Patent ID: 7849131

Claim:
A method of obtaining information on audio content, the method comprising: at a mobile telephone having a microphone: capturing an audio signal using the microphone, the audio signal including a portion of the audio content; marking the audio content as being of interest to a user; storing an identifier for the marked audio content in a tracking buffer provided at the mobile telephone, the storing being in response to the marking of the audio content to automatically provide the identifier to a remote server system via a transfer device, the transfer device comprising a first relay for receiving the identifier and a second relay for providing the identifier to the remote server system; communicating the identifier to the remote server system via the transfer device to identify the information on the audio content and to obtain a list of items related to the marked audio content; receiving the information and the list of items related to the audio content from the remote server system at the mobile telephone; and displaying the information and the list of items related to the audio content on the mobile telephone.