Portable entertainment device

• US 7,072,569 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2001
• Issued: 07/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cynthia Lakhansingh
• Original Assignee: Cynthia Lakhansingh
• Inventors: Lakhansingh, Cynthia
• Primary Examiner(s): Groody, James J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ONUAKU, CHRISTOPHER O
• Application Number:
  US09/811,957
• Publication Number:
  US 20020131759A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,933 Days
• Field of Search: 386/45, 386/46, 386/95, 386/125, 386/126, 725/62, 725/81, 725/134, 725/131, 725/139, 725/151
• US Class Current: 386/243
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1632 Pen holder integrated in the computer
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/025 'Virtual' control panels, e.g. Graphical User Interface [GUI]
• 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 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• 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 31/00 Arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus with cameras or projectors G03B31/00 ; recording/reproducing of music for electrophonic musical instruments G10H1/0033; automatic arrangements for answering calls or for recording messages for absent subscribers H04M1/64; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with dictation recording and playback systems H04M11/10; connection of TV recorder with other related apparatus, e.g. TV camera or receiver, in which the TV signal is significantly involved H04N, e.g. H04N23/00, H04N5/765; combination of radio or TV with other apparatus, e.g. with vehicles H05K11/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/025 Portable cases
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 33/10 Indicating arrangements; Warning arrangements G11B15/04, G11B19/04, G11B27/34, G11B27/36 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00326 with a data reading, recognizing or recording apparatus, e.g. with a bar-code apparatus arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus G11B31/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/107 with manual scanning
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42646 for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 : End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 : on discs or drums

Abstract

A portable entertainment apparatus is provided for writing onto a compact disk and other permanent storage medium. A touch sense screen is used to display and select menu graphics choices such as to listen to the radio or a CD, save selections, etc. The apparatus provides a display of all selections stored in its memory so that one may choose favorite music selections and their order of play, play a video game and a DVD movie.

Claims

1. A portable entertainment device comprising:

means for receiving electromagnetic wave energy signals and for converting the signals into digital data signals;

means for digitally reading and writing on a compact disk;

means for displaying and selecting video information using menu graphics;

means for producing an audio output;

means for storing digital data using the compact disk;

a data processing program, within said digital data storing means;

a processor for processing signals in accordance with said data processing program, said processor being electronically connected with said energy signals receiving means, said reading and writing means, said video information displaying and selecting means, said audio output producing means and said digital data storing means, wherein said processor in enabled to receive, store, organize and output audio and video information in accordance with manual selections through said video information displaying and selecting means as guided by said data processing program; and

a cursor moving device electrically connected to said video information displaying and selecting means.

2. The device as recited in claim 1, further including:

a touch sense keyboard enabled by said video information displaying and selecting means, to enable the manual input of titles under which recorded material may be saved; and

a data base with a search capability, enabled to search single words, multiple words, and parts of words, so a to receive the digital data without the necessity for recalling exact titles.

3. The device as recited in claim 1, further including

a plurality of control function buttons, said control function buttons being electrically connected to said reading and writing means for performing functions of stopping play, ejecting the compact disk, the video game disk and the DVD movie disk, pausing play, starting play, recording, selecting a track, fast forwarding, rewinding and repeating a track on a music compact disk.

4. The device as recited in claim 1, wherein said data processing program provides a visual choice menu for selecting action options, the menu comprising a first choice of:

“

FILE,”

“

EDIT,”

“

VIEW,”

“

OPTIONS,” and

“

HELP”

selections.

5. The device as recited in claim 4, wherein said

data processing program provides a visual choice menu for selecting action options, the menu comprising a second choice under the “

FILE”

option of;

“

SAVE AS,”

“

OPEN” and

“

DELETE.”

6. The device as recited in claim 4, wherein said

data processing program provides a visual choice menu for selecting action options, the menu comprising a second choice under the “

EDIT”

option of;

“

MEMORY DRIVES,”

“

CUT,”

“

COPY” and

“

PASTE.”

7. The device as recited in claim 4, wherein said

data processing program provides a visual choice menu for selecting action options, the menu comprising a second choice under the “

VIEW”

option of;

“

DISC/TRACK INFO” and

“

STATUS BAR.”

8. The device as recited in claim 5, wherein said

data processing program provides a visual choice menu for selecting action options, the menu comprising a third choice under the “

SAVE AS”

option of;

“

MUSIC CD 1–

100,”

“

AUDIO CD 1–

100,”

“

RADIO 1–

100,”

“

VOICE 1–

100,”

“

VIDEO GAME 1–

100,”

“

DVD MOVIE 1–

100” and

“

SCAN TEXT 1–

100.”

9. The device as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for digitally reading and writing on a compact disk provides for digitally reading a video game disk and said means for storing digital data using the compact disk provides for storing digital data using the video game disk.

10. The device as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for digitally reading and writing on a compact disk provides for digitally reading a DVD movie disk and said means for storing digital data using the compact disk provides for storing digital data using the DVD movie disk.

11. The device as recited in claim 1, further including eight function button keys in which a first set of four of said function button keys presents up arrow, down arrow, right arrow and left arrow used in conjunction with said cursor moving device to play the video game disk, while a second set of four of said function button keys presents zoom in, zoom out, still frame and slow motion replay used with the DVD movie disk.

12. The device as recited in claim 1, further including a small portable hand-held scanner electrically connected to said processor, has a capacity to scan both text and graphics which can then be saved in the said processor.

13. The device as recited in claim 1, further including a docking station electrically connected to said processor, so that information saved in said processor can be uploaded onto a personal computer and the same types of information saved in said processor, can be downloaded into said processor, from a personal computer.

14. The device as recited in claim 1, further including:

an/off switch electrically connected to said processor and a cover having a drive motor electrically controlled by said on/off switch, so that when said on/off switch is turned on said drive motor will cause said cover to extend over said video information displaying and selecting means to protect said video information displaying and selecting means and when said on/off switch is turned off said drive motor will cause said cover to retrack back from said video information displaying and selecting means.

15. The device as recited in claim 1, further including a stylus electrically connected to said video information displaying and selecting means, whereby said stylus can be utilized in place of said cursor moving device.