Device for enabling listeners to preview music recordings
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1. Apparatus for sampling music, comprising:
- a. a pen sized portable bar code reader, having a battery an earphone jack and a wireless transceiver for scanning a product identification code on music packaging;
b. said wireless transmitter/receiver for receiving said product identification code from said portable bar code reader and transmitting it to a computer at a remote location which stores digital music samples and receiving back said music samples from said computer; and
c. an audio output for receiving and converting said music samples from said computer and providing them to a listener over said earphone jack integrated in said apparatus;
in which said apparatus is in the shape of a pen and said bar code reader is positioned in the point of the pen.
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Abstract
A bar code reader, a wireless transceiver, an earphone jack and a battery are integrated into a pen sized device. The bar code reader is used to scan the product identification code or music packaging. The product code is sent to a central computer or a music store where one or more stored digital samples of the music reside in a database. One or more music samples are retrieved and sent to the pen sized device where the sample is converted to audio signals for listening by a user over the earphone jack.
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1. Apparatus for sampling music, comprising:
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a. a pen sized portable bar code reader, having a battery an earphone jack and a wireless transceiver for scanning a product identification code on music packaging; b. said wireless transmitter/receiver for receiving said product identification code from said portable bar code reader and transmitting it to a computer at a remote location which stores digital music samples and receiving back said music samples from said computer; and c. an audio output for receiving and converting said music samples from said computer and providing them to a listener over said earphone jack integrated in said apparatus; in which said apparatus is in the shape of a pen and said bar code reader is positioned in the point of the pen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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