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System for recording custom albums from a library of pre-recorded items

  • US 5,041,921 A
  • Filed: 12/17/1987
  • Issued: 08/20/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for creating a custom recorded album from previously recorded items of information, said system comprisingsource medium means for generating first digital signals from the recorded items,means for storing all of said first digital signals in a master library under item addresses which individually identify each of the recorded items,means for selecting one or more of the items for inclusion in the custom recorded album,means for generating second digital signals from said master library, said second digital signals corresponding to the information in said selected items,buffer storage means for storing said second digital signals, andmeans for recording the custom album by generating third signals from said buffer storage means, said third signals corresponding to the information in said selected items, and recording said third signals on a destination medium,said means for recording the custom album from said buffer storage means includingmemory address generator means operatively connected to said control processor for identifying the information in said selected items in said buffer storage means,bus control means operatively connected to said buffer storage means by a first bus for controlling the generation of digital buffer storage output signals in said buffer storage means,request control logic means operatively connected to said bus control means for controlling said bus control means,first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer means operatively connected to said buffer storage means for generating said third signals, andbyte unstacker means operatively connected between said buffer storage means and said FIFO buffer means for controlling said buffer storage output signals.

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