DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An entertainment device, comprising:
- a communication arrangement operable to receive audio segment data from an audio segment data source and to receive audio segment selection data from an audio segment selection data source in connection with an interactive audio segment data selection session as between the entertainment device and the audio segment selection data source;
an audio segment selector operable to generate audio segment selection data in response to selections made by a user interacting with a user interface of the entertainment device; and
a storage arrangement operable to store the received audio segment data;
in which;
the storage arrangement is operable to limit the duration of storage of audio segment data which was received from the audio segment data source and which was selected according to either the received audio segment selection data or the generated audio segment selection data.
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Abstract
An entertainment device, comprises a communication arrangement operable to receive audio segment data from an audio segment data source and to receive audio segment selection data from an audio segment selection data source in connection with an interactive audio segment data selection session as between the entertainment device and the audio segment selection data source; an audio segment selector operable to generate audio segment selection data in response to selections made by a user interacting with a user interface of the entertainment device; and a storage arrangement operable to store the received audio segment data; in which: the storage arrangement is operable to limit the duration of storage of audio segment data which was received from the audio segment data source and which was selected according to either the received audio segment selection data or the generated audio segment selection data.
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26 Claims
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1. An entertainment device, comprising:
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a communication arrangement operable to receive audio segment data from an audio segment data source and to receive audio segment selection data from an audio segment selection data source in connection with an interactive audio segment data selection session as between the entertainment device and the audio segment selection data source; an audio segment selector operable to generate audio segment selection data in response to selections made by a user interacting with a user interface of the entertainment device; and a storage arrangement operable to store the received audio segment data; in which; the storage arrangement is operable to limit the duration of storage of audio segment data which was received from the audio segment data source and which was selected according to either the received audio segment selection data or the generated audio segment selection data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A tangible computer-readable data carrier storing audio segment data and an authorisation limit value indicative of the number of times a reproduction authorisation may be granted by an entertainment device to any second entertainment device with which the entertainment device exchanges audio segment selection data.
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22. A tangible computer-readable data carrier on which computer readable instructions of a computer program are stored, the instruction, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to operate as an entertainment device having:
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a communication arrangement operable to receive audio segment data from an audio segment data source and to receive audio segment selection data from an audio segment selection data source in connection with an interactive audio segment data selection session as between the entertainment device and the audio segment selection data source; an audio segment selector operable to generate audio segment selection data in response to selections made by a user interacting with a user interface of the entertainment device; and a storage arrangement operable to store the received audio segment data; in which; the storage arrangement is operable to limit the duration of storage of audio segment data which was received from the audio segment data source and which was selected according to either the received audio segment selection data or the generated audio segment selection data.
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23. A method of data storage by an entertainment device, comprising the steps of:
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i. establishing a communication link with an audio segment data source; ii. receiving audio segment data from said audio segment data source; iii. storing received audio segment data; iv. determining if one or more of the received audio segments are selected via either the entertainment device or the audio segment data source during a collaborative jamming session; and v. limiting the duration of storage of audio segment data which was received from the audio segment data source and which was selected according to either the received audio segment selection data or the generated audio segment selection data. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A tangible computer-readable data carrier on which computer readable instructions of a computer program are stored, the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out a method of data storage by an entertainment device, the method comprising:
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i. establishing a communication link with an audio segment data source; ii. receiving audio segment data from said audio segment data source; iii. storing received audio segment data; iv. determining if one or more of the received audio segments are selected via either the entertainment device or the audio segment data source during a collaborative jamming session; and v. limiting the duration of storage of audio segment data which was received from the audio segment data source and which was selected according to either the received audio segment selection data or the generated audio segment selection data.
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26. (canceled)
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