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Communication Between a Media Player and an Accessory with an Extended Interface Mode

  • US 20110066775A1
  • Filed: 11/23/2010
  • Published: 03/17/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating an accessory, the method comprising:

  • establishing, by the accessory, a communication link to a media player using a media player accessory protocol comprising a general lingo and an extended interface lingo, the extended interface lingo comprising at least one database command and at least one playback command;

    communicating, by the accessory, with the media player using one or more of the database commands of the extended interface lingo to access database information from a media content database of the media player; and

    communicating, by the accessory, with the media player using one or more of the playback commands of the extended interface lingo to allow the accessory to control a play state of the media player.

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