Wireless media player
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorsTomas Wässingbo, Heino Wendelrup
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Abstract
A wireless device, such as a mobile phone, and a method for operating the wireless device to access a media option in a media player, comprising the steps of: providing a list of different media options, where each option includes a media channel or item; selecting a media channel or item to present; scanning a plurality of different types of radio signal bearers for detecting access of the selected media channel or item; selecting one of said different types of bearers in accordance with stored selection criteria; presenting the media channel or item as received over the selected bearer.
Claims18
A wireless device, comprising:
- a media player;
- a radio signal receiver system, comprising a plurality of different radio signal receivers configured to receive different types of radio transmission:
- a controller comprising a memory comprising a list of different media options, and a media scanner configured to scan the radio signal receiver system to detect media content associated with the media options;
- a user interface operable to select a media channel from the list of media options;
- and
- a channel selector connected to the media scanner, configured to select reception of the media channel from one of the radio signal receivers;
- wherein the channel selector is configured to look for reception of;
- a broadcast FM radio signal as a higher ranking choice,
- a streamed media signal as a lower ranking choice.
Method for accessing a media channel in a wireless media player, comprising the steps of:
- providing a list of different media options, where each option includes a media channel;
- selecting a media channel to present;
- receiving the media channel through a plurality of different types of radio signal receivers;
- selecting one of said different types of radio signal receivers in accordance with stored selection criteria, wherein the step of selecting one of said different types of radio signal receivers includes the steps of;
- selecting a broadcasted signal of the media channel as a higher ranking choice, and
- selecting a streaming media signal of the media channel as a lower ranking choice;
- and
- presenting the media channel as received by the selected radio signal receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.