Digital enterainment recorder

• US 20060245741A1
• Filed: 06/29/2006
• Published: 11/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cynthia Lakhansingh
• Original Assignee: Cynthia Lakhansingh
• Inventors: Lakhansingh, Cynthia
• Application Number:
  US11/478,155
• Publication Number:
  US 20060245741A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/282
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1696 the I/O peripheral being a printing or scanning device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/025 'Virtual' control panels, e.g. Graphical User Interface [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/00 Arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus with cameras or projectors G03B31/00 ; recording/reproducing of music for electrophonic musical instruments G10H1/0033; automatic arrangements for answering calls or for recording messages for absent subscribers H04M1/64; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with dictation recording and playback systems H04M11/10; connection of TV recorder with other related apparatus, e.g. TV camera or receiver, in which the TV signal is significantly involved H04N, e.g. H04N23/00, H04N5/765; combination of radio or TV with other apparatus, e.g. with vehicles H05K11/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/025 Portable cases
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/10 Indicating arrangements; Warning arrangements G11B15/04, G11B19/04, G11B27/34, G11B27/36 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00326 with a data reading, recognizing or recording apparatus, e.g. with a bar-code apparatus arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus G11B31/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/107 with manual scanning
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42646 : for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 : End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 : on discs or drums

Abstract

A digital entertainment apparatus is provided for writing onto a magnetic domain storage hard drive or a read-write compact disc, a read and write memory device or some other data storage medium. A touch sense screen is used to display and select menu graphic choices such as pre-recorded radio selections, or music CD selections, or other selections stored in the memory of the device. The apparatus provides the opportunity to play or record or retrieve from the stored data in the device, favorite music selections, or audio CDs, video games, DVD movies or other types of entertainment.

Claims

1. A digital entertainment recorder comprising:

means for digitally reading a compact disc and writing from said compact disc;

means for displaying and selecting video information using menu graphics;

means for producing an audio output;

means for storing digital data from using the said compact disc;

a data processing program, within said digital data storing means;

a processor for processing signals in accordance with said data processing program, said processor being electronically connected with said reading and writing means, said video information display and selecting means, said audio output producing means and said digital data storing means, wherein said processor is enabled to receive, store, organize and output audio and video information in accordance with manual selections through said video information displaying and selecting means as guided by said data processing program.

2. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 1, wherein the means for digital data storage is a magnetic domain storage hard drive or a read-write compact disc, a read and write memory device, a rom chip set, or other memory device.

3. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 1, further comprising a means for receiving electromagnetic wave energy signals and for converting the signals into digital data signals and said means is electronically connected to the processor.

4. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 1, further comprising:

a cursor moving device electrically connected to said video information displaying and selecting means.

5. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 1, further comprising:

a touch sense keyboard enabled by said video information display and selecting means, to enable the manual input of titles under which recorded material may be saved.

6. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 1, further comprising:

a database with a search capability, enabled to search single words, multiple words, and parts of words, so as to receive the digital data without the necessity for recalling exact titles.

7. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of control function buttons, said control function buttons being electrically connected to said reading and writing means for performing functions of stopping play, ejecting the music compact disc, the video game disc, the DVD movie disc, and the audio compact disc, pausing play, starting play, recording, selecting a track, fast forwarding, rewinding and repeating a track on a music compact disc.

8. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 1, wherein said data processing program provides a visual choice menu for selecting action options, the menu comprising a first choice of:

“

FILE,”

“

EDIT”

“

VIEW,”

“

OPTIONS” and

“

HELP”

selections.

9. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 8, wherein said data processing program provides a visual choice menu for selecting action options, the menu is comprised of secondary choices under the “

FILE”

option of;

“

OPEN,”

“

SAVE AS,” and

“

DELETE.”

10. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 8, wherein said data processing program provides a visual choice menu for selecting action options, the menu is comprised of secondary choices under the “

EDIT”

option of;

“

MEMORY DRIVES,”

“

CUT,”

“

COPY,” and

“

PASTE.”

11. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 8, wherein said data processing program provides a visual choice menu for selecting action options, the menu is comprised of secondary choices under the “

VIEW”

option of;

“

DISC/TRACK INFO,” and

“

STATUS BAR.”

12. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 8, wherein said data processing program provides a visual choice menu for selecting action options, the menu is comprised of different choices to record information under the “

SAVE AS,”

option of;

“

MUSIC CD 1-100,”

“

AUDIO CD 1-100,”

“

RADIO 1-100,”

“

VOICE 1-100,”

“

VIDEO GAME 1-100,”

“

DVD MOVIE 1-100,”

“

SCAN TEXT 1-100,” and

“

KEYBOARD.”

13. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 1, wherein said means for digitally reading a compact disc and writing from said compact disc, provides for reading a music compact disc, or an audio compact disc, a video game disc or a DVD movie disc and writing from a music compact disc, or an audio compact disc, a video game disc or a DVD movie disc.

14. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 1, wherein said means for storing the digital data from using the compact disc, provides for storing the digital data present on a music compact disc, or an audio compact disc, a video game disc or a DVD movie disc.

15. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 1, further comprising:

eight function button keys in which a first set of four of said function button keys are up arrow, down arrow, left arrow, and right arrow, used in conjunction with the cursor moving device to play the video game disc. A second set of four of said function button keys are slow motion replay, still frame, zoom out, and zoom in, used with the DVD movie disc

16. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 1, further comprising:

a small portable hand-held scanner electronically connected to the processor and has the capacity to scan both text and graphics which can then be saved in the data storage area.

17. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 1, further comprising:

a docking station electronically connected to the processor, so that information saved in the data storage area can be uploaded onto a personal computer. Also, the same types of information saved in the data storage area can be downloaded from a personal computer, and saved in the data storage area.

18. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 1, further including:

an on/off switch electronically connected to the processor and a cover, having a drive motor, is electrically controlled by said on/off switch. When the on/off switch is turned to the “

on”

position, said drive motor will cause said cover to extend over the video information display and selecting means to protect said video information display and selecting means. When said on/off switch is turned to the “

off”

position, said drive motor will cause said cover to retract back from the video information display and selecting means.

19. The digital entertainment recorder of claim 1, further including:

a stylus electrically connected to the video information displaying and selecting means whereby said stylus can be utilized in place of said cursor moving device.

20. A method of reading, recording and retrieving the contents of a compact disc in a digital entertainment recorder comprising the steps of:

a). Inputting the compact disc;

b). Displaying the contents of the compact disc;

c). Highlighting and/or selecting from the contents of the compact disc;

d). Recording and storing the contents of the compact disc;

d). Retrieving from the data storage means, the pre-recorded contents of the compact disc.