METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOADING AND MANAGING AN EDITED MEDIA STREAM TO A PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE
First Claim
1. A media system comprising:
- a base unit adapted to playback and record media content being received from an external media source, the base unit further being adapted to analyze said media content and to automatically extract therefrom, without intervention by a user of the system, intermittent, designated portions of the media content as the media content is received by the base unit, and to store the designated portions of the media content as media files for subsequent playback; and
a portable media player adapted to be docked to the base unit and to have uploaded thereto the stored media files from the base unit.
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Abstract
In one aspect the present disclosure is directed to a media system having a base unit and a portable media player. The base unit may be adapted to playback and record media content being received from an external media source. The base unit may further be adapted to analyze the media content and to automatically extract therefrom, without intervention by a user of the system, intermittent, designated portions of the media content as the media content is received by the base unit, and to store the designated portions of the media content as media files for subsequent playback. The portable media player may be docked to the base unit so that stored media files from the base unit may be uploaded to the portable media player.
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22 Claims
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1. A media system comprising:
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a base unit adapted to playback and record media content being received from an external media source, the base unit further being adapted to analyze said media content and to automatically extract therefrom, without intervention by a user of the system, intermittent, designated portions of the media content as the media content is received by the base unit, and to store the designated portions of the media content as media files for subsequent playback; and a portable media player adapted to be docked to the base unit and to have uploaded thereto the stored media files from the base unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A media system comprising:
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a base unit adapted to receive media content from a media content source; the base unit including; a controller; a memory; a gap detection software module for detecting gaps in the media content being received by the base unit, the controller using the gap detection software module to filter out portions of the media content and to store a remaining quantity of the media content as media files in the memory; a portable media player including; a rechargeable battery; a memory; and the portable media player adapted to be electrically coupled to the base unit so that the stored media files can be uploaded from the memory of the base unit to the memory of the portable media player for subsequent playback on the portable media player by a user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus adapted to receive media content from a media content source, the apparatus comprising;
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a controller; a memory in communication with the controller; a gap detection software module used by the controller for detecting gaps in the media content being received by the apparatus, the controller using the gap detection software module to filter out portions of the media content and to store a remaining quantity of the media content as media files in the memory; a playback control for initiating playback of the media files; a control for allowing a user to designate specific ones of said media files that are not to be deleted; and the controller further adapted to facilitate uploading of recorded media files to an external device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A portable media player adapted to receive media files from an external device, the portable media player comprising:
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a housing; controller; a memory in communication with the controller for storing media files thereon; an audio transducer adapted to receive the stored media files when the stored media files are being played back on the portable media player and to convert the stored media files to audio tracks; and a control in communication with the controller for allowing a user to protect specific ones of the stored media files against future deletion as the stored media files are played back as the audio tracks by the audio transducer. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A method for recording and playing back media content received from a media source, the method comprising:
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using a base unit to receive media content from an external media source, the media content including first portions intermittently separated by second portions; analyzing the media content to detect the first portions; storing only the first portions as separate media files in a memory of the base unit; providing a first control for allowing a user to play back the stored media files; providing a second control for allowing the user to designate specific ones of the media files stored in the memory of the base unit that are not to be deleted; placing a portable media player in communication with the base unit; and uploading the media files stored on the base unit to a memory of the portable media player for future playback on the portable media player.
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