MEDIA DELIVERY PLATFORM
A method of delivering an audio and/or visual media file including, for example, one or more of full or partial master recordings of songs, musical compositions, ringtones, videos, films, television shows, personal recordings, animation and combinations thereof, over the air wirelessly, from one or more servers to an electronic device with or without an Internet connection, said method comprising transmitting and audio and/or visual media file in compressed format to said electronic device, and wherein the electronic device is effective to receive said audio and/or visual file and playback said audio and/or visual content on demand by a user.
1 . A method of wirelessly delivering a compressed digital audio and/or visual file to a wireless device means, the method comprising:
providing the compressed digital audio and/or visual file for access over the Internet; wherein the compressed digital audio and/or visual file comprises at least one of a full, partial, or segment of: a song, a musical score, a musical composition, a ringtone, a video or video segment, a movie or movie segment, a film or film segment, an image clip, a picture, a clip, an image, a photograph, a television show, a human voice recording, a personal recording, a cartoon, an animation, an audio advertisement, a visual advertisement, or combinations thereof;
providing a visual image associated with the compressed digital audio and/or visual file for selection of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file;
receiving a first request from the wireless device means for the visual image;
transmitting the visual image to the wireless device means based on the received first request;
receiving a second request from the wireless device means selecting the compressed digital audio and/or visual file; and
streaming the compressed digital audio and/or visual file to the wireless device means based on the received second request.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device means is a cell phone.
3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the cell phone.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the wireless device means.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme comprises:
converting the digital audio and/or visual file to mono by summing of a left channel and a right channel if the digital audio and/or visual file is stereo and the wireless device means is configured only for mono playback;
normalizing an amplitude of the digital audio and/or visual file;
converting the digital audio and/or visual file according to a selected sampling frequency;
performing a pre-emphasis filtering on the digital audio and/or visual file; and
re-normalizing the digital audio and/or visual file.
7 . A method of wirelessly delivering a compressed digital audio and/or visual file to a wireless device means, the method comprising:
providing the compressed digital audio and/or visual file for access over the Internet;
wherein the compressed digital audio and/or visual file comprises at least one of a full, partial, or segment of: a song, a musical score, a musical composition, a ringtone, a video or video segment, a movie or movie segment, a film or film segment, an image clip, a picture, a clip, an image, a photograph, a television show, a human voice recording, a personal recording, a cartoon, an animation, an audio advertisement, a visual advertisement, or combinations thereof;
providing a visual image associated with the compressed digital audio and/or visual file for selection of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file;
receiving a first request from the wireless device means for the visual image;
transmitting the visual image to the wireless device means based on the received first request;
receiving a second request from the wireless device means selecting the compressed digital audio and/or visual file; and
transmitting the compressed digital audio and/or visual file to the wireless device means based on the received second request.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the wireless device means is a cell phone.
9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the cell phone.
10 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the wireless device means.
11 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme comprises:
converting the digital audio and/or visual file to mono by summing of a left channel and a right channel if the digital audio and/or visual file is stereo and the wireless device means is configured only for mono playback;
normalizing an amplitude of the digital audio and/or visual file;
converting the digital audio and/or visual file according to a selected sampling frequency;
performing a pre-emphasis filtering on the digital audio and/or visual file; and
re-normalizing the digital audio and/or visual file.
13 . A method of wirelessly delivering a compressed digital audio and/or visual file to a wireless device means, the method comprising:
providing a website;
wherein the compressed digital audio and/or visual file comprises at least one of a full, partial, or segment of: a song, a musical score, a musical composition, a ringtone, a video or video segment, a movie or movie segment, a film or film segment, an image clip, a picture, a clip, an image, a photograph, a television show, a human voice recording, a personal recording, a cartoon, an animation, an audio advertisement, a visual advertisement, or combinations thereof;
wherein the website includes a visual image associated with the compressed digital audio and/or visual file for selection of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file;
receiving a first request from the wireless device means for the website;
transmitting the website to the wireless device means based on the received first request;
receiving a second request from the wireless device means selecting the compressed digital audio and/or visual file; and
streaming the compressed digital audio and/or visual file to the wireless device means based on the received second request.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the wireless device means is a cell phone.
15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the cell phone.
16 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the wireless device means.
17 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme.
18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme comprises:
converting the digital audio and/or visual file to mono by summing of a left channel and a right channel if the digital audio and/or visual file is stereo and the wireless device means is configured only for mono playback;
normalizing an amplitude of the digital audio and/or visual file;
converting the digital audio and/or visual file according to a selected sampling frequency;
performing a pre-emphasis filtering on the digital audio and/or visual file; and
re-normalizing the digital audio and/or visual file.