Apparatus and method for providing uninterrupted continuous play during a change of sides of a dual-sided optical disk
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing continuous uninterrupted playback of a dual sided optical disk during side-to-side changing of the optical disk. The point at which a dual-sided optical disk will be switched between sides is determined. At some point prior to the switching of sides of the disk, a portion of the data at the end of the first side of the disk is transferred to a memory. During the switching of the disk to the second side, the stored data is read out from the memory to provide uninterrupted continuous playback of the optical disk.
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66 Claims
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45. A method comprising:
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storing a portion of entertainment data read from a first non-volatile storage location, wherein the portion of entertainment data is stored in a memory;
playing first entertainment data read from the first non-volatile storage location in substantially real-time; and
playing second entertainment data read from a second non-volatile storage location in substantially real-time, wherein the portion of entertainment data stored in the memory is played during a transition time between playing the first and second entertainment data read from the first and second non-volatile storage locations. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A method of playing entertainment data in substantially real-time, the method comprising:
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storing a portion of entertainment data in a memory, wherein the stored portion of entertainment data is obtained from a first storage location; and
playing the stored portion of entertainment data during a transition time between playing the entertainment data from the first storage location and playing the entertainment data from a second storage location. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58)
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59. A method of playing entertainment data residing in a first location and a second location in substantially real-time, the method comprising:
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storing a portion of the entertainment data from the first location that is at least equal to the amount of time required to transition from playing the entertainment data from the first location to playing the entertainment data from the second location;
playing the entertainment data from the first location except for the stored portion of entertainment data; and
playing the stored portion of entertainment data prior to playing the entertainment data from the second location. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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