IP Library Granted Patent US 7,546,144
Granted Patent B2
US 7,546,144 · App. 11/435,023 · Granted Jun 9, 2009

Mobile wireless communication terminals, systems, methods, and computer program products for managing playback of song files

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Patent No.
US 7,546,144
App. No.
11/435,023
Granted
Jun 9, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile wireless communication terminal includes a wireless communication module that is configured to communicate with other communication terminals over a wireless interface, and a controller. The controller is configured to establish a connection with at least one participant wireless communication terminal via the wireless communication module, to receive from the at least one participant wireless communication terminal an identification of a compliant song file stored on the at least one participant wireless communication terminal and having a metadata tag associated therewith indicating that the compliant song file is classified in a prescribed song file category, and to execute playback of the compliant song file.

Claims (11)

1. 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 establish a connection with at least one participant wireless communication terminal via the wireless communication module, to send a request to the at least one participant wireless communication terminal to identify compliant song files stored on the at least one participant wireless communication terminal and classified in a prescribed song file category, to receive from the at least one participant wireless communication terminal, in response to the request, an identification of a compliant song file stored on the at least one participant wireless communication terminal and having a metadata tag associated therewith indicating that the compliant song file is classified in the prescribed song file category, and to execute playback of the compliant song file.

2. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to establish a connection with a plurality of participant wireless communication terminals via the wireless communication module, and to receive identifications of compliant songs from at least two of the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals responsive to the request from the wireless communication terminal.

3. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to establish a connection with a plurality of participant wireless communication terminals via the wireless communication module, and to execute playback of the compliant song file simultaneously on the plurality of participant wireless communication terminals.

4. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the controller is configured to retrieve the compliant song file from the at least one participant wireless communication terminal for playback.

5. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein:

the wireless communication module is configured to communicate with other communication terminals over a direct point-to-point wireless interface; and

the controller is configured to establish the connection with the at least one participant wireless communication terminal via the wireless communication module via the direct point-to-point wireless interface, and to receive the identification of a compliant song file from the at least one participant wireless communication terminal via the direct point-to-point wireless interface.

6. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication module comprises a Bluetooth transmitter.

7. The wireless communication terminal of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication terminal includes a cellular telephone.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 036868 FRAME: 0084. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 22, 2018
From: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Reel/Frame 046412/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2017
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 044713/0347 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 036868 FRAME: 0084. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Nov 23, 2015
From: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Reel/Frame 037207/0572 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2015
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
To: SNAPTRACK, INC.
Reel/Frame 037109/0913 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 15, 2015
From: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Reel/Frame 036868/0084 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2006
From: DE LEON, DAVID; SPARRE, ERIK; GRANSTROM, MARTIN
To: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Reel/Frame 017821/0564 →