US 7,490,067 B1
Method for selling and using media objects and a suitable device for carrying out said method
Adriano Huber, Locarno (Switzerland); and Claudio Cabano, Bern (Switzerland)
Assigned to Swisscom Mobile AG, Bern (Switzerland)
Appl. No. 9/926,686
PCT Filed Jun. 02, 1999, PCT No. PCT/CH99/00240
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Dec. 03, 2001,
PCT Pub. No. WO00/76236, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 14, 2000.
Int. Cl. G06Q 99/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 705—51  [705/50; 726/26] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for ordering and transmitting digital media objects, comprising:
transmitting an object order for digital media objects that comprises at least one object identification by a mobile communications terminal over a mobile radio network to a center,
transmitting data on a time at which an ordered media object is available by the center to the communications terminal, wherein the time is determined by the center with regards to optimal usage of resources used for a transmission of ordered media objects and is stored in the communications terminal,
automatically contacting, by the communications terminal, the center at the time,
transmitting a media object assigned to the object identification by the center via a radio network to the communications terminal, where the media object is stored in a memory, and
playing back, by a media playback module of the communications terminal, a media content included in the stored media object.