Mobile wireless communication terminals, systems, methods, and computer program products for publishing, sharing and accessing media files

A mobile wireless communication terminal comprising:

• a wireless communication module that is configured to communicate with other communication terminals over a wireless interface;
• and
• a controller that is configured to pre-select a media file from a collection of media files on the mobile wireless communication terminal for publication, to thereafter make the selected media file a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals, to thereafter receive a discovery request issued from a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files, to automatically establish a connection via the wireless communication module with the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the discovery request, to automatically send an identification of the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the discovery request, to receive a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file, to automatically send the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request for playback;
• and to place the publisher wireless communication terminal in a publisher mode and await the discovery request from the requestor wireless communication terminal prior to receiving the discovery request.

A method for publishing and sharing media files, the method comprising:

• pre-selecting a media file from a collection of media files on a publisher wireless communication terminal for publication;
• thereafter
• broadcasting advertisement signals from the publisher wireless communication terminal to potential requestor wireless communication terminals, wherein the advertisement signals indicate that the pre-selected media file is available for transfer to the potential requestor wireless communication terminals;
• making the selected media file a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals from the publisher wireless communication terminal;
• thereafter
• receiving a discovery request issued from a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files;
• establishing a connection via a wireless communication module of the publisher wireless communication terminal with the requestor wireless communication terminal;
• sending an identification of the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the discovery request;
• sending a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal to the publisher wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file;
• sending the published media file from the publisher wireless communication terminal to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request;
• and
• executing playback of the published media file on the requestor wireless communication terminal.

A mobile wireless communication terminal comprising:

• a wireless communication module that is configured to communicate with other communication terminals over a wireless interface;
• and
• a controller that is configured to pre-select a media file from a collection of media files on the mobile wireless communication terminal for publication, to thereafter broadcast advertisement signals from the publisher wireless communication terminal to potential requestor wireless communication terminals, wherein the advertisement signals indicate that the pre-selected media file is available for transfer to the potential requestor wireless communication terminals;
• to make the selected media file a published media file available to other wireless communication terminals, to thereafter receive a discovery request issued from a requestor wireless communication terminal seeking published media files, to establish a connection via the wireless communication module with the requestor wireless communication terminal, to send an identification of the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the discovery request, to receive a media file request from the requestor wireless communication terminal requesting the published media file, to send the published media file to the requestor wireless communication terminal in response to the media file request for playback.