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Media player with instant play capability

  • US 7,234,026 B2
  • Filed: 05/17/2005
  • Issued: 06/19/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for retrieving and playing media data by a media player, the media player having a disk-based data store and a semiconductor-based data store, said method comprises:

  • identifying a media item to be played on the media player, media data for the media item includes a plurality of data portions, the data portions including a first portion and remaining portions, the remaining portions being different than and not including the initial portion;

    retrieving the first portion of the media data for the media item from the disk-based data store;

    playing the first portion of the media data for the media item retrieved from the disk-based data store without first storing to the semiconductor-based data store, the semiconductor-based data store having a faster access time than does the disk-based data store;

    initiating processing to load at least the remaining portions of the media data from the disk-based data store to the semiconductor-based data store; and

    playing the remaining portions of the media data retrieved from the semiconductor-based data store.

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