Audio system for storing audio data files

• US 7,663,980 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2004
• Issued: 02/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sonic Solutions (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Berhan, Michel D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh, Tan X
• Application Number:
  US10/919,813
• Publication Number:
  US 20050013448A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,010 Days
• Field of Search: 369/7, 369/30.05, 369/30.19, 369/47.12, 369/47.13
• US Class Current: 369/7
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10527 Audio or video recording; Data buffering arrangements G11B20/12 - G11B20/18 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10768 by pre-caching the initial portion of songs or other recorded or downloaded data for starting playback instantly
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/213 Read-only discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/216 Rewritable discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/218 Write-once discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2516 Hard disks
• 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 27/002 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 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• 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 7/28 Re-recording, i.e. transcribing information from one optical record carrier on to one or more similar or dissimilar record carriers

Abstract

A audio data collection and management system is provided for extracting music data from an optical media and managing the music data. The system is configured to extract at least a portion of an initial track of music data at an extracting rate that is different than the recording rate. The system simultaneously records the extracted portion of the initial track of music data to a storage media at the extracting rate while performing the extracting. The system is configured to be implemented in an automobile, a home stereo system, or a personal computer system.

Claims

1. An automobile component audio system, comprising:

a control panel for receiving user input and displaying audio system information;

a control unit connected to the control panel with interface circuitry, the control unit including,

a storage media device having a database;

a compact disc player; and

circuitry for extracting, playing, and recording data, the data capable of being extracted from a compact disc in a compact disc audio format through multiple partial extractions and the data being recorded to a storage media for a later playback in an audio data file format, the data representing one or more audio data files being saved in the storage media device and organized in the database to enable identification of at least one audio data file that is complete during the later playback, the extraction is at an extraction speed and the playback is at a playback speed, the extraction speed is greater than the playback speed, and the extraction being accomplished while simultaneously providing for playback of the data.

2. The automobile component audio system of claim 1, wherein the storage media is one of a hard disk and an optical storage media.

3. The automobile component audio system of claim 1, wherein the storage media is configured to have recorded thereon the plurality of audio data files for playback, the storage media device being further configured to allow storage of the data in a discontiguous manner and be removable from the control unit.

4. The automobile component audio system of claim 3, wherein the control panel is configured to receive and to display information from the storage media device about the plurality of audio data files recorded thereon.

5. The automobile component audio system of claim 1, wherein the storage media device is configured to operate as a component of each of the automobile component audio system, a home stereo, and a home computer system.

6. The automobile component audio system of claim 1, wherein the storage media device is capable of recording content downloaded from an Internet location.

7. The automobile component audio system of claim 1, further comprising an encoder/decoder for use in extraction, recording, and playback.

8. The automobile component audio system of claim 1, wherein the extracting of data from a compact disc is at an extracting rate and the recording of data to a storage media is at a recording rate and the extracting rate does not equal the recording rate.

9. The automobile component audio system of claim 1, wherein the extracting rate is faster than the recording rate.