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Method and system for automatically recording music data files by using the hard drive of a personal computer as an intermediate storage medium

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  • US 6,393,430 B1
  • Filed: 05/08/1998
  • Issued: 05/21/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of automatically recording audio/visual selections included in a custom playlist, comprising the steps of:

  • selecting one or more audio/visual selections, including titles and contents, to be added to the custom playlist from at least one source medium;

    obtaining information about the selected audio/visual selections;

    saving the obtained information for each of the selected audio/visual selection to a playlist file in order to add the selected audio/visual selections to the custom playlist;

    modifying the saved information for the selected audio/visual selections in the playlist file in order to manipulate the audio/visual selections in the custom playlist saving the playlist file and the selected audio/visual selections to a storage device of the personal computer; and

    controlling a recording device that is physically connected to the personal computer to record the selected audio/visual selections included in the custom playlist from the storage device to a recordable medium.

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