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US 2014/0351353 A1Published application
Media Content Delivery Systems and Methods
AssigneeMusic Choice
InventorsJeremy C. ROSENBERG, Ronald M. Yurman
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for enabling a consumer to acquire media content items.
Claims30
A media content delivery method, comprising:
- using a first device to process media content;
- while the first device is processing the media content, using the first device to transmit to a server a request for a media content information associated with the media content, wherein
- the request for the media content information includes an identifier associated with the first device and/or a user of the first device, and
- the server is configured such that after receiving the request, the server (a) uses the identifier that was included in the request to select a delivery address to which to send a response, wherein the selected delivery address is associated with a second device that is different than the first device and (b) sends to the selected delivery address the response, wherein the response comprises (i) a message comprising a link associated with a media content item and/or (ii) the media content item itself.
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A media content delivery method, comprising:
- transmitting media content to a remote device;
- while transmitting the media content to the remote device, receiving from the remote device a request for media content information associated with the transmitted media content, wherein the request for the media content information includes an identifier associated with said remote device and/or a user of said device;
- and
- after receiving the request, (a) using the identifier to select a delivery address to which to send a response, wherein the selected delivery address is associated with a second device that is different than the remote device;
- and (b) sending to the selected delivery address the response, the response comprising (i) a message comprising a link associated with a media content item and/or (ii) the media content item.
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A media content delivery system, comprising:
- one or more transmitters;
- one or more processors for employing the transmitter to transmit to a user device a set of identifiers, each identifier identifying a different media content item, wherein the device is configured to enable a user of the user device to select one of the media content items;
- a receiver for receiving from the user device one of the identifiers included in the set of identifiers;
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- a media-on-demand system for transmitting to a user device a media content item identified by a received identifier and meta-data associated with the media content item identified by the received identifier;
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- fulfillment processor for:
- receiving from the user device a message containing an identifier associated with the user device and/or a user of said device;
- using the identifier received from the user device to determine a delivery address associated with the identifier;
- and delivering the media content item, or a version thereof, to the delivery address.
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The system of 25, wherein delivering the item to the delivery address comprises transmitting the item to the delivery address.
The system of 25, wherein delivering the item to the delivery address comprises transmitting to the delivery address an message that includes the item and/or a link to the item.
The system of 25, wherein the message is an e-mail message or a text message.
A media content delivery method, comprising:
- transmitting media content to a remote device, wherein audio data is associated with the transmitted media content;
- storing a plurality of media files corresponding to the transmitted media content, wherein each of said media files stores a different version of the audio data that is associated with the transmitted media content;
- while transmitting the media content to the remote device, receiving from the remote device a message, wherein the message includes an identifier associated with said remote device and/or a user of said device;
- and
- upon receiving the message,
- (a) using the identifier to retrieve from a database information associated with the identifier, wherein the information includes a delivery address;
- (b) selecting from among the plurality of media files one or more of the media files, wherein the selection is based on information in the message and/or at least some of the retrieved information, and
- (c) transmitting to the delivery address at least one of the selected media files and/or a link to said media file, wherein the message further includes a format identifier and the step of selecting the media files comprises selecting from the plurality of media files one or more media files that contain a version of the audio data that matches the format identified by the format identifier.
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A media content delivery system, the system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more transmitters;
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- one or more receivers, wherein
- one of the one or more processors is adapted to use one of the one or more transmitters to transmit media content to a remote device;
- one of the one or more receivers is operable to receive from the remote device a request for media content information associated with the transmitted media content while the transmitter is transmitting the media content to the remote device, wherein the request for the media content information includes an identifier associated with said remote device and/or a user of said device,
- one of the one or more processors is adapted to use the identifier to select a delivery address to which to send a response, wherein the selected delivery address is associated with a second device that is different than the remote device, and
- one of the one or more processors is adapted to send to the selected delivery address the response, the response comprising (i) a message comprising a link associated with a media content item and/or (ii) the media content item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.