Method and system for remote access of personal music
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1. A method of storing audio files comprises:
- (a) receiving at a central location electronic files representing audio signals from a first device,(b) associating the audio files with authentication identification information of a user,(c) storing said audio files at said central location on at least a portion of a storage media, said portion uniquely associated with said authentication identification information,(d) receiving at said central location said authentication identification information from a second device,(e) transmitting said audio files to said second device upon receipt of said authentication identification information.
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Abstract
In one aspect of the invention, a method is provided for storing audio files. The method includes: (a) receiving electronic files at a central location from a first device, those electronic files representing audio signals; (b) associating the audio files with identification information; (c) storing the audio files at the central location on at least a portion of a storage media, that portion being uniquely associated with the identification information; (d) receiving the identification information from a second device; and (e) transmitting the audio files to the second device upon receipt of the identification information.
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1. A method of storing audio files comprises:
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(a) receiving at a central location electronic files representing audio signals from a first device, (b) associating the audio files with authentication identification information of a user, (c) storing said audio files at said central location on at least a portion of a storage media, said portion uniquely associated with said authentication identification information, (d) receiving at said central location said authentication identification information from a second device, (e) transmitting said audio files to said second device upon receipt of said authentication identification information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for storing and transmitting audio information comprising:
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a processor; memory; data stored in said memory, said data identifying a plurality of users or devices, said data further comprising a plurality of files associated with audio information, each said file being uniquely associated with the identity of a single user or device; a set of instructions executable by said processor, said instructions conditioning the transmission of a song from the system to a user or device based on the identity of the user or device associated with said audio information. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method of storing and transmitting songs comprising:
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uniquely associating a portion of the storage space on a server with a user or device, the storage space to store song files each having a filename; associating said portion with a first user authentication identifier; receiving said first user authentication identifier; receiving a song file representative of a song; and storing said song file with a filename in the portion of said storage space associated with said first user authentication identifier; receiving a second authentication identifier and a request for said song file; comparing said second authentication identifier with the first user authentication identifier associated with said requested song file; transmitting said song file in response to said request depending upon the outcome of said step of comparing. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method for storing audio files for use by multiple users to prevent access to an authorized user'"'"'s audio files by other authorized users comprising:
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(a) receiving at a central system a plurality of electronic files representing audio signals for the purpose of storing the plurality of files at the central system for multiple users, (b) storing a plurality of sets of electronic files of the plurality of audio files at the central system, each set being uniquely associated with authentication identification information of a user, (c) receiving at said central location authentication identification information of a user from a device, and (d) transmitting audio files of a set of audio files to said device upon receipt of said authentication identification information of the user; wherein different stored sets of electronic files of the plurality of audio files on the central system are exclusively accessible to different authentication identification information.
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54. A method for storing audio files for use by multiple users to prevent access to an authorized user'"'"'s audio files by other authorized users comprising:
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(a) receiving at a central system a plurality of electronic files representing audio signals for the purpose of storing the plurality of files at the central system for multiple users, (b) storing a plurality of sets of electronic files of the plurality of audio files at the central system, each set being uniquely associated with authentication identification information of a user, (c) receiving at said central location authentication identification information of a user from a device, and (d) transmitting audio files of a set of audio files to said device upon receipt of said authentication identification information of the user; wherein different stored sets of electronic files of the plurality of audio files on the central system are exclusively accessible to different authentication identification information, wherein the central location is configured to permit concurrent submission of the authentication identification information of the user and audio file identification information from the device for transmitting at least one of the audio files to the device, without first transmitting a song selection list to the device.
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