Media delivery platform

• US 9,124,718 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2014
• Issued: 09/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Skky, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Skky, Inc.
• Inventors: Mikkelsen, John, Freidson, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Pond, Rob
• Application Number:
  US14/230,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20140213229A1
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/27
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2647 Arrangements specific to the receiver only equalisation H04L27/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2656 Frame synchronisation, e.g. packet synchronisation, time division duplex [TDD] switching point detection or subframe synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• 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 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 : Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0252 : by means of a snap-on mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 : by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 : using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 : for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 : for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42051 : where the notification is included in the ringing tone
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 : Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 : Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 : Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/00 : Network data management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices

Abstract

A method of delivering an audio and/or visual media file including, for example, one or more of full or partial master recordings of songs, musical compositions, ringtones, videos, films, television shows, personal recordings, animation and combinations thereof, over the air wirelessly, from one or more servers to an electronic device with or without an Internet connection, said method comprising transmitting and audio and/or visual media file in compressed format to said electronic device, and wherein the electronic device is effective to receive said audio and/or visual file and playback said audio and/or visual content on demand by a user.

Claims

1. A method of wirelessly delivering compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file to a cell phone, the method comprising:

providing a compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file for access over the Internet;

receiving a request from the cell phone, said cell phone including a receiver and digital signal processor configured for receiving and processing files transmitted by orthogonal frequency-division multiplex modulation (OFDM); and

providing for the transmission of the compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file to the cell phone by orthogonal frequency-division multiplex modulation based on the received request, wherein the transmission of the compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file is by a cellular data channel.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file is provided by a website.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file on the cell phone.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising optimizing the digital audio or audio-visual data file according to an optimization scheme.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file is attached to a library.

6. A method of wirelessly delivering compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file to a cell phone, the method comprising:

providing a compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file for access over the Internet;

receiving a request from the cell phone for the digital audio or audio-visual data file said cell phone including a receiver and digital signal processor configured for receiving and processing digital audio or audio-visual data files transmitted by orthogonal frequency-division multiplex modulation (OFDM);

providing for the streaming transmission of the compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file to the cell phone by orthogonal frequency-division multiplex modulation based on the received request.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file is provided by a website.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file on the cell phone.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising optimizing the digital audio or audio-visual data file according to an optimization scheme.

10. A method of wirelessly delivering compressed digital audio or audio-visual data files to a cell phone, the method comprising:

providing a representation of a library of compressed digital audio or audio-visual data files accessible via a website or a cell phone;

receiving a first request from a cell phone associated with a user for the representation of a library, said cell phone including a receiver and digital signal processor configured for receiving and processing digital audio or audio-visual data files transmitted by orthogonal frequency-division multiplex modulation (OFDM);

associating the user of the cell phone with the representation of the library of compressed digital audio or audio-visual data files; and

providing for the transmission of the representation of the library of the compressed digital audio or audio-visual data files to the cell phone by orthogonal frequency-division multiplex modulation based on the received first request;

receiving a second request from the cell phone selecting at least one compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file associated with the library;

providing for the transmission of the selected at least one compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file to the cell phone by orthogonal frequency-division multiplex modulation based on the received second request;

receiving a request via a website to modify a portion of the representation associated with the user of the cell phone; and

providing for the transmission of the modified portion of the representation of the library by orthogonal frequency-division multiplex modulation to the cell phone.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio or audio-visual data file on the cell phone.