(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9.294,430 B2 Knight Et Al
USOO929443OB2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9.294,430 B2 Knight et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Mar. 22, 2016 (54) METHOD OF ENABLING DIGITAL MUSIC (58) Field of Classification Search CONTENT TO BE DOWNLOADED TO AND CPC ....... H04W 4/003; H04W 4/08; H04W 4/206; USED ON A PORTABLE WIRELESS H04W 8/205; H04W 12/08; H04L 67/04; COMPUTING DEVICE H04L 67/32; H04L 2463/101 (71) Applicant: OMNIFONE LIMITED, London (GB) USPC ............................................. 709/225; 726/26 (72) Inventors: Mark Stephen Knight, London (GB); See application file for complete search history. Michael Ian Lamb, London (GB); (56) References Cited Robert John Lewis, London (GB); Stephen William Pocock, Egham (GB); U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS Philip Anthony Sant, London (GB); Mark Peter Sullivan, Birmingham 8,229,856 B1* 7/2012 Reddick .......................... 705/50 (GB); Christopher John Evans, London 2002.0049679 A1 4/2002 Russell et al. (GB) (Continued) (73) Assignee: OMNIFONE LIMITED, London (GB) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 EP 1 6.24 446 A1 8, 2006 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. JP 2000.112858 A 4/2000 This patent is Subject to a terminal dis (Continued) claimer. OTHER PUBLICATIONS (21) Appl. No.: 13/959,079 Haworth, A., “Napster Launches Digital Music Service in Germany.” (22) Filed: Aug. 5, 2013 (online) Napster, Los Angeles, USA (Dec. 8, 2005), http://investor. (65) Prior Publication Data napster.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=181439. US 2013/0318.187 A1 Nov. 28, 2013 (Continued) Related U.S.
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