Media delivery platform
View Patent ↗A improved method for delivery and play back of sound and image files is provided, including the use of the files as alerts for various electronic devices or for playing on a handheld device. Algorithms are provided for the delivery, storage, and playback of sound files, including a delivery method algorithm, a parametric optimization and compression algorithm, and an error correction algorithm. The files may be selected from and downloaded to the electronic device with or without the use of a worldwide network connection.
1. A method of wirelessly delivering over the air one or more digital audio and/or visual files from one or more servers to one or more wireless device means comprising:
compressing said one or more digital audio and/or visual files, wherein said audio and/or visual files comprise one or more full or partial master recordings of songs, musical scores or musical compositions, videos or video segments, movies or movie segments, film or flu segments, one or more image clips, television shows, human voice, personal recordings, cartoons, film animation, audio and/or visual advertising content and combinations thereof, and wherein said compressing comprises normalizing, sampling and compressing said digital audio and/or visual files;
storing compressed audio and/or visual files in one or more storage mediums; and
transmitting to said wireless device means said compressed audio and/or visual files wirelessly over the air, with or without an Internet network.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing selection of the delivery of one or more and compressed digital audio files and/or visual files for playback on said device means.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising playing back of one or more of said selected compressed digital audio files and/or visual files.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein said compressed digital audio and/or visual file may be selected and/or received from the wireless device means on a voice mode connection without switching to data mode.
5. The method of claim 2 wherein said compressed digital audio and/or visual file may be selected for delivery from said wireless device means for play thereon without using an Internet connection.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein said compressed digital audio and/or visual file may be selected and/or received from the wireless device means on a voice mode connection without switching to data mode.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein said compressed digital audio and/or visual file is delivered to the wireless device means using a transmission protocol that maps digits to sounds.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing said compressed digital audio files and/or visual file as an alert message or ringtone for the device means effective to signify the occurrence of a specific event.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein said wireless device means is a cell phone, and wherein said compressed digital audio and/or visual file is played as an alert or ringtone of an incoming telephone call.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein a segment of a compressed digital audio and/or visual file is played as an alert or ringtone of an incoming call.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein said segment is played a plurality of times as an alert or ringtone of an incoming call.
12. The method of claim 9 wherein said alert or ringtone is associated with a specific caller's telephone number, and is played upon said specific caller said cell phone associating specific number and specifically selected ringtone to identify incoming caller.
13. The met od of claim 12 wherein a plurality of compressed digital audio files and/or visual files are delivered and stored on said cell phone, and wherein a specific audio file and/or visual file of said plurality of files is associated with a specific caller calling said cell phone and is effective to play when said specific caller calls.
14. The method of claim 9 further comprising said cell phone being shared by a plurality of cell phone users, wherein a plurality of compressed digital audio files and/or visual files are delivered to and stored on said cell phone, and wherein a specific audio file and/or visual file of said plurality of files is associated with a specific user of said plurality of users, and wherein said file is effective to alert a user of said cell phone to an incoming telephone call wherein said specific user is the intended recipient of said incoming call.
15. The method of claim 1 wherein a plurality of compressed digital audio files and/or visual files are delivered to and stored on the wireless device means.
16. The method of claim 1 wherein said compression is MP3.
17. The method of claim 1 wherein said compressed digital audio and/or visual is delivered through the Internet or other computer based system.
18. The met d of claim 1 wherein said compressed digital audio and/or visual file is delivered to said wireless device means independent of an Internet connection or other computer based system.
19. The method of claim 1 wherein said compressed digital audio and/or visual file is a personal recording or video.
20. The method of claim 1 further comprising charging a fee based on the number of compressed digital audio and/or visual files delivered to said wireless device means for playback thereon or the duration of playback of said compressed digital audio and/or visual files.
21. The method of claim 1 wherein the compressed digital audio and/or visual file is a segment of a full song, musical composition or other audio recording or visual recordings.
22. The method of claim 1 comprising the use of OFDM.
23. The method of claim 1 comprising transmitting optimized and compressesd audio and/or visual files.