Portable music player and transmitter
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1. A hand-held music player for use in conjunction with radios, comprising:
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a receiver socket on said casing through which digital audio data is received;
a digital-to-analog audio converter housed within said casing;
a first transfer socket on said casing through which a song is transferred to a radio transmitter;
a second transfer socket on said casing through which meta-data for the song is transferred to the radio transmitter; and
a dial on said casing for selecting a song for playback.
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Abstract
A hand-held music player for use in conjunction with radios, including a casing, a receiver socket on the casing through which digital audio data is received, a digital-to-analog audio converter housed within the casing, a first transfer socket on the casing through which a song is transferred to a radio transmitter, a second transfer socket on the casing through which meta-data for the song is transferred to the radio transmitter, and a dial on the casing for selecting a song for playback. A method and a computer-readable storage medium are also described.
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55 Claims
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1. A hand-held music player for use in conjunction with radios, comprising:
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a casing;
a receiver socket on said casing through which digital audio data is received;
a digital-to-analog audio converter housed within said casing;
a first transfer socket on said casing through which a song is transferred to a radio transmitter;
a second transfer socket on said casing through which meta-data for the song is transferred to the radio transmitter; and
a dial on said casing for selecting a song for playback. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A hand-held music player for use in conjunction with radios, comprising:
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a casing;
a receiver socket on said casing through which digital audio data is received;
a digital-to-analog audio converter housed within said casing;
a radio transmitter for transmitting a song;
an RDS transmitter for transmitting meta-data for the song; and
a dial on said casing for selecting a song for playback.
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19. A hand-held video player for use in conjunction with televisions, comprising:
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a casing;
a receiver socket on said casing through which digital video data is received;
a digital-to-analog video converter housed within said casing;
a first transfer socket on said casing through which a video is transferred to a television transmitter;
a second transfer socket on said casing through which meta-data for the video is transferred to the television transmitter; and
a dial on said casing for selecting a video for playback.
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20. A hand-held video player for use in conjunction with televisions, comprising:
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a casing;
a receiver socket on said casing through which digital video data is received;
a digital-to-analog video converter housed within said casing;
a television transmitter for transmitting a video and meta-data for the video; and
a dial on said casing for selecting a video for playback.
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21. A hand-held container for audio with associated meta-data, comprising:
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a casing;
a memory housed within said casing storing digital audio with associated meta-data;
a digital-to-analog audio converter housed within said casing; and
a transfer socket on said casing through which a song and meta-data associated therewith is transferred to a radio transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A hand-held container for video with associated meta-data, comprising:
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a casing;
a memory housed within said casing storing digital video with associated meta-data;
a digital-to-analog video converter housed within said casing; and
a transfer socket on said casing through which a video and meta-data associated therewith is transferred to a television.
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28. A digital music library builder comprising:
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a casing;
a receiver socket on said casing through which analog audio is received;
an analog-to-digital converter housed within said casing for converting analog audio into digital audio;
a meta-data identifier housed within said casing for identifying meta-data for a song; and
a database manager housed within said casing for associating the identified meta-data with the song, within a digital music library. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for transferring audio with associated meta-data, comprising:
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converting digital audio to analog audio; and
transferring an analog song and meta-data associated therewith to a radio transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for building a digital music library builder comprising:
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receiving analog audio;
converting the analog audio to digital audio;
identifying meta-data for a song; and
associating the identified meta-data with the song, within a digital music library. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing a device to perform the steps of:
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converting digital audio to analog audio; and
transmitting an analog song and meta-data associated therewith to a radio transmitter.
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52. A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing a device to perform the steps of:
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receiving analog audio;
converting the analog audio to digital audio;
identifying meta-data for a song; and
associating the identified meta-data with the song, within a digital music library.
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53. A device for transferring audio to a radio transmitter, comprising:
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a mini-jack through which an analog song is transferred to an FM radio transmitter, for broadcast at a specific FM frequency; and
a USB socket through which digital meta-data for the song is transferred to a radio data system (RDS), which is a sub-carrier of the specific FM frequency.
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54. A method for transferring audio to a radio transmitter, comprising:
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transferring an analog song to an FM radio transmitter, for broadcast at a specific FM frequency; and
transferring digital meta-data for the song to a radio data system (RDS), which is a sub-carrier of the specific FM frequency.
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55. A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing a device to perform the steps of:
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transferring an analog song to an FM radio transmitter, for broadcast at a specific FM frequency; and
transferring digital meta-data for the song to a radio data system (RDS), which is a sub-carrier of the specific FM frequency.
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