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`Michael D. HAROLD
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`Title
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`SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS
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`DISSEMINATION
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`Title of the Invention:
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`SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED CONTENT
`DISSEMINATION
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`SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
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`CROSS-REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATION
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`(0001)
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`This application claims the benefit of co-pending U.S. Provisional Patent
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`Application No. 60/838,438, filed on August 18, 2006, the entire contents of which is
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`expressly incorporated herein by reference.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`[0002)
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`The present invention relates generally to methods for distributing content
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`to devices substantially contiguous to a person or device.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`(0003)
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`Changes in the electronic distribution of audio and visual content have
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`created an environment in which end-users have increasing control over the means by
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`which they may hear, view and interact with any given digital content. Through the use
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`of various met\lods that incorporate wireless and Internet technologies, for example,
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`Apple's iTunes system, music may be downloaded into handheld wireless devices and
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`stored in a persistent manner so that it may be listened to at some future time. Audio,
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`video and combined audio-video content may also be downloaded into handheld wireless
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`devices and then stored in a persistent manner so that it may be listened to and viewed at
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`the user's discretion. Additionally, once stored, such audio-visual content can readily be
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`transferred to other devices via simple commands.
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`[0004]
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`In all cases where wireless cell phone devices are used to send, receive and
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`store audio-visual content, one of three scenarios occurs. The first scenario involves the
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`transfer of audio and visual content to another wireless cell phone device from a server,
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`service or other wireless cell phone device acting itself as a server in a client-server
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`relationship. The second scenario involves the transfer of audio and visual content from
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`a wireless cell phone device acting as a server to one or more servers, services or other
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`wireless cell phone devices acting as clients in a client-server relationship. The third
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`scenario involves the use of a cell phone to control media devices by using wireless
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`protocols such as SMS or Internet services such as Web browsers to request that media
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`be sent to a specific device based on user requests.
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`[0005)
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`At this time, the ability of a wireless cell phone user to control the
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`distribution and delivery of digital content to physically contiguous audio and video
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`devices is limited to a request-response model that does not allow the user to
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`continuously interact with contiguous audio and visual display devices in real time over
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`the Internet.
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`(00061
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`Orange France has created a service that allows customers of bars,
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`restaurants and other businesses to choose a song from an SMS music menu to be played
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`at the customer location. This service does not, however, provide a means to have the
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`music sent to a speaker system located in direct proximity to the user. Neither does it
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`provide the means to make selections using a cell phone and to have music videos
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`provided to a visual display device and speaker system located in direct proximity to the
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`user.
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`(0007)
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`AT&T, Inc. provides ~ubscribers with the ability to control their digital
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`video controllers through Web-enabled phones by scheduling or deleting recordings on
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`their in-home set-top boxes. This service does not, however, provide users with the
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`means to control the dissemination of content to contiguous audio and display devices
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`that may be located in public venues, such as airports and malls. Furthermore, this control
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`mechanism is dependent on the presence of an in-home set-top box to display the audio
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`and visual content. In other words, it does not allow content dissemination over the
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`Internet to contiguous devices in real time.
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`[00081
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`In U.S. Published Patent Application No. 20070136778, Birger, Joffe and
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`Netchitailo generally describe a method to use an apparatus with a processor, memory, a
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`display screen and an input device to accept user input from a user, the use of which is to
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`control the operation of multiple devices for purposes of playback on the part of each
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`device. There is, however, no reference to the use of a wireless cell phone device to
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`accomplish the same or similar tasks. Furthermore, the invention set forth does not allow
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`the user to use the apparatus to control the dissemination of content over the Internet in
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`public venues. As with the prior cited references, this one, too, is deficient.
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`[0009}
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`None of the presently-known methods of wireless cell phone content
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`delivery addresses the complexity of a distributed audio-visual user experience, i.e., both
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`individual and multiple persons experiencing the same or similar content simultaneously
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`or substantially simultaneously through respective contiguously
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`located devices.
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`Specifically, the prior art fails to demonstrate any method or system that disengages
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`wireless cell phone users from the constraints of traditional audio-video media delivery
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`by allowing the user of a wireless cell phone to interactively control the real-time
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`delivery of audio-visual media to multiple audio devices, e.g., within hearing or other
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`ranges of the cell phone user, and/or multiple visual display devices, e.g., within line-of(cid:173)
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`sight view of the wireless cell phone user, through the use of controls commonly(cid:173)
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`available on a standard wireless cell phone over the Internet.
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`[0010)
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`There is, therefore, a present need to provide an improved paradigm for
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`managing the distributed, multi-tier, real-time delivery of audio-visual content using a
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`wireless cell phone that overcomes the aforementioned constraints of existing media
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`distribution techniques, and that exploits the enhancements of the new technologies
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`offered.
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`. [0011]
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`It is, accordingly, an object of the present invention to set forth an
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`improved paradigm for the distribution of digital media using a wireless cell phone
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`device as a controller.
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`[0012]
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`It is another object of the present invention to provide a method and system
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`for a wireless cell phone device user to specify the devices to which the audio and visual
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`components of audio-visual content will be transmitted.
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`[0013]
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`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method and
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`system for a wireless cell phone device user to specify the devices to which the audio
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`components of audio-visual content will be transmitted independently of the devices to
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`which the visual components of audio-visual content will be transmitted.
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`(0014]
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`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method and
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`system whereby a wireless cell . phone device may be used to control the concurrent,
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`synchronous, real-time delivery of visual media to one or more display devices of the
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`same or dissimilar type and to one or more audio devices of the same or dissimilar type.
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`(0015]
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`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method and
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`system whereby a wireless cell phone device may be used to interact with audio and
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`visual content that is- being heard though one or more audio devices of the same or
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`dissimilar type and seen through one or more display devices of the same or dissimilar
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`type.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`(0016]
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`The present invention involves a method and system which permits the
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`delivery of audio and visual content among multiple audio devices of similar and
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`dissimilar type and multiple visual devices of similar and dissimilar type using a wireless
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`cell phone device as the method of control. Audio devices include, but are not limited to,
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`wireless and wireline speaker systems, earphones, headphones, handsets, cell phones,
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`handheld wireless devices and other devices that have inputs that originate as electrical
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`signals and resulting outputs that are acoustic in nature. Visual devices include, but are
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`not limited to, wireless or wireline connected plasma screens, LCD screens, televisions,
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`digital projectors, computer monitors, and other devices that have inputs that originate as
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`digital information and resulting outputs that are visual in nature. The unique method
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`and system described herein creates an audio-visual environment capable of being
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`interactively controlled by a wireless cell phone device, in which all audio and video
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`components can be transmitted to multiple audio, visual and audio-visual devices in a
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`dynamic, concurrent, synchronous, real-time manner.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ORA WINGS
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`[0017]
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`A more complete understanding of the system and method of the present
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`invention may be obtained by reference to the following_detailed description when taken
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`in conjunction with the accompanying Drawings wherein:
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`[0018]
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`FIGURE 1 illustrates a content delivery system for a wireless cell phone
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`device in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
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`[00191
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`FIGURE 2 illustrates a content delivery system using a wireless cell phone
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`device as controller in which various protocols including but not limited to Web
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`interfaces, Wireless Access Protocol interfaces and wireless text messaging may be used
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`to specify the content as well as the audio and visual devices to which the content will be
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`delivered in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
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`[0020)
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`FIGURE 3A illustrates a preferred embodiment for implementing a content
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`delivery system for the interaction of a wireless cell phone device with a display device
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`in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
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`[0021)
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`FIGURE 3B illustrates a preferred embodiment for implementing a content
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`delivery system for the interaction of a wireless cell phone device with a sound system
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`device in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
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`[0022]
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`FIGURE 3C illustrates a preferred embodiment for implementing a content
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`delivery system for interaction of a wireless cell phone device with a display device and a
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`separate sound system device in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
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`(0023]
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`FIGURE 3D illustrates a preferred embodiment of a content delivery
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`system for interaction of a wireless cell phone device with a display device and the
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`wireless cell phone device's internal audio device pursuant to the teachings of the present
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`invention;
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`(00241
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`FIGURE 4 illustrates a preferred embodiment for implementing a content
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`delivery system for interaction of a wireless cell phone device with one or more display
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`devices, sound systems and or projector systems using a Radio Frequency Identification
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`(RFID) chip and RFID network to identify the physical location of the cell phone in
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`accordance with the principles of the present invention;
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`[00251
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`FIGURE 5 illustrates a preferred embodiment for implementing a content ·
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`delivery system that includes the use of a user's identity, physical location, preferences
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`and history to select the content, the formatting of the content and the output devices to
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`which the content will be delivered in accordance with the principles of the present
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`invention; and
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`(0026]
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`FIGURE 6 illustrates another preferred embodiment for implementing a
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`content deliver system that includes the use of third party audiovisual content in
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`accordance with the principles of the present invention.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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`(0027)
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`The following detailed description is presented to enable any person skilled
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`in the art to make and use the invention. For purposes of explanation, specific
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`nomenclature is set forth to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention.
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`However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that these specific details are not
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`required to practice the invention. Descriptions of specific applications are provided only
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`as representative examples. Various modifications to the preferred embodiments will be
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`readily apparent to one skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be
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`applied to other embodiments and applications without departing from· the spirit and
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`scope of the invention. The present invention is not intended to be limited to the
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`embodiments shown, but is to be accorded the widest possible scope consistent with the
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`principles and features disclosed herein.
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`[00281
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`With reference to FIGURE I of the Drawings, there is illustrated therein a
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`distributed communications network, generally designated by the reference numeral I 00,
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`pursuant to the teachings of the present invention.
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`In particular, a user 110 of the
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`network 100 uses any of a variety of wireless cellular devices, including a handheld
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`computer, a cellular telephone, a PDA device, or any other personal portable wireless
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`device, generally designated by the reference numeral 115, that has as part of its function
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`the ability to operate as a wireless cell phone device, as it is understood in the art. As
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`shown in the figure, the user 110 uses input devices 116, such as a keypad, control keys
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`or a touchscreen commonly associated with the use of a wireless cell phone device 115,
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`to interact with a request and reply interface, designated by the reference numeral 120,
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`which, through a wireless connection, generally designated by the reference numeral 125,
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`transmits information to a TCP/IP network, generally designated by the reference
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`numeral 130, where the information is received by a content server or content service 135
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`for distribution to others.
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`[0029]
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`The content server or service 135 identifies and retrieves the specified
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`content in the form of audio content 140, visual content 145 or combined audio-visual
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`content 150, and sends, via the aforementioned TCP/IP network 130, the requested
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`content to the discrete specified devices, which may be plasma, LCD or other types of
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`display screens 155, acoustical sound systems 160, digital projector systems 165, or any
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`combination thereof, as illustrated in FIGURE 1. Those exemplary devices, including the
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`wireless cell phone device 115, the display screens 155 whose visual output is
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`substantially within the sight of the user l l 0, the acoustical sound systems 160 whose
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`acoustical output is substantially within the hearing of the user 110, and the digital
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`projectors 165 whose visual output is substantially within the sight of the user, are
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`referred to collectively as the user's field of vision, hearing and control, and are
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`designated herein by the referenc~ numeral 170. It should, of course, be understood that
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`a variety of other devices substantially contiguous the user 110 may be employed to
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`receive and utilize the content transmitted thereto, and are also within the aforementioned
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`user's field of vision, hearing and control 170.
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`[0030)
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`With reference now to FIGURE 2, a system and method are illustrated
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`whereby the user 110 may use the aforedescribed wireless cell phone device I 15 and its
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`request and reply interface 120 to specify the audio and visual content, as well as the
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`devices to which the specified audio and visual content will be delivered. In a preferred
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`embodiment, the specification of the content, as well as the specification of the devices to
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`which the content will be delivered, may be determined as the result of the interaction of
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`the user 110 with the wireless cell phone device 115, its input devices 116, the request
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`and reply interface 120, and other devices in the user's field of vision, hearing and
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`control 170, including one or more display screens 155, one or more acoustical sound
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`systems 160 and one or more digital projector systems 165, as illustrated and described in
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`connection with FIGURE 1.
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`(0031]
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`As shown in FIGURE 2, one method by which both content and devices
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`may be specified is through the use of a Web interface 121. For example, the user 110
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`uses the Web interface 121, itself a component of the request and reply interface 120, to
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`specify the content to be displayed and/or heard. The information describing the content
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`may be specified in its entirety on the Web interface 121, or, alternatively, the
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`information describing the content may be specified through any combination of visual
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`and audio information provided by the wireless cell phone device 115 and its Web
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`interface 121, the display screens 155, sound systems 160 and the digital projectors 165
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`within the user's field of vision, hearing and control 170. With further reference to
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`FIGURE 2, the user 110 uses the Web interface 121 of the wireless cell phone device
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`115, along with input devices 116 available on the wireless cell phone device 115, to
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`specify the content which will be delivered to the devices within the user's field of vision,
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`hearing and control 170. Furthermore, the user 110 uses the Web interface 121 of the
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`wireless cell phone device 115, along with respective input devices 116 available on the
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`wireless cell phone device 115 to specify the display screens 155, sound systems 160 and
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`digital projectors 165 within the u~er' s field of vision, hearing and control 170 to which
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`the content will be delivered.
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`[0032]
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`With further reference to FIGURE 2, another method by which both
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`content and devices may be specified is through the use of a Wireless Access Protocol
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`(WAP) interface 122. As noted above in connection with the Web interface 121, the
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`Wireless Access Protocol interface 122 may be used to specify both the content and the
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`devices to which the content will be delivered using methods similar to those methods
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`described previously and with more particularity with respect to the Web interface 121.
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`[0033)
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`With further reference to FIGURE 2, a further method by which both
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`content and devices may be specified is through the use of a text messaging interface 123.
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`As noted above in connection with the Web interface 121 and the Wireless Access
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`Protocol interface 122, the text messaging interface 123 may also be used to specify both
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`the content and the devices to which the content will be delivered using methods similar
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`to those methods described previously and with more particularity with respect to the
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`Web interface 121.
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`It should, of course, be understood that additional interfaces are
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`possible, including a voice activation interface 120 either alone or in combination with
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`tactile approaches.
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`[0034)
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`With reference now to FIGURE 3A of the Drawings, there is illustrated a
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`preferred embodiment for implementing a content delivery system for the interaction of a
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`wireless cell phone device with a display device. In this embodiment, the user 110 uses a
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`wireless cell phone device 115 to obtain a wireless connection 125 with a TCP/IP
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`network 130 that, in tum, accesses a content server of services 135, as set forth
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`hereinabove, for outside distribution to other devices. The user then uses the.information
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`provided by the request and reply interface 120 to specify the content to be displayed. It
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`should be understood that the information describing the content may be specified in its
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`entirety via the wireless cell phone device 115, or, alternatively, through any combination
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`of visual and audio information provided by the wireless cell phone device 115 and at
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`least one display screen 156 within the user's field of vision, hearing and control 170.
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`[0035)
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`With further reference to FIGURE 3A, the user 110 uses the request and
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`reply interface 120 of the wireless cell phone device 115, along with input devices 116
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`available on the wireless cell phone device 115, to specify visual content 145, which will
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`be delivered to at least one display screen 156 within the user's field of vision, hearing
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`and control 170. Furthermore, the user 110 uses the request and reply interface 120 of
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`the wireless cell phone device 115, along with input devices 116 available on the wireless
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`cell phone device 115, to specify the identity of the particular display screen or screens
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`156 within the user's field of vision, hearing and control 170 to which the visual content
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`145 will be delivered. Alternatively, rather than specifying the display screen or screens
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`l 56 to which the content will be delivered using input devices 116, such as a keypad,
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`control keys or a touchscreen, a shortrange frequency hopping radio link device 157, in
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`close physical proximity to the user's 110 wireless cell phone device 115, may be used to
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`transmit the identity of the display screen or screens 156 to a corresponding shortrange
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`frequency hopping radio link device 158 contained within the wireless cell phone device
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`115, where the link device 158 may be used as input to the request and reply interface
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`120 and other input devices 116 contained within the wireless· cell phone device 115 to
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`identify the display screen or screens 156.
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`It should, of course, be understood that
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`alternate forms of wireless linkages may be employed to accomplish these short range
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`transmission requirements, and a frequency hopping radio linkage is only exemplary.
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`[0036)
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`With reference now
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`to FIGURE 38, which describes a preferred
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`embodiment for implementing a content delivery system for the interaction of a wireless
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`cell phone device with a sound system, the user 110 uses the wireless cell phone device
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`116 to obtain a wireless connection 125 with a TCP/IP network 130 that, in tum, accesses
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`a content server or services 135. As with the embodiment illustrated and described in
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`connection with FIGURE 3A, the user uses the infonnation provided by the request and
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`reply interface 120 to specify the audio content to be transmitted. The infonnation
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`describing the content m_ay be specified in its entirety via the wireless cell phone device .
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`115, or, alternatively, through any combination of visual and audio information provided
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`by the wireless cell phone device 115 and at least one sound system 161 within the user's
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`field of vision, hearing and control 170.
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`[0037]
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`With further reference to FIGURE 38, the user 110 uses the request and
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`reply interface 120 of the wireless cell phone device 115, along with input devices 116
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`available on the wireless cell phone device 115, to specify audio content 140 which will
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`be delivered to at least one sound system or systems 161 within the user's field of vision,
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`hearing and control 170. Furthermore, the user 110 uses the request and reply interface
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`120 of the wireless cell phone device 115, along with input devices 116 available on the
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`wireless cell phone device 115, to specify the identity of the particular sound system or
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`systems 161 within the user's field of vision, hearing and control 170 to which the audio
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`content 140 will be delivered. Alternatively, rather than specifying the sound system or
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`systems 161 to which the content will be delivered using input devices 116, such as a
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`keypad, control keys or a touchscreen, the aforementioned shortrange frequency hopping
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`radio link device 157 or other wireless linkage, in close physical proximity to the user's
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`110 wireless cell phone device 115, may be used to transmit the identity of the sound
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`system or systems 161 to the corresponding shortrange frequency hopping radio link
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`device 158 contained within the wireless cell phone device 115, where the link device
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`158 may be used as input to the request and reply interface 120 and other input devices
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`116 contained within the wireless cell phone device 115 to identify the sound system or
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`systems 161.
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`[0038)
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`With reference now to FIGURE 3C of the Drawings, an additional
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`preferred embodiment for implementing a content delivery system for interaction of a
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`wireless cell phone device with a display device and a separate sound system device is
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`described, in which the user 110 uses the wireless cell phone device 115 to obtain a
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`wireless connection 125 with a TCP/IP network 130 that, in turn, accesses a content
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`server or services 135. The user uses the information provided by the request and reply
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`interface 120 to specify the audio and visual content to be transmitted. As before, the
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`information describing the content may be specified in its entirety via the wireless cell
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`phone device 115, or, alternatively, through any combination of visual and audio
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`information provided by the wireless cell phone device 115 to at least one display screen
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`156 and at least one sound system 161 within the user's field of vision, ·hearing and
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`control 170.
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`(0039]
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`With further reference to FIGURE 3C, the user 110 uses the request and
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`reply interface 120 of the wireless cell phone device 115, along with input devices 116
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`available on the wireless cell phone device 115, to specify the audio content 140 which
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`will be delivered to said at least one sound system 161 and the visual content 145 which
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`will be delivered to said at least one display screen 156 within the user's field of vision,
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`hearing and control 170. Alternatively, the content server or service 135 may deliver
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`combined audio-visual content 150 to the sound system or systems 161 and the display
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`screen or screens 156 by delivering the audio portion of the audio-visual content 150 to
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`the sound system or systems 161 and the visual portion of the audio visual content 150 to
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`the display screen or screens 156 within the user's field of vision, hearing and control
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`170. Furthermore, the user 110 uses the request and reply interface 120 of the wireless
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`cell phone device 115, along with input devices 116 available on the wireless cell phone
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`device 115, to specify the identity of the particular sound system or systems 161 and the
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`identity of the particular display screen or screens 156 within the user's field of vision,
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`hearing and control 170 to which the audio content 140 and the visual content 145 will be
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`delivered.
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`(0040]
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`Furthermore, the user I I 0 may also use the request and reply interface 120
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`of the wireless phone device 115, along with input devices available on the wireless cell
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`phone device 115, to specify a single identity for that sound system 161 and the display
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`screen 156 or to specify an identity for a group of sound systems 161 and a group of
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`display screens, all within the user's field of vision, hearing and control 170 to which the
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`specified audio content 140 and the visual content 145 or the combined audio-visual
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`content 150 will be delivered. Alternatively, rather than specifying the sound system 161
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`and display screen 156 to which the content will be delivered using input devices 116,
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`such as a keypad, control keys or a touchscreen, the aforementioned shortrange frequency
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`hopping radio link device 157, or other wireless linkage, in close physical proximity to
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`the user's 110 wireless cell phone device 115, may be used to transmit the identity or
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`identities of the sound system or systems 161 and display screen or screens 156 to the
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`corresponding shortrange frequency hopping radio link device 158 contained within the
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`wireless cell phone device 115, where the link device 158 may be used as input to the
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`request and reply interface 120 and o