Patent ID: 7844215
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile audio content delivery (“MACD”) system for collecting and converting print media and delivering said media in the form of audio content to a plurality of subscribers, said MACD system comprising: one or more wireless service provider networks, said wireless service provider networks providing wireless communication access to said subscribers via mobile devices and including a mobile telephone core network; one or more print media input sources that produce said print media; and a MACD network in electronic communication with said wireless service provider networks, said MACD network including a content acquisition subsystem adapted to collect said print media from said input sources and including a content processing engine for transforming said collected print media into audio content files, a content repository database for storing said audio content files, and means for delivering said audio content files to said mobile devices of said subscribers on demand via said wireless service provider networks; wherein said means for delivering said audio content files comprises a multi-modal interface that enables said subscribers to use different mechanisms for browsing, navigating, and selecting desired audio content files from said content repository database and playing back said desired audio content files, and wherein said audio content files being tagged and cataloged in said content repository database according to content categories.