ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WITH SHUFFLE OPERATION
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Abstract
An electronic equipment is provided that includes access to a playlist, the content of which identifies a plurality of media objects, and a media player section configured to play the plurality of media objects identified in the playlist in an order. In addition, the electronic equipment includes a shuffler section for altering at least one of the order in which the plurality of media objects in the playlist are played by the media player, or the content of the playlist, in response to a shuffle command. The electronic equipment further includes a motion sensor that detects motion of the electronic equipment, the motion sensor producing an output based on detected motion from which the shuffle command is derived.
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54 Claims
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1-34. -34. (canceled)
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35. A portable media player comprising:
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a media player function for playing a plurality of media objects in a prescribed order; and a motion sensor in operative communication with the media player function to alter at least one of the prescribed order or content of the plurality of media objects to be played by the media player function. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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41. A portable media player as set forth in claim 41, wherein the electronic apparatus includes a library of media objects, the content of the playlist representing a subset of the media objects within the library, and the shuffler section alters the content of the playlist by at least one of adding additional media objects from the library to the playlist, or substituting additional media objects from the library for all or part of the plurality of media objects already identified in the playlist.
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