System and method for delivering information to a transmitting and receiving device
DC CAFCFirst Claim
Patent Images
1. A method of content communication, comprising:
- receiving a notification at a cell phone, the notification at least identifying content intended for the cell phone and identifying the content'"'"'s location, and identifying the type of content from among at least text, image, audio, and video content;
alerting a user of the cell phone that the notification has been received;
receiving input from the user indicating that the content should be downloaded to the cell phone;
generating a request signal including a request to download the content;
sending the request signal from the cell phone so that the desired content may be downloaded to the phone; and
receiving the desired content to the cell phone only in response to sending the request signal.
4 Assignments
Litigations
0 Petitions
Reexaminations
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention provides systems and method for delivering information to a transmitting and receiving device. The device receives a notification alerting a user of the device that information is available to be obtained and, in some embodiments, providing a short description of the information. After receiving the notification at the device, the user can then use the device to obtain or otherwise act on the information at a time and at a place convenient to the user.
654 Citations
69 Claims
-
1. A method of content communication, comprising:
-
receiving a notification at a cell phone, the notification at least identifying content intended for the cell phone and identifying the content'"'"'s location, and identifying the type of content from among at least text, image, audio, and video content; alerting a user of the cell phone that the notification has been received; receiving input from the user indicating that the content should be downloaded to the cell phone; generating a request signal including a request to download the content; sending the request signal from the cell phone so that the desired content may be downloaded to the phone; and receiving the desired content to the cell phone only in response to sending the request signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
15. A content communication system, comprising:
-
a memory configured to store content; a memory controller including a processor coupled to the memory configured to cause a data signal to be directed to a cell phone, wherein the data signal includes an address identifier that identifies the cell phone, a content identifier that identifies the content and the content'"'"'s location, and a type identifier that identifies the content'"'"'s type; wherein the memory controller is configured to direct the content corresponding to the content identifier from the memory to the cell phone only upon receiving a request from the cell phone to do so. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
-
-
30. A method that delivers content to an intended recipient, comprising:
-
storing in a memory available content for the intended recipient; accessing a home location registry to obtain information about the intended recipient'"'"'s cell phone; causing a data signal to be directed to the cell phone, wherein the data signal includes an address identifier that identifies the cell phone, a content identifier that identifies the available content and the content'"'"'s location, and a type identifier that identifies the content'"'"'s type; transmitting the available content corresponding to the content identifier to the cell phone upon receiving a request to do so. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
-
-
44. A wireless communication system, comprising:
-
a memory configured to store content; a controller including a processor coupled to the memory configured to generate a notification that identifies the content, the content'"'"'s location, and the content'"'"'s type; a radio transmitter coupled to an antenna and coupled to the memory and controller configured to send the notification to a cell phone; a radio receiver coupled to the antenna and coupled to the memory and controller configured to receive a request to receive the content generated by the cell phone, wherein the request includes at least a portion of the notification; wherein the radio transmitter is configured to send via the antenna the content corresponding to the notification to the cell phone only upon receiving a request from the cell phone to send it. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
-
-
51. A method of operating a cellular phone configured for media content retrieval and playback comprising:
-
(a) receiving a wireless notification of media content available for retrieval from a remote content storage system, the notification including information at least identifying the content and an address of the remote content storage system; (b) sending a request to retrieve the content from the remote content storage system via a cellular network, the request including information at least identifying the content and the address of the remote content storage system; (c) receiving the requested media content over the cellular network; and (d) playing the media content. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
-
Specification