executes a plurality of pieces of application software in parallel simultaneously in association with the music data.

7. The portable cellular phone according to claim 1, wherein the downloading means downloads the application software via a wireless communicating means.

6. A method of operating a portable cellular phone comprising the steps of:

the cellular phone retrieving music data;

a user selecting an application software corresponding to a music data format defined in connection with the music data; and

downloading the application software from a remote server to the cellular phone.

8. A portable cellular phone comprising:

a music data retrieving means which retrieves music data;

a downloading means which downloads an application software corresponding to a music data format defined in connection with the music data from a remote server; and

an application software executing means which executes the application software in association with the music data in the cellular phone;

wherein the application software executing means executes a plurality of pieces of application software in parallel simultaneously in association with the music data.

9. The portable cellular phone according to claim 8, wherein the retrieving means retrieves the music data from a storage medium.

10. The portable cellular phone according to claim 8, wherein the retrieving means retrieves the music data via a communication means.