Vehicle for recording and reproducing digital data
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a vehicle;
a media player/recorder physically connected with the vehicle, the media player/recorder comprising;
a wireless receiver configured to receive a signal representing media data;
a storage device configured to store the media data;
a storage controller configured to retrieve the media data from the storage device; and
an output circuit configured to output the media data;
a display unit, whereinthe storage device is configured to store a list of desired items of interest,the wireless receiver is configured to receive a signal representing an offered item of interest,the offered item of interest is compared to the list of desired items of interest, andthe display unit is configured to indicate a match in response to the offered item of interest corresponding to one of the desired items of interest; and
a directional antenna configured to determine a direction to a transmitter of the signal representing the offered item of interest, wherein the display unit is configured to display the direction in response to the match.
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a vehicle and a media player/recorder physically connected with the vehicle. The media player/recorder includes a wireless receiver to receive a signal representing media data, a storage device to store the media data, a storage controller to retrieve the media data from the storage device, and an output circuit to output the media data. The storage device stores a list of identifiers of desired media selections. The wireless receiver receives a signal representing an identifier of an offered media selection. The storage device stores the offered media selection when the identifier of the offered media selection corresponds to the identifier of one of the desired media selections.
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8 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a vehicle; a media player/recorder physically connected with the vehicle, the media player/recorder comprising; a wireless receiver configured to receive a signal representing media data; a storage device configured to store the media data; a storage controller configured to retrieve the media data from the storage device; and an output circuit configured to output the media data; a display unit, wherein the storage device is configured to store a list of desired items of interest, the wireless receiver is configured to receive a signal representing an offered item of interest, the offered item of interest is compared to the list of desired items of interest, and the display unit is configured to indicate a match in response to the offered item of interest corresponding to one of the desired items of interest; and a directional antenna configured to determine a direction to a transmitter of the signal representing the offered item of interest, wherein the display unit is configured to display the direction in response to the match. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for operating a media player/recorder physically connected to a vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing, in a memory, a list of desired items of interest; receiving, from a transmitter, a signal representing an offered item of interest; comparing the offered item of interest to the list of desired items of interest stored in the memory; and in response to the offered item of interest corresponding to one of the desired items of interest, i) displaying, on a display unit, an indication that the offered item of interest corresponds to one of the desired items of interest, ii) determining a direction to the transmitter of the signal representing the offered item of interest, and iii) displaying, on the display unit, the direction to the transmitter of the signal representing the offered item of interest. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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