Media Player System
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Abstract
A media player system is disclosed. One aspect of the media player system pertains to a docking station that allows a media player to communicate with other media devices. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a wireless media player system that includes a hand held media player capable of transmitting information over a wireless connection and one or more media devices capable of receiving information over the wireless connection. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a method of wirelessly connecting the hand held media player to another device. The method includes selecting a media item on the hand held media player; selecting one or more remote recipients on the hand held media player; and transmitting the media item locally to the hand held media player, and wirelessly to the selected remote recipients. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a hand held music player that includes a transmitter for transmitting information over a wireless connection. The transmitter is configured to at least transmit a continuous music feed to one or more personal tuning devices that each include a receiver capable of receiving information from the transmitter over the wireless connection. Yet another aspect of the media player system pertains to a connector that includes a housing and a plurality of spatially separated contacts mounted within the housing. A first set of contacts are directed at a first functionality and a second set of contacts are directed at a second functionality that is different than the first functionality.
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26. A wireless media player system, comprising
a hand held media player configured to simultaneously transmit media locally therein and remotely over a wireless connection; -
one or more media devices configured to receive media over the wireless connection, wherein the media is outputted on the handheld media player and one or more media devices at the same time because the media is simultaneously presented locally at the hand held media player and remotely transmitted over the wireless connection to the one or more media devices and then presented at the one or more media devices. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of wirelessly connecting a hand held media player to another device, the method comprising:
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selecting a media item on the hand held media player; selecting one or more remote recipients on the hand held media player; and outputting the media item locally at the hand held media player; and wirelessly transmitting the media item to the selected remote recipients, whereby the media item can be outputted by the handheld media player and the remote recipients at substantially the same time. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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38. A media communication system, comprising:
a mobile handhold music player capable of storing and outputting music, the mobile hand held music player being configured to transmit the music being outputted at the mobile handheld music player over a wireless link so that one or more secondary mobile hand held music players also capable of storing and outputting music outputs the music at substantially the same time as the mobile hand held music player that is outputting and transmitting the music.
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