Content delivery system and method
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1. A media managing method comprising:
- storing a media file in a memory system of a portable hand-held device that is not a conventional personal computer or a laptop computer, wherein the portable hand-held device further has a display and a processor;
storing a collection of information about the media file in the memory system, wherein the collection includes data representing a name for the media file;
communicating at least some of the collection from the portable hand-held device to a different electronic device in order to allow a user to view a soft button comprising the name on an associated display of the different electronic device; and
thereafter receiving a signal in the portable hand-held device to begin playing the media file by the portable hand-held device in response to a selection of the soft button at the different electronic device; and
outputting a played version of the media file across a physical interface of the portable hand-held device while the media file remains stored on the portable hand-held device, wherein the physical interface is configured to facilitate a communicative coupling of the portable hand-held device and the different electronic device, further wherein the physical interface is not circular and has a width dimension and a length dimension that is longer than the width dimension.
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Abstract
A media managing method is disclosed. A method links a graphical interface soft button with a media file saved in a memory system of a portable electronic device, maintains a collection of information that represents the graphical interface soft button in the memory system, and communicates at least some of the collection to a different electronic device in order to allow a user to view a representation of the graphical interface soft button on an associated display of the different electronic device. The method further receives a signal to begin playing the media file in response to a selection of the representation.
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1. A media managing method comprising:
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storing a media file in a memory system of a portable hand-held device that is not a conventional personal computer or a laptop computer, wherein the portable hand-held device further has a display and a processor; storing a collection of information about the media file in the memory system, wherein the collection includes data representing a name for the media file; communicating at least some of the collection from the portable hand-held device to a different electronic device in order to allow a user to view a soft button comprising the name on an associated display of the different electronic device; and thereafter receiving a signal in the portable hand-held device to begin playing the media file by the portable hand-held device in response to a selection of the soft button at the different electronic device; and outputting a played version of the media file across a physical interface of the portable hand-held device while the media file remains stored on the portable hand-held device, wherein the physical interface is configured to facilitate a communicative coupling of the portable hand-held device and the different electronic device, further wherein the physical interface is not circular and has a width dimension and a length dimension that is longer than the width dimension. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A media playing method comprising:
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receiving an over the air download of a media file at a portable electronic device that has a display, a memory, and a processor; receiving a collection of information associated with the media file via the over the air download, the collection of information representing a name associated with the media file; saving the media file in the memory; maintaining an association between the media file and the name at the portable electronic device; communicating information that represents at least the name from the portable electronic device to a different electronic device such that a user may view a soft button comprising the name depicted on a different display that is associated with the different electronic device; and thereafter initiating a playing of the media file at the portable electronic device responsive to a selection of the soft button at the different electronic device, and outputting a played version of the media file via the different electronic device while the media file remains stored at the portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A media playing method comprising:
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recognizing that a portable electronic device is coupled to a sound system that has an associated display and a user interface mechanism, wherein the portable electronic device is a hand-held device having a display, a memory, and a processor, and that is not a conventional personal computer or laptop computer, further wherein the portable electronic device is configured to save a media file in the memory of the portable electronic device, to associate the media file with a name, to store additional data that represents the name, to include the name in a menu of available content, to present the name on the display of the portable electronic device as a selectable icon, and to communicate a collection of information representing the name to the sound system; receiving the collection of information in the sound system; utilizing the collection of information to present a soft button on the associated display; recognizing an interaction with the user interface mechanism as a selection of the soft button; and requesting a playing of the media file by the portable electronic device in connection with the selection of the soft button so that the playing of the media file can be output via the sound system while the media file remains stored on the portable electronic device, wherein the receiving and requesting involve communicating across a physical interface that has multiple conductive elements and a contacting portion for the multiple conductive elements that is non-circular and configured to releasably couple with the portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An audio system comprising:
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an electronic device having a non-circular portable device interface that allows for communication of data and power; the non-circular portable device interface configured to provide at least a portion of a link between the electronic device and a portable electronic device that has a memory, a processor, a display, and software saved at the portable electronic device, the software configured to direct the portable electronic device to save an audio file in the memory, to save a name of the audio file in the memory, to associate the audio file with the name, to include the name in a menu of available content, and to communicate a collection of information comprising the name to the electronic device; and the electronic device configured to utilize the collection of information to present a soft button on a display associated with the electronic device and to allow a user;
(1) to interact with a user interface device communicatively coupled to the electronic device to navigate through at least at least a portion of content saved in the memory of the portable electronic device;
(2) to view at least a partial representation of the menu on the display associated with the electronic device; and
(3) to choose the audio file for processing by using the user interface device to select a soft button representation of the name displayed on the associated display so that responsive to the selection the audio file can be played by the portable electronic device and to be output via the electronic device while the audio file remains stored on the portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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