Patents Assigned to Mobile Music
  • Patent number: 7468682
    Abstract: In electronic devices such as combination CD-ROM and MP3 recorder/players power is conserved by buffering audio or visual data in a solid state memory, preferably of the FLASH or DRAM type, before writing the data to a rotating hard disk. Alternatively, audio and/or visual data, including musical works and still pictures and video, read from a rotating hard disk may be buffered in the same solid state memory while being played. By rotating the hard disk drive only for transfer of audio-visual data, which is normally compressed, in blocks, the hard drive may be stopped both during relative lengthy accumulation, and/or use, of this data, and energy conserved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Echo Mobile Music LLP
    Inventor: Christopher Altare
  • Patent number: 6791481
    Abstract: A combination CD-ROM and MP3 recorder/player playing a CD-ROM decodes 16-bit ISO standard code words into an audio wave form converts this wave form to sound while encoding and digitizing the wave form into 24-bit MP3 format digital data. To conserve power the MP3 data is buffered in a solid state memory, preferably of the FLASH or DRAM type, before being written to a hard disk. Both reading of the CD/ROM and encoding the read contents as MP3 data, and interchange of MP3 data with other recorder/players, can be accomplished at greater than real-time play rates, permitting that, most typically, some 1200+ musical works can transferred expediently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Echo Mobile Music, LLC
    Inventors: William Christopher Altare, Anton N. Handal
  • Patent number: 5398582
    Abstract: A wire clamping ligature for use with single reed musical instruments such as clarinets and saxophones which includes two retaining wires extending circumferentially around the mouthpiece and reed of the instrument to affix the reed to the mouthpiece and yet allow normal musical vibration thereof wherein the retaining wires are approximately thirty thousandths of an inch (0.030 inches) and including two drawbars each attached to the opposite ends of the two retaining wires with an adjustable clamp secured therebetween. The adjustable clamp can comprise one or two threaded screws rotatably mounted in one drawbar and threadedly engaged with respect to the other drawbar to urge the drawbars together for tightening of the two retaining wires about the reed and mouthpiece for detachably affixing them together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignees: Mobile Music Inc., Gary Smith, Joseph Stefano
    Inventor: Gary T. Smith
  • Patent number: 5291817
    Abstract: An apparatus for varying the length of the barrel of a woodwind musical instrument by providing adjustability in the length thereof which includes two tubular members which are telescopingly movable with respect to one another and include a primary gear rack mounted on the second tubular member and a rotatably movable adjustment wheel mounted on the first tubular member with a gear fixedly secured to the adjustment wheel and in engagement with respect to the teeth of the primary gear rack such that movement of the adjustment wheel will cause movement of the primary gear rack and relative movement between the first and second tubular member for adjusting or tuning of the length between the first and second tubular members. Each tubular member defines a bore extending centrally therealong which is coincident on the same longitudinally extending bore axis. A locking device is included for selectively fixedly securing the first and second tubular members with respect to one another as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignees: Mobile Music, Inc., Gary Smith, Joseph Stefano
    Inventor: Gary Smith
  • Patent number: 5253563
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting of one or more musical instruments and preventing damage thereto as well as providing gentle heating thereof during non-usage. The apparatus includes multiple spacing means for maintaining a clear air flow channel between the instrument and the mounting peg to facilitate even heating of the instrument. The device includes a plurality of apertures for facilitating heat flow into contact with the instrument and a plurality of mounting locations upon a rotatable base for facilitating positioning of more than one instrument with respect thereto. A device is also included for introducing moisture into the warm air flow for the even heating and the maintenance of a moist condition of a held musical instrument to maintain tonal qualities thereof. A clip retaining device is included for holding the spacing devices when not in use.The apparatus is usable for supporting many different types of musical instruments, in particular woodwinds, by utilizing a single universally usable peg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignees: Mobile Music, Gary Smith, Joseph Stefano
    Inventor: Gary Smith
  • Patent number: 4926735
    Abstract: A musical instrument stand which includes a plurality of mounting stations for holding various musical instruments which is rotatable to facilitate a musician changing instruments quickly and which is heated to maintain the temperature of all instruments at the normal operating temperature to improve and control tonal qualities. The instrument stand includes a base with a platform being generally circular and rotatably movable with rerspect to the base. A heat chamber is defined between the platform and the base to act as a reservoir for heated air. A heating device is adapted to heat air which is transported into the air chamber. Instrument support members are attachable with respect to mounting stations defined on the platform. Attachment of a support member biases a flap to an opened position to allow heated air to flow upwardly to contact the musical instrument for maintaining it at operating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignees: Mobile Music, Inc., Gary Smith, Joseph Stefano
    Inventor: Gary Smith
  • Patent number: D340941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignees: Mobile Music, Inc., Gary Smith, Joseph Stefano
    Inventor: Gary Smith
  • Patent number: D340942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignees: Mobile Music, Inc., Gary Smith, Joseph Stefano
    Inventor: Gary Smith
  • Patent number: D341847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignees: Mobile Music, Inc., Gary Smith, Joseph Stefano
    Inventor: Gary Smith