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US 8,751,324 B2Granted
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 item associated with the media content, wherein
- the request for the media content item 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 for the media content item 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 the 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 a media content item associated with the transmitted media content, wherein the request for the media content item 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 the media content item and/or (ii) the media content item.
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A media content delivery method, comprising:
- (a) transmitting 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;
- (b) receiving from the user device one of the identifiers included in the set of identifiers;
- (c) after receiving the identifier, transmitting, from a media-on-demand system to the user device, the media content item identified by the received identifier and meta-data associated with the media content item identified by the received identifier, wherein the user device is configured such that upon receiving the media content item plays the media content item for the user, and wherein the meta-data indicates that the media content item, or a version thereof, may be acquired by the user, and the user device is operable to:
- store the media content item and meta-data received from the media-on-demand system in a storage device contained within or directly connected to the user device;
- in response to a command from a user, retrieve from the storage device the stored media content item and meta-data and play the retrieved media content item for the user of the user device;
- while playing the retrieved media content item, receive at the user device an indication from the user that the user desires to acquire the item or a version thereof;
- and in response to receiving the indication, transmit a message to a fulfillment system, wherein the message includes an identifier associated with the user device and/or a user of said device;
- (d) in response to receiving the message, using the identifier to determine a delivery address associated with the identifier;
- and
- (e) delivering the media content item, or a version thereof, to the delivery address.
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The method of 25, wherein the step of delivering the item to the delivery address comprises transmitting the item to the delivery address.
The method of 25, wherein the step of 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 method 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 a single one 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 the selected media file and/or a link to the selected media file, wherein the message further includes a format identifier and the step of selecting one of the media files comprises selecting from the plurality of media files a media file that contains a version of the audio data that matches the format identified by the format identifier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.