Portable media player as a remote control
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1. A method of communicating with a media server utilizing a digital media player, comprising:
- displaying a list of digital media files on a display device of a digital media player, the digital media files stored on the digital media player;
receiving a selection signal to play a digital media file;
playing the selected digital media file on the digital media player when the digital media player is operated in a first mode; and
wirelessly sending the selected digital media file to a media server via a wireless network interface of the digital media player when the digital media player is operated in a second mode.
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Abstract
A portable multimedia player is used to wirelessly access and control a media server that is streaming digital media by way of a wireless interface to a media unit such as a stereo/speakers in the case of streaming digital audio. In one embodiment, the portable multimedia player is wirelessly synchronized to a selected one(s) of a number of digital media files stored on the media server in such a way that digital media file metadata (song title, author, etc.) associated with the selected digital media file(s) only is transferred from the media server to be stored in the portable media player.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of communicating with a media server utilizing a digital media player, comprising:
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displaying a list of digital media files on a display device of a digital media player, the digital media files stored on the digital media player; receiving a selection signal to play a digital media file; playing the selected digital media file on the digital media player when the digital media player is operated in a first mode; and wirelessly sending the selected digital media file to a media server via a wireless network interface of the digital media player when the digital media player is operated in a second mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of communicating with a media server utilizing a digital media player, comprising:
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displaying a list of digital media files on a display device of a digital media player, the digital media files stored on the digital media player; receiving a selection signal to play a digital media file; playing the selected digital media file on the digital media player when the digital media player is operated in a first mode; and wirelessly sending an indication of the selected digital media file to a media server via a wireless network interface of the digital media player when the digital media player is operated in a second mode. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer program product, comprising:
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at least one first set of instructions stored in at least one non-transitory storage medium executable by at least one processing unit to display a list of digital media files on a display device of a digital media player, the digital media files stored on the digital media player; at least one second set of instructions stored in the least one non-transitory storage medium executable by the at least one processing unit to receive a selection signal to play a digital media file; at least one third set of instructions stored in the least one non-transitory storage medium executable by the at least one processing unit to play the selected digital media file on the digital media player when the digital media player is operated in a first mode; and at least one fourth set of instructions stored in the least one non-transitory storage medium executable by the at least one processing unit to wirelessly send at least one of; the selected digital media file to a media server via a wireless network interface of the digital media player when the digital media player is operated in a second mode, or an indication of the selected digital media file to the media server via the wireless network interface when the digital media player is operated in the second mode.
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