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US0092.1531 OB2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,215,310 B2 Mikkelsen et al. (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 15, 2015 (54) MEDIA DELIVERY PLATFORM (58) Field of Classification Search USPC ...................................................... 705/26, 27 (71) Applicant: SKKY Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN IPC .................................. G06Q 30/00; H04W 4/00 (US) See application file for complete search history. (72) Inventors: John Mikkelsen, Minneapolis, MN (US); Robert Freidson, St. Petersburg (56) References Cited (RU) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (73) Assignee: Skky Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN 512,992 A 1/1894 Ritchey (US) 3,582,926 A 6, 1971 Hassan (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (Continued) patent is extended or adjusted under 35 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. CA 2225910 6, 1999 (21) Appl. No.: 14/230,906 CN 1218258 6, 1999 (22) Filed: Mar. 31, 2014 (Continued) OTHER PUBLICATIONS (65) Prior Publication Data Daniel Kumin, Stereo Review, "Jukebox Heaven”. Jan. 1999. pp. US 2014/0214908A1 Jul. 31, 2014 64-71. Related U.S. Application Data (Continued) (63) Continuation of application No. 12/322,615, filed on Feb. 4, 2009, which is a continuation of application Primary Examiner — Rob Pond No. 10/183,756, filed on Jun. 26, 2002, now Pat. No. (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Patterson Thuente 7,548,875. Pedersen, P.A. (Continued) (57) ABSTRACT (51) Int. Cl. A method of delivering an audio and/or visual media file H04M I/725 (2006.01) including, for example, one or more of full or partial master G06O 30/04 (2012.01) recordings of Songs, musical compositions, ringtones, vid (Continued) eos, films, television shows, personal recordings, animation (52) U.S. Cl. and combinations thereof, over the air wirelessly, from one or CPC. H04M I/72558 (2013.01); G06F 17/30.194 more servers to an electronic device with or without an Inter (2013.01); G06O20/123 (2013.01); G06Q net connection, said method comprising transmitting and 30/04 (2013.01); G06O 30/0601 (2013.01); audio and/or visual media file in compressed format to said G06Q30/0603 (2013.01); G06O 30/0633 electronic device, and wherein the electronic device is effec (2013.01); G06O 50/184 (2013.01); H04L tive to receive said audio and/or visual file and playback said 27/2647 (2013.01); H04L 27/2656 (2013.01); audio and/or visual content on demand by a user. 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