Electronic equipment with shuffle operation

• US 7,882,435 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2005
• Issued: 02/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kretz, Martin Hans, Gajdos, Tom George Rudolf
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo; Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): WIENER, ERIC A
• Application Number:
  US11/312,259
• Publication Number:
  US 20070156679A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,869 Days
• Field of Search: 715/716, 715/727, 707/6, 707/752, 707/756, 700/94
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs

Abstract

An electronic equipment is provided that includes access to a playlist, the content of which identifies a plurality of media objects, and a media player section configured to play the plurality of media objects identified in the playlist in an order. In addition, the electronic equipment includes a shuffler section for altering at least one of the order in which the plurality of media objects in the playlist are played by the media player, or the content of the playlist, in response to a shuffle command. The electronic equipment further includes a motion sensor that detects motion of the electronic equipment, the motion sensor producing an output based on detected motion from which the shuffle command is derived.

Claims

1. An electronic equipment, comprising:

access to a playlist, the content of which identifies a plurality of media objects to be played in a predetermined order;

a media player section configured to play the plurality of media objects identified in the playlist in the predetermined order;

a shuffler section for altering the content of the playlist; and

a motion sensor that detects motion of the electronic equipment, the motion sensor producing an output based on detected motion from which the shuffle command is derived;

wherein the shuffler section alters the content of the playlist in response to the shuffle command; and

wherein the electronic equipment includes a library of media objects, the plurality of media objects identified in the playlist represent a subset of the media objects within the library, and the shuffler section alters the content of the playlist by at least one of adding additional media objects from the library to the playlist, or substituting additional media objects from the library for all or part of the plurality of media objects already identified in the playlist.