Methods and systems employing digital content
View Patent ↗A portable device for use with audio or visual content (e.g., an MP3 player-like device, or a camera-enabled device) is equipped with one or more features/capabilities, including: a user interface through which a consumer can instruct that content be delivered to a different consumer's device, the ability to derive identifiers from content and take action(s) based thereon, the ability to count playbacks of content; and/or the ability to interact with remote web services. A variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
1. A method comprising the acts:
receiving input from a consumer, through a user interface of a portable consumer electronic device that plays music, the consumer input identifying a song;
querying the consumer as to an intended recipient for the song, by presenting to the consumer a scrollable list of recipient information on a screen of said portable consumer electronic device;
receiving input from the consumer identifying a recipient from said scrollable list; and
sending data from the portable consumer electronic device as a consequence of the foregoing.
2. The method of claim 1 that includes consulting a data storage medium of said device to obtain an address corresponding to the recipient identified from the scrollable list.
3. The method of claim 1 that includes consulting a data storage medium of said device to obtain an IP address corresponding to the recipient identified from the scrollable list.
4. The method of claim 1 in which the sending comprises sending data wirelessly from the portable consumer electronic device.
5. The method of claim 1 that includes capturing at least a portion of the identified song using a microphone in the portable consumer electronic device, and producing digital data from the captured portion of the song for processing.
6. A programmed portable consumer electronic device storing instructions in memory, wherein said instructions are executed by said programmed portable consumer electronic device in performing the acts of claim 1 .
7. A computer readable media comprising instructions stored thereon, wherein said instructions are executed by a processor in said portable consumer electronic device in performing the acts of claim 1 .
8. A method including the acts:
receiving input from a consumer, though a user interface of a portable consumer electronic device that plays music, the input serving to indicate a particular song and an intended recipient for the song; and
sending data from the portable consumer electronic device as a consequence of the foregoing;
wherein the user interface that receives the consumer input comprises a gesture-responsive user interface.
9. The method of claim 8 in which the sending comprises sending data wirelessly from the portable consumer electronic device.
10. The method of claim 8 that includes capturing at least a portion of the particular song using a microphone in the portable consumer electronic device, and producing digital data from the captured portion of the song for processing.
11. A programmed portable consumer electronic device storing instructions in memory, wherein said instructions are executed by said programmed portable consumer electronic device in performing the acts of claim 8 .
12. A computer readable media comprising instructions stored thereon, wherein said instructions are executed by a processor in said portable consumer electronic device in performing the acts of claim 8 .