(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,554.405 B2 Wee (45) Date of Patent: Jan
USO09554405B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,554.405 B2 Wee (45) Date of Patent: Jan. 24, 2017 (54) WIRELESS SPEAKER FOR RECEIVING G06F 3/002; H04N 2005/4407; H04N FROM AMOBILE PHONE DIRECTIONS TO 21/4662; Y1OS 707/99933; G11B 27/34 RECEIVE AND RENDER A PLAYLIST FROM See application file for complete search history. A CONTENT SERVER ON THE INTERNET (56) References Cited (71) Applicant: Black Hills Media, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3,291,919 A 12/1966 Robitaille (72) Inventor: Martin Weel, Silverado, CA (US) 3,609.227 A 9/1971 Kuljian (73) Assignee: Black Hills Media, LLC, Wilmington, (Continued) DE (US) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this CN 1276126 12/2000 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 CN 1477877 2, 2004 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. (Continued) (21) Appl. No.: 14/835,818 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (22) Filed: Aug. 26, 2015 Non-Published U.S. Appl. No. 09/653,964, “Multimedia and Com puting System.” Steve Perlman, filed Sep. 1, 2000 (first publicly (65) Prior Publication Data available Mar. 30, 2010) 98 pages. US 2015/0365987 A1 Dec. 17, 2015 (Continued) Primary Examiner — Ping Hsieh Related U.S. Application Data Assistant Examiner — James Yang (63) Continuation of application No. 14/311,690, filed on Jun. 23, 2014, which is a continuation of application (57) ABSTRACT (Continued) An apparatus for playing media includes a network trans ceiver for communicating with a remote control device and (51) Int. C. a server. The apparatus provides a device identifier to the H04W 76/02 (2009.01) remote control device, receives a playlist from the device, G06O 30/06 (2012.01) sends a media item identifier to a server, and receives a (Continued) media item from the server.
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