System having an apparatus that uses a resource on an external device
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1. A system, comprising:
- a media player adapted to receive a removable medium, said media player adapted to couple to a display device; and
a device external to and communicatively coupled to said media player, said external device comprising storage;
wherein said media player causes information to be stored on said external device'"'"'s storage, said information used by said media player when playing content from said removable medium.
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Abstract
A system comprises a media player adapted to receive a removable medium. The media player is adapted to couple to a display device. A device external to and communicatively coupled to the media player comprises storage. The media player stores information on the external device'"'"'s storage. Such information is used by the media player when rendering on said display.
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45 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a media player adapted to receive a removable medium, said media player adapted to couple to a display device; and
a device external to and communicatively coupled to said media player, said external device comprising storage;
wherein said media player causes information to be stored on said external device'"'"'s storage, said information used by said media player when playing content from said removable medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a media player adapted to receive a removable medium, said media player adapted to couple to a display device; and
a device external to and communicatively coupled to said media player, said external device comprising storage;
wherein said media player uses information stored on said external device storage when playing content from said removable medium. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system, comprising:
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a media player adapted to receive a removable medium, said media player adapted to couple to a display device; and
a device external to and communicatively coupled to said media player, said external device comprising storage;
wherein, upon receiving a removable medium, said media player determines whether any information is present on said external device storage that the media player is to use when playing content on said removable medium. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus, comprising:
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a playback control engine adapted to play media data from a removable disc loaded into said apparatus; and
logic that accesses information stored in a device external to said apparatus on behalf of said playback control engine when playing said media data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus, comprising:
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local storage;
a playback control engine coupled to said local storage and adapted to play media data from a removable disc loaded into said apparatus; and
logic adapted to determine whether available free space on said local storage is sufficient to store information pertaining to a removable disc loaded into said apparatus, and if said available free space is not sufficient, said logic is adapted to cause contents of said local storage to be altered so that said local storage can be used to store said information. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An apparatus, comprising:
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a playback control engine adapted to play media data from a removable disc loaded into said apparatus; and
logic that causes a device external to said apparatus to download information from a network, said information being usable by said playback control engine. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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36. A storage medium containing software that when executed by an apparatus causes said apparatus to:
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report whether an device external to said apparatus is connected to said apparatus; and
report, if said external device is so connected, capacity of remote storage associated with said external device. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method, comprising:
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determining whether a computer is connected to a media player;
the media player enabling access by said media player to said computer; and
the media player using a resource in said computer. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45)
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