Method and system for remote access of personal music
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1. A method for storing audio files, comprising:
- receiving at a central location one or more electronic files from a first device, the electronic files representing one or more compressed audio files;
associating the electronic files with authentication identification information of a user;
searching a collection of audio files for the one or more compressed audio files represented by the one or more electronic files;
storing one or more of the one or more compressed audio files at the central location on at least a portion of a storage media, the portion uniquely associated with the authentication identification information;
receiving at the central location the authentication identification information from a second device;
transmitting one or more of the compressed audio files to the second device upon receipt of the authentication identification information; and
playing the one or more of the compressed audio files.
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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 for storing audio files, comprising:
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receiving at a central location one or more electronic files from a first device, the electronic files representing one or more compressed audio files; associating the electronic files with authentication identification information of a user; searching a collection of audio files for the one or more compressed audio files represented by the one or more electronic files; storing one or more of the one or more compressed audio files at the central location on at least a portion of a storage media, the portion uniquely associated with the authentication identification information; receiving at the central location the authentication identification information from a second device; transmitting one or more of the compressed audio files to the second device upon receipt of the authentication identification information; and playing the one or more of the compressed audio files. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for storing audio files, comprising:
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receiving at a central location authentication identification information of a user from a first device; transmitting from the central location a first electronic file, the first electronic file representing a listing of one or more compressed audio files associated with the authentication identification information; receiving at the central location a second electronic file from the first device, the second electronic file representing a subset of the listing of audio files; associating the second electronic file with the authentication identification information of the user; receiving at the central location the authentication identification information from a second device; transmitting one or more of the compressed audio files to the second device upon receipt of the authentication identification information; and playing the one or more of the compressed audio files. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for storing audio files, comprising:
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receiving at a central location authentication identification information of a user from a first device; transmitting from the central location a first electronic file associated with the authentication identification information, the first electronic file representing a listing of one or more compressed audio files; receiving at the central location a second electronic file from the first device, the second electronic file representing a subset of the listing of compressed audio files; storing one or more of the compressed audio files represented in the subset at the central location on at least a portion of a storage media, the portion uniquely associated with the authentication identification information; receiving at the central location the authentication identification information from a second device; transmitting one or more of the compressed audio files to the second device upon receipt of the authentication identification information; and playing the one or more of the compressed audio files. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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