Media delivery platform

• US 9,215,310 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2014
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• 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:
  US14/230,906
• Publication Number:
  US 20140214908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 624 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 for wirelessly transmitting over a cellular network a data file between a cellular phone and a server, the server comprising a non-transitory virtual storage locker, the method comprising:

creating the virtual storage locker associated with the cellular phone;

receiving a data file from the cellular phone, said cellular phone including a receiver and a digital signal processor configured for receiving and processing data files transmitted by orthogonal frequency-division multiplex modulation;

storing, in the virtual storage locker, the data file received from the cellular phone;

receiving a request for the data file; and

providing for the transmission of the data file to the cellular phone using orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) modulation in response to the received request from the cellular phone.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data file comprises at least one of a full, partial, or segment of:

a song, a musical score, musical composition, other audio recording, a ringtone, a video, other visual recording, a movie, a film, an image clip, a picture, a clip, an image, a photograph, a television show, a human voice recording, a personal recording, a cartoon, an animation, an audio advertisement, a visual advertisement, or combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the request for the data file comprises receiving the request from a second cellular phone, and wherein transmitting the data file based on the received request comprises transmitting the data file to the second cellular phone using OFDM modulation.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising charging an account associated with a user of the second cellular phone.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a representative image of the data files in the virtual storage locker for selection of the data file to be transmitted.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein providing for selection of the data file to be transmitted comprises listing the data file in alphabetical order among a plurality of data files.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein providing for selection of the data file to be transmitted comprises listing the data file in chronological order among a plurality of data files.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing at least a portion of the data file on the cellular phone.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating, in response to receiving the data file from the cellular phone, a unique identifier with the data file and a user of the cellular phone;

evaluating the unique identifier; and

identifying the data file based on the unique identifier in response to receiving the request for the data file.

10. A system for wirelessly transmitting a digital data file to a cellular phone, the system comprising:

a server including a non-transitory virtual storage locker configured to store a plurality of data files; and

a cellular communication network operably coupling the server and the cellular phone, said cellular phone including a receiver and a digital signal processor configured for receiving and processing files transmitted by orthogonal frequency-division multiplex modulation;

wherein the server is configured to;

create the virtual storage locker associated with the cellular phone;

receive a data file from the cellular phone over the communication network,

store, in the virtual storage locker, the data file received from the cellular phone,

receive a request for the data file over the cellular communication network, and

providing for the transmission of the data file over the cellular communication network using orthogonal frequency-division multiplex modulation in response to the received request.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the digital data file comprises at least one of a full, partial, or segment of:

a song, a musical score, musical composition, other audio recording, a ringtone, a video, other visual recording, a movie, a film, an image clip, a picture, a clip, an image, a photograph, a television show, a human voice recording, a personal recording, a cartoon, an animation, an audio advertisement, a visual advertisement, or combinations thereof.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the request for the data file is received from the cellular phone, and wherein the data file is transmitted to the cellular phone in response to the received request.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the request for the data file is received from a second cellular phone, and wherein the data file is transmitted to the second cellular phone in response to the received request.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the server is further configured to debit an account associated with a user of the second device.