Data reproducing method and apparatus for mobile phone

• US 7,536,175 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2006
• Issued: 05/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Hyun Soo, Lee, Chang Kwon, Choi, Moo Rak
• Primary Examiner(s): Anwah; Olisa
• Application Number:
  US11/390,183
• Publication Number:
  US 20060183466A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,148 Days
• Field of Search: 379/67.1, 379/88.22, 379/88.18, 379/88.23, 379/201, 379/88.12, 455/412.1, 455/413, 455/414.1, 455/414.3
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/14 Backbone network devices

Abstract

A data file reproducing method for a personal terminal which can include providing a data file by connecting a data supplying server to a communication network, selecting a data file, connecting the data supplying server to a personal terminal, transferring the selected data file to the personal terminal, and storing automatically the transferred data file in the personal terminal. A data reproducing apparatus for a personal terminal which can include a wireless transceiver that can transfer and receive data files to and from a mobile communication network, a storage device, a controller, a decoder and a reproducing unit.

Claims

1. A data file reproducing method for a personal terminal, comprising:

selecting a data file;

connecting to a personal terminal;

transferring an audio guide message to the personal terminal when the connection is made;

receiving a request from the personal terminal to send the selected data file in response to the audio guide message; and

transferring the selected data file to the personal terminal, wherein said connecting includes connecting a data supplying server to the personal terminal through a communication network by;

inputting an identifier for the personal terminal; and

determining whether a connection between the data supplying server and the personal terminal is completed, wherein the audio guide message is transferred to the personal terminal when the connection is made and the personal terminal responds, and

wherein when a connection between the data supplying server and the personal terminal is not made, the data supplying server connects to the communication network by connecting a data storing space to the communication network; and

wherein the method further comprises;

storing the selected data file, the guide message and the identifier of the personal terminal in the data storing space;

transferring a guide message to the personal terminal when the data storing space is connected to the personal terminal;

requesting transfer of the data file from the personal terminal by the personal terminal;

transferring the selected data file to the personal terminal according to the request for transfer of the personal terminal; and

storing automatically the data file in the personal terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

sending an inquiry signal to the personal terminal, and

determining that the personal terminal cannot receive the selected data file if no response to the inquiry signal is received within a certain period.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the data file for reproduction from among a plurality of transferred data files stored in the personal terminal, said selecting performed after the data file has been received and stored in the personal terminal;

searching for the selected data file from the data stored in the personal terminal; and

reproducing the selected data file.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

selecting another data file for reproduction by searching data files stored in the personal terminal;

inputting an identifying number or other identifying information of another personal terminal which will receive the other data file;

requesting to connect to the inputted personal terminal; and

transferring the other data file if the connection is made.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the other data file includes data recorded by the personal terminal and transferred from a mobile communication network.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication network includes one or more personal computers and the personal terminal includes one or more mobile phones or Personal Digital Assistants.

7. The method according to claim 1,

wherein the audio guide message indicates that the data file has been selected for delivery to the personal terminal from a first terminal.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising storing the data file in a memory module of the personal terminal.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising converting the data file into an audio or video message for presentation by the personal terminal to a user of the personal terminal.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

connecting the personal terminal to a second personal terminal;

sending the audio guide message from the communications network to the second personal terminal;

receiving a request for the data file from the personal terminal or the second personal terminal; and

transferring the data file from the communications network to the personal terminal and/or the second personal terminal.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data file is in a predetermined data format corresponding to a preset compressed data format.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the data file is in a predetermined data format corresponding to an mp3 format.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identifier is an identifying number.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identifier is a phone number.

15. A data file reproducing method for a personal terminal comprising:

selecting a data file stored in a server;

connecting the server to a personal terminal through a communication network;

transferring an audio guidance to the personal terminal when the server is connected with the personal terminal through the communication network;

transferring the selected data file to the personal terminal in response to the audio guidance; and

storing the selected data file and the audio guidance in a data storing space through the communication network when the server is not connected with the personal terminal.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

transferring the selected data file and the audio guidance stored in the data storing space to the personal terminal when the data storing space is connected with the personal terminal through the communication network.

17. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

receiving an identifier for the personal terminal; and

transferring the selected data file to a personal terminal corresponding to the identifier.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein storing the selected data file and the audio guidance includes storing the selected data file, the audio guidance and the identifier in the data storing space through the communication network when the server is not connected with the personal terminal through the communication network.

19. The method according to claim 15, wherein transferring the selected data file includes transferring the selected data file to the personal terminal according to a request for transfer of the personal terminal.

20. The method according to claim 16, wherein the identifier is an identifying number.

21. The method according to claim 16, wherein the identifier is a phone number.

22. A data file reproducing system comprising:

a server configured to select a data file, connect to a personal terminal through a communication network, transfer an audio guidance to the personal terminal when the server is connected with the personal terminal through the communication network, and transfer the selected data file to the personal terminal in response to the audio guidance; and

a data storing space configured to store the selected data file and the audio guidance through the communication network when the server is not connected with the personal terminal.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the data storing space is configured to transfer the selected data file and the audio guidance to the personal terminal when the data storing space is connected with the personal terminal through the communication network.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the server is configured to receive an identifier for the personal terminal, and transfer the selected data file to a personal terminal corresponding to the identifier through the communication network.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the data storing space is configured to store the selected data file, the audio guidance and the identifier through the communication network when the server is not connected with the personal terminal.

26. The system of claim 22, wherein the server is configured to transfer the selected data file to the personal terminal according to a request for transfer of the personal terminal.

27. The system of claim 24, wherein the identifier is an identifying number.

28. The system of claim 24, wherein the identifier is a phone number.