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 cell phone, the method comprising:
providing the compressed digital audio and/or visual file for access over the Internet, said compressed digital audio and/or visual file is provided with a website;
receiving a request from the cell phone;
optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme;
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 cell phone 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;
re-normalizing the digital audio and/or visual file; and
transmitting the compressed digital audio and/or visual file to the cell phone using orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) modulation over a cellular data connection based on the received request.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the cell phone.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the cell phone.
4. 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;
optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme, the optimization scheme comprising 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;
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 compressed digital audio and/or visual file is provided from a website;
receiving a request from the wireless device means; and
transmitting the compressed digital audio and/or visual file to the wireless device means using orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) modulation over a cellular data connection based on the received request.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the wireless device means is a cell phone.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the cell phone.
7. The method of claim 4 , further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the wireless device means.
8. A method of wirelessly delivering a compressed digital audio and/or visual file to a wireless device means, the method comprising:
optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme, 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;
re-normalizing the digital audio and/or visual file;
receiving a request from the wireless device means for the compressed digital audio and/or visual file; and
transmitting the compressed digital audio and/or visual file to the wireless device means using orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) modulation over a cellular data connection based on the received request.
9. The method of claim 8 , 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.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the wireless device means is a cell phone.
11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the cell phone.
12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising storing at least a portion of the compressed digital audio and/or visual file on the wireless device means.
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 plurality of compressed digital audio and/or visual files for selection of at least one compressed digital audio and/or visual file;
optimizing the digital audio and/or visual file according to an optimization scheme, 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 fight 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;
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 at least one compressed digital audio and/or visual file; and
transmitting the selected at least one compressed digital audio and/or visual file to the wireless device means using orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) modulation over a cellular data connection 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.