Virtual jukebox

• US 6,937,541 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2003
• Issued: 08/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Van Der Meulen, Pieter
• Primary Examiner(s): Neyzari, Ali
• Application Number:
  US10/393,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20030163211A1
• Time in Patent Office: 894 Days
• Field of Search: 369/30.06, 369/30.28, 369/30.01, 369/30.2, 369/30.29, 369/30.3, 369/30.09, 369/30.23, 369/30.08, 369/30.26, 369/30.66, 707/104.1, 700/236, 710/17, 709/217
• US Class Current: 369/30.06
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/218 Write-once discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2587 Laser Discs; Optical disc using analog recording
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/415 Redundant array of inexpensive disks [RAID] systems
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/90 Tape-like record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/93 Longitudinal format, wherein tracks are in the direction of the tape, read with a static head, e.g. DCC
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/002 Programmed access in sequence to a plurality of record carriers or indexed parts, e.g. tracks, thereof, e.g. for editing; transfer of record carriers from magazine G11B15/68, G11B17/10; G11B17/22
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/36 Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing for digital recording G11B20/00 and s.gr.; for monitoring, testing or measuring of TV recorders of the type covered by H04N5/76 and subgroups, see H04N17/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2805 Home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A collection management system, or virtual jukebox, is provided for a collection of recordings that is independent of the physical media upon which the material is recorded. The system forms a part of a network that includes storage media and playback devices, and provides an easy to use system for collection cataloging, archiving, and retrieval. In a preferred embodiment, a collection management system resides on a consumer electronic (CE) device, or a personal or home computer (PC), and the collection includes recordings that are stored on one or more hard drives associated with the CE device or the PC. The collection management system includes a user interface that facilitates the retrieval of recordings for playback from one or more storage devices, based on an individual selection of genre, author, and so on. By storing the recordings on a hard disc drive or other mass storage device with an associated disk operating system, immediate access is available to each recording on the drive, and additional drives can be added to the system as new material is added to the collection.

Claims

1. A method of archiving content data, comprising

receiving the content and a content identifier,

rendering the content data in at least one of an audio form and a visual form.

processing the content data to produce archive content,

accumulating the archive content at a respective storage location in an archive storage device;

and

cataloging the content data by associating the storage location to the content identifier.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the content data has been previously catalogued, based on the content identifier, and

cataloging the content data only if the content data has not been previously catalogued.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating ancillary information to the content data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transforming the archive content into a form suitable for rendering by a rendering device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving from at least one of:

a playback device, a storage device, and an Internet site.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the archive content comprises MPEG compressed archive content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the archive storage device is part of a Consumer Electronics device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the Consumer Electronics device comprises a portable device.