Smart phone that includes a touch sensitive screen and a wireless communication unit compatible to bluetooth and/or ieee802.11 standards for transmitting audio content

A smart phone for wireless transmission of audio digital content from the smart phone to a wireless audio output device over wireless communication, said smart phone being a mobile and wireless information apparatus with access to at least part of the audio digital content, the smart phone including:

• a digital camera,
• a touch sensitive screen,
• a graphical user interface for interacting with a user over the touch sensitive
• screen,
• a speaker;
• a processing unit,
• a memory or storage unit,
• an operating system to facilitate operation of client applications at the smart phone,
• a document creation application,
• a document editing application,
• an Internet browsing application,
• a communication manager or client application for managing wireless communication at the smart phone, and
• a wireless communication unit that includes a radio frequency controller for establishing wireless communication with one or more wireless devices that are distinct devices from the smart phone, the smart phone further comprising:
• means for retrieving, at the smart phone, an output device profile or object associated with the wireless audio output device that is stored in the smart phone, the output device profile stored in the smart phone being previously obtained from communicating with the wireless audio output device, and the output device profile including one or more of communication profile information, communication protocol information, device dependent information, identification information, authentication information, security key information, and service information, individually or in any combination;
• means for receiving, by the communication manager or client application at the smart phone and over the graphical user interface of the touch sensitive screen of the smart phone, an indication associated with the wireless audio output device as a selected wireless audio output device;
• means for establishing a wireless communication connection between the smart phone and the selected wireless audio output device for transmitting at least part of the audio digital content from the smart phone to the selected wireless audio output device, the establishing of wireless communication connection being in dependence of the availability of the selected wireless audio output device;
• means for conforming at least part of the audio digital content into audio intermediate output data based, at least in part, on the information included in the output device profile;
• and
• means for transmitting, through the wireless communication unit of the smart phone and over the established wireless communication connection, at least part of the audio intermediate output data associated with the audio digital content to the selected wireless output device for output;
• and
• wherein, the smart phone is further configurable for installing additional applications for expanding the functionalities of the smart phone.

A smart phone for wireless transmission of audio digital content from the smart phone to a wireless audio output device over wireless communication, said smart phone being a mobile and wireless information apparatus with access to at least part of the audio digital content, the smart phone including:

• a digital camera,
• a touch sensitive screen,
• a graphical user interface for interacting with a user over the touch sensitive screen,
• a speaker;
• a processing unit,
• a memory or storage unit,
• an operating system to facilitate operation of client applications at the smart phone,
• a document creation application,
• a document editing application,
• an Internet browsing application,
• a communication manager or client application for managing wireless communication at the smart phone, and
• a wireless communication unit that includes a radio frequency controller for establishing wireless communication with one or more wireless devices that are distinct devices from the smart phone, the smart phone further including:
• software associated with the communication manager or client application at the smart phone for providing a graphical user interface over the touch sensitive screen for initiating wireless device discovery of one or more wireless devices over the wireless communication;
• software for discovering, at the smart phone and over the wireless communication, one or more wireless devices that have broadcasted its availability for wireless device discovery over the wireless communication;
• software for receiving, over the graphical user interface of the touch sensitive screen of the smart phone, an indication associated with the wireless audio output device as a selected wireless output device from among the one or more wireless devices discovered over the wireless communication, the selected wireless audio output device being a distinct device from the smart phone;
• software for obtaining authentication or security information at the smart phone for locking a wireless communication connection between the smart phone and the selected wireless audio output device, the authentication or security information includes one or more of a name, an ID number, a password, a security key, or a biometric information, individually or in any combination;
• software for locking a wireless communication connection between the smart phone and the selected wireless audio output device for transmitting at least part of the audio digital content from the smart phone to the selected wireless audio output device, the locking of the wireless communication connection employing at least in part the obtained authentication or security information;
• software for transmitting, through the wireless communication unit of the smart phone and over the locked wireless communication, at least part of the audio digital content to the selected wireless output device for output;
• and
• wherein, the smart phone is further configurable for installing additional applications for expanding the functionalities of the smart phone.