METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AD HOC SHARING OF MEDIA SAMPLES
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1. A method for a portable audio player comprises:
- requesting from a remote portable audio player a sample of an audio track stored on the remote portable audio player;
receiving the sample of the audio track and an identifier associated with the audio track from the remote portable audio player, wherein the sample of the audio track is determined in the remote portable audio player in response to the audio track, and wherein the sample of the audio track is less than all of the audio track;
purchasing the audio track from an audio server in response to the identifier associated with the audio track; and
downloading the audio track from the audio server.
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Abstract
A method for a media player comprises requesting from a remote media player a sample of a media track stored on the remote media player, receiving the sample of the media track and an identifier associated with the media track from the remote media player, wherein the sample of the media track is determined in the remote media player in response to the media track, and wherein the sample of the media track is less than all of the media track, purchasing the media track from a media server in response to the identifier associated with the media track, and downloading the media track from the media server.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for a portable audio player comprises:
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requesting from a remote portable audio player a sample of an audio track stored on the remote portable audio player; receiving the sample of the audio track and an identifier associated with the audio track from the remote portable audio player, wherein the sample of the audio track is determined in the remote portable audio player in response to the audio track, and wherein the sample of the audio track is less than all of the audio track; purchasing the audio track from an audio server in response to the identifier associated with the audio track; and downloading the audio track from the audio server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for a portable media player comprises:
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receiving a selection of a button on the portable media player by a user of the portable media player; determining a media track in response to the selection of the button; determining a sample media track from the media track in response to the selection of the button; and transmitting the sample media track, but not the media track, to a remote portable media player. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A portable media player comprises:
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a memory configured to store a media file; a wireless transmitter portion configured to transmit data to a remote portable media player; a user-selectable input configured to determine a user selection; and a processor coupled to the memory, the wireless transmitter, and the user-selectable input, wherein the processor is configured to determine a sample portion of the media file in response to a selection by the user of the user-selectable input, and wherein the processor is configured to output the sample portion of the media file, but not the media file, to the wireless transmitter portion in response to the selection of the user-selectable input. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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