METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING FULL-TRACK CONTENT MEDIA FILES FROM A SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEM TO A USER MOBILE DEVICE
The invention provides a method of transferring media, comprising receiving a selection from a user computer system over a network at a server computer system, transmitting a download page from the server computer system to the user computer system, the download page having a link, based on the selection, a full-track content media file being downloadable from the server computer system onto the user computer system when selecting the link, determining at the server computer system whether a mobile device can receive full-track content, and transmitting the full-track content media file from the server computer system to the mobile device in response to the selection, only if the mobile device can receive full-track content.
1 . A method of transferring media, comprising:
receiving a selection from a user computer system over a network at a server computer system;
transmitting a download page from the server computer system to the user computer system, the download page having a link, based on the selection, a full-track content media file being downloadable from the server computer system onto the user computer system when selecting the link;
determining at the server computer system whether a mobile device can receive full-track content; and
transmitting the full-track content media file from the server computer system to the mobile device in response to the selection, only if the mobile device can receive full-track content.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining at the server computer system whether a carrier of the mobile device supports full-track content, as part of a process to determine whether the mobile device can receive full-track content.
3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
determining at the server computer system whether a type of the mobile device supports full-track content, as part of a process to determine whether the mobile device can receive full-track content.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining at the server computer system whether a data plan is associated with the mobile device, as part of the process to determine whether the mobile device can receive full-track content.
5 . The method of claim 4 , transmitting a data plan override page from the server computer system to the user computer system if a data plan is not associated with the mobile device;
receiving a data plan override selection from the user computer system after a user makes a selection on the data plan override page; and
transmitting the full-track content media file from the server computer system to the user computer system, only if the data plan override selection indicates that the full-track content media file should be transmitted and not when the data plan override selection indicates that the full-track content media file should not be transmitted.
6 . A method of transferring media, comprising:
transmitting an options page from a server computer system to a user computer system, the options page including a full-track link and a reduced-track link, selection of the reduced-track link facilitating transmission of a reduced media file corresponding to a time portion only of a full-track content media file, from the server computer system to a user mobile device;
receiving a selection from the user computer system after the user selects the full-track link;
determining at the server computer system whether a mobile device can receive full-track content; and
transmitting the full-track content media file from the server computer system to the mobile device in response to the selection, only if the mobile device can receive full-track content.
7 . A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions which, when executed by a processor of at least one computer system, executes a method of transferring media, comprising:
receiving a selection from a user computer system over a network at a server computer system;
transmitting a download page from the server computer system to the user computer system, the download page having a link, based on the selection, a full-track content media file being downloadable from the server computer system onto the user computer system when selecting the link;
determining at the server computer system whether a mobile device can receive full-track content; and
transmitting the full-track content media file from the server computer system to the mobile device in response to the selection, only if the mobile device can receive full-track content.
8 . A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions which, when executed by a processor of at least one computer system, executes a method of transferring media, comprising:
transmitting an options page from a server computer system to a user computer system, the options page including a full-track link and a reduced-track link, selection of the reduced-track link facilitating transmission of a reduced media file corresponding to a time portion only of a full-track content media file from the server computer system to a user mobile device;
receiving a selection from the user computer system after the user selects the full-track link;
determining at the server computer system whether a mobile device can receive full-track content; and
transmitting the full-track content media file from the server computer system to the mobile device in response to the selection, only if the mobile device can receive full-track content.
9 . A server computer system, comprising:
a file server;
a database, having entries corresponding to files in the file server;
a memory, holding a set of instructions; and
a processor that executes the instructions, the instructions comprising:
receiving a selection from a user computer system over a network at a server computer system;
transmitting a download page from the server computer system to the user computer system, the download page having a link, based on the selection, a full-track content media file being downloadable from the server computer system onto the user computer system when selecting the link;
determining at the server computer system whether a mobile device can receive full-track content; and
transmitting the full-track content media file from the server computer system to the mobile device in response to the selection, only if the mobile device can receive full-track content.
10 . A server computer system, comprising:
a file server;
a database, having entries corresponding to files in the file server;
a memory, holding a set of instructions; and
a processor that executes the instructions, the instructions comprising:
transmitting an options page from a server computer system to a user computer system, the options page including a full-track link and a reduced-track link, selection of the reduced-track link facilitating transmission of a reduced media file corresponding to a time portion only of a full-track content media file from the server computer system to a user mobile device;
receiving a selection from the user computer system after the user selects the full-track link;
determining at the server computer system whether a mobile device can receive full-track content; and
transmitting the full-track content media file from the server computer system to the mobile device in response to the selection, only if the mobile device can receive full-track content.