PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYER AND TRANSMITTER

• US 20090093899A1
• Filed: 12/17/2008
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Catch Media, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Catch Media, Inc.
• Inventors: Ben-Yaacov, Yaacov, Ben-Yaacov, Boaz
• Granted Patent: US 8,996,146 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/433 using audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/634 Query by example, e.g. query by humming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/006 with video camera or receiver
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/02 with automatic musical instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/025 Portable cases
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/34 using an out-of-band subcarrier signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/61 for local area broadcast, e.g. instore broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/13 radio data system/radio broadcast data system [RDS/RBDS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/372 Programme
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/74 using programme related information, e.g. title, composer or interpreter

Abstract

A hand-held music player for use in conjunction with radios, including a casing, a receiver socket on the casing through which digital audio data is received, a digital-to-analog audio converter housed within the casing, a first transfer socket on the casing through which a song is transferred to a radio transmitter, a second transfer socket on the casing through which meta-data for the song is transferred to the radio transmitter, and a dial on the casing for selecting a song for playback. A method and a computer-readable storage medium are also described.

Claims

1. A digital music library builder comprising:

a casing;

a receiver socket on said casing through which analog audio is received;

an analog-to-digital converter housed within said casing for converting analog audio into digital audio;

a meta-data identifier housed within said casing for identifying meta-data for a song; and

a database manager housed within said casing for associating the identified meta-data with the song, within a digital music library.

2. The digital music library builder of claim 1 wherein said meta-data identifier matches the song within a database of song meta-data.

3. The digital music library builder of claim 2 wherein said meta-data identifier uses a digital fingerprint of the song to key into the database of song meta-data.

4. The digital music library builder of claim 1 further comprising a song database builder for building a database of song meta-data indexed by digital fingerprints of songs.

5. The digital music library builder of claim 1 wherein said meta-data identifier accepts manually entered input.

6. The digital music library builder of claim 1 wherein said meta-data identifier extracts meta-data from voice input.

7. The digital music library builder of claim 1 wherein said meta-data identifier extracts meta-data from video input.

8. The digital music library builder of claim 1 wherein said meta-data identifier extracts meta-data from at least one Internet web page.

9. The digital music library builder of claim 1 wherein said meta-data identifier extracts meta-data from an electronic music guide.

10. A method for building a digital music library builder comprising:

receiving analog audio;

converting the analog audio to digital audio;

identifying meta-data for a song; and

associating the identified meta-data with the song, within a digital music library.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein said identifying matches the song within a database of song meta-data.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein said identifying uses a digital fingerprint of the song to key into the database of song meta-data.

13. The method of claim 10 further comprising building a database of song meta-data indexed by digital fingerprints of songs.

14. The method of claim 10 wherein said identifying uses manually entered input.

15. The method of claim 10 wherein said identifying extracts meta-data from voice input.

16. The method of claim 10 wherein said identifying extracts meta-data from video input.

17. The method of claim 10 wherein said identifying extracts meta-data from at least one Internet web page.

18. The method of claim 10 wherein said identifying extracts meta-data from an electronic music guide.

19. A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing a device to perform the steps of:

receiving analog audio;

converting the analog audio to digital audio;

identifying meta-data for a song; and

associating the identified meta-data with the song, within a digital music library.