Incorporating a portable digital music player into a vehicle audio system
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1. A carriage, comprising:
- an external housing to provide a mechanical engagement of the carriage into a dock;
the carriage defining an internal cavity communicating with an opening, the opening to receive a portable digital music player; and
an connector specific to the portable digital music player disposed within the cavity to cooperatively engage a connector external to the carriage.
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Abstract
A carriage receives and secures a portable digital music player in a vehicle audio system. The carriage is mechanically engagable with a dock of the vehicle audio system. Access and control over a portable digital music player received and secured by the vehicle audio system may be provided.
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30 Claims
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1. A carriage, comprising:
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an external housing to provide a mechanical engagement of the carriage into a dock;
the carriage defining an internal cavity communicating with an opening, the opening to receive a portable digital music player; and
an connector specific to the portable digital music player disposed within the cavity to cooperatively engage a connector external to the carriage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An audio apparatus, comprising:
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a carriage defining an internal cavity communicating with an opening, the opening to receive a portable digital music player;
an connector specific to the portable digital music player disposed within the cavity to cooperatively engage a connector external to the carriage;
an external housing of the carriage to provide a mechanical engagement of the carriage into a dock;
the dock defining an internal cavity ending in an opening, the opening to receive the carriage; and
a connector disposed within the dock to cooperatively engage with the connector external to the carriage. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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12. A system, comprising:
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a portable digital music player to provide digital music files and data;
a carriage defining an internal cavity communicating with an opening, the opening to receive the portable digital music player;
a connector specific to the portable digital music player disposed within the cavity to cooperatively engage a connector external to the carriage;
an external housing of the carriage to provide a mechanical engagement of the carriage into a dock;
the dock defining an internal cavity ending in an opening, the opening to receive the carriage; and
a connector disposed within the dock to cooperatively engage with the connector external to the carriage. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of voice operation comprising:
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receiving a voice command for a desired item;
displaying the desired item;
receiving an action to take regarding the desired item; and
performing the action. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of providing wireless communication comprising:
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providing a communicative link between a wireless communication device and an vehicle audio system;
pausing music playback during a wireless communication; and
resuming music playback upon completion of the communication. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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