Network audio file receiver system for connecting home stereo to wide band network

• US 20060047812A1
• Filed: 06/23/2004
• Published: 03/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Zou, Zheng-Rong, Lai, Cheng-Shing
• Application Number:
  US10/873,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20060047812A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/764 at the destination reformatting of additional data in video clients H04N21/4355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability

Abstract

The present invention is to provide a network audio file receiver system for connecting a home stereo to a wide band network, which comprises a network audio file receiver coupled to a home stereo for receiving and playing audio files sent from an Internet radio via an Internet protocol sharing device and a wide band modem when the wide band modem is coupled to the Internet. When the network audio file receiver is not coupled to the Internet, the home stereo is still adapted to play audio files downloaded from the Internet and stored in the hard disk of the PC.

Claims

1. A network audio file receiver system for connecting a home stereo to a wide band network, comprising a home stereo, a network audio file receiver, an Internet protocol sharing device, a PC, and a wide band modem wherein:

the Internet protocol sharing device is coupled to the network audio file receiver, the wide band modem, and the PC respectively;

the network audio file receiver comprises at least one of TCP/IPs and a play program, and is coupled to the home stereo;

when the wide band modem is coupled to the Internet, packets of audio files received from the Internet can be sent to the Internet protocol sharing device via the wide band modem, the Internet protocol sharing device then sends the audio files to the PC or the network audio file receiver by using a corresponding TCP/IP, the network audio file receiver then sends the audio files to the home stereo, enabling the play program installed in the home stereo to play the audio files thereafter;

when the wide band modem is not coupled to the Internet, the network audio file receiver is still adapted to couple to the PC via the Internet protocol sharing device, enabling the play program installed in the home stereo to play the audio files downloaded from the Internet and stored in a hard disk of the PC.

2. The network audio file receiver system of claim 1, wherein the network audio file receiver comprises:

a CPU being installed with the play program for playing audio files;

a display being connected to the CPU for showing data sent therefrom;

a SDRAM being connected to the CPU for storing data being processed in a TDMA manner;

a flash memory being connected to the CPU for writing the processed data thereto or reading data therefrom;

a keyboard being connected to the CPU for inputting a command

an IR signal receiver being connected to the CPU for receiving a command from an IR remote controller;

a PCMCIA card controller being connected between the CPU and a PCMCIA port for controlling a signal communication therebetween;

an Ethernet controller being connected between the CPU and an Ethernet port coupled to the Internet protocol sharing device for controlling a signal communication between the Internet protocol sharing device and the CPU over the Internet;

a DAC being connected between the CPU and an audio output interface coupled to the home stereo for sending audio files sent from the CPU to the home stereo.

3. The network audio file receiver system of claim 2, wherein the network audio file receiver further comprises an AM/FM tuner being connected to the DAC for sending analog audio signals to the home stereo.

4. The network audio file receiver system of claim 2, wherein a setting of the TCP/IP associated with the network audio file receiver is done by inputting a command from the keyboard so as to enable a person to listen to a desired Internet radio.

5. The network audio file receiver system of claim 2, wherein using the TCP/IP associated with the IR remote controller will enable to use the TCP/IP associated with a desired Internet radio or play the audio files from the hard disk of the PC, the audio files being downloaded from the Internet.

6. The network audio file receiver system of claim 2, wherein the display is an LCD.

7. The network audio file receiver system of claim 1, wherein the audio file is in the form of MP3.

8. The network audio file receiver system of claim 1, wherein the audio file is in the form of WMA.

9. The network audio file receiver system of claim 1, wherein the audio file is in the form of WAV.