Tune alerts for remotely adjusting a tuner
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1. A method of transmitting an alert message from a first mobile wireless device to a second mobile wireless device, the first mobile wireless device comprising a first media player and the second mobile wireless device comprising a second media player, the method comprising:
- (a) presenting broadcast content to a first user of the first media player;
(b) generating at the first media player the alert message formatted to reconfigure the second media player to provide the broadcast content to a second user of the second media player; and
(c) transmitting the alert message from the first media player to the second media player to provide the broadcast content to the second user of the second media player.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for alerting users of audio and/or video broadcasts. A user of a first media player may create a tune alert message and transmit the message to a second media player. The second media player may parse or decipher the message and reconfigure a tuner module to receive and process the identified content.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of transmitting an alert message from a first mobile wireless device to a second mobile wireless device, the first mobile wireless device comprising a first media player and the second mobile wireless device comprising a second media player, the method comprising:
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(a) presenting broadcast content to a first user of the first media player; (b) generating at the first media player the alert message formatted to reconfigure the second media player to provide the broadcast content to a second user of the second media player; and (c) transmitting the alert message from the first media player to the second media player to provide the broadcast content to the second user of the second media player. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of adjusting a configuration of a mobile wireless device to receive broadcast content, the mobile wireless device comprising a media player, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving at the media player an alert message formatted to reconfigure the media player to provide the broadcast content to a user of the media player; (b) presenting the alert message to the user of the media player; and (c) reconfiguring the media player to process the broadcast content. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A mobile wireless device configured to receive messages and broadcast content, the mobile wireless device comprising:
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a media player comprising; a communication module that receives a message identifying a source of broadcast content; a tuner that is adjustable to process content received from a plurality of different sources of broadcast content; and an alert module configured to adjust the tuner to process content received from the source of the broadcast content identified in the message. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions for causing a first mobile wireless device comprising a first media player to perform the steps comprising:
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(a) presenting broadcast content to a first user of the first media player; (b) generating at the first media player an alert message that may be used to reconfigure a second media player to provide the broadcast content to a second user of the second media player; and (c) transmitting the alert message from the first media player to the second media player to provide the broadcast content to the second user of the second media player. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A mobile wireless device comprising:
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a media player comprising; a means for selecting content to present to a user; and a means for transmitting tuning information that corresponds to the content and is formatted to be used to tune a remote device. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a transceiver module that sends and receives messages; a tuner module configurable to select broadcast content; a tune alert module coupled to the tuner module and the transceiver module, the tune alert module generating tune alert messages that are formatted to adjust a tuner module of another mobile terminal; and an audio/video generation module for receiving the broadcast content from the tuner and providing audio and video signals to output devices.
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31. A system for transmitting an alert message, the system comprising:
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(a) a first mobile wireless device comprising a media player, the media player configured to receive broadcast content to a first user and having a tune alert module to generate an alert message formatted to reconfigure a second mobile wireless device to provide the broadcast content to a second user of the second mobile device; and (b) a second mobile device comprising a media player, wherein media player of the second mobile device comprises an alert module configured to process the broadcast content received from the first mobile wireless device upon receiving the alert message.
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32. A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions for causing a first mobile wireless device receive messages and broadcast content, the instructions performing the steps of:
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(a) causing a communication module to receive at least one message identifying a source of broadcast content; (b) processing at an adjustable tuner the content received from a plurality of different sources of broadcast content; and (c) adjusting the tuner to process content received from the source of the broadcast content identified in the message.
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