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US 2008/0176512 A1Published application
Wireless sharing of audio files and information for streamlined purchasing
OwnerMin-Liang Tan, Hoe Chan +1inventors
InventorsMin-Liang Tan, Hoe Chan, Terence Tang
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for capturing information associated with wireless audio sounds among a plurality of users. When a user encounters audio sound files of interest, the user can capture information regarding the audio sounds, such as title, artist, collection, genre, year, encoding rate, size, playlist, a unique identifier, or other desired information. The information can be used to seamlessly purchase the sound files from a remote digital repository.
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A system for the streamlined purchase of audio files comprising:
- a digital audio system comprising:
- a wireless transceiver;
- a control system adapted to capture from a digital source a first signal representing a first digital audio information set, said control system having a user interface including a user display, a capture input and a purchase input;
- storage adapted to store said first digital audio information set when a user instantiates said capture input;
- a communications module for transferring, when a user instantiates said purchase input, said first digital audio information to a remote network comprising a digital repository, whereby said communication module is adapted to request a purchase from said digital network, said network accesses said digital repository, and whereby said communication module is adapted to receive a first audio file associated with said first digital audio information.
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A method of purchasing audio files comprising:
- capturing a set of digital audio information associated with a digital audio file from an independent wireless digital source;
- locally storing said information;
- upon receipt of a purchase input from a user, accessing a remote network requesting a purchase of said audio file;
- transmitting payment information;
- and
- receiving said audio file.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.