Promotional portable music players
First Claim
1. A digital audio player, comprising:
- a casing;
a memory within said casing for storing digital audio including songs and a commercial;
a digital-to-analog converter within said casing and operatively connected to said memory for converting digital audio to analog audio;
an analog audio player within said casing and operatively coupled to said digital-to-analog converter, for playing the songs in response to manual user commands, and for automatically playing the commercial; and
a processor for stopping the automatic playing of the commercial after a specific event has occurred.
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Abstract
A digital audio player, including a casing, a memory within said casing for storing digital audio including songs and a commercial, a digital-to-analog converter within said casing and operatively connected to said memory for converting digital audio to analog audio, an analog audio player within said casing and operatively coupled to said digital-to-analog converter, for playing the songs in response to manual user commands, and for automatically playing the commercial, and a processor for stopping the automatic playing of the commercial after a specific event has occurred. A method and a computer-readable storage medium are also described.
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25 Claims
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1. A digital audio player, comprising:
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a casing;
a memory within said casing for storing digital audio including songs and a commercial;
a digital-to-analog converter within said casing and operatively connected to said memory for converting digital audio to analog audio;
an analog audio player within said casing and operatively coupled to said digital-to-analog converter, for playing the songs in response to manual user commands, and for automatically playing the commercial; and
a processor for stopping the automatic playing of the commercial after a specific event has occurred. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 21)
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11. A digital audio player, comprising:
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a casing;
a memory within said casing for storing digital audio including songs and a commercial;
a digital-to-analog converter within said casing and operatively connected to said memory for converting digital audio to analog audio;
an analog audio player within said casing and operatively coupled to said digital-to-analog converter, for playing the songs in response to manual user commands, and for automatically playing the commercial; and
a processor within said casing and operatively coupled to said analog audio player for phased-out reduction of the automatic playing of the commercial in a series of phases, each phase being triggered by a corresponding event. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A digital audio player, comprising:
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a casing;
a memory within said casing for storing digital audio;
a digital-to-analog converter within said casing and operatively coupled to said memory for converting digital audio to analog audio;
a buzzer within said casing for emitting a buzzing signal at pre-determined times; and
an analog audio player within said casing and operatively coupled to said digital-to-analog converter and to said buzzer, for playing the buzzing signal and for playing an audio segment following the buzzing signal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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22. A method for promoting a vendor, comprising:
controlling a digital audio player to;
automatically play a commercial (i) when the digital audio player is turned on, and (ii) when the digital audio player plays a song; and
phase out said automatically playing the commercial over a series of phases, each phase being triggered by a corresponding event. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing a digital audio player to:
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automatically play a commercial (i) when the digital audio player is turned on, and (ii) when the digital audio player plays a song; and
phase out said automatically playing the commercial over a series of phases, each phase being triggered by a corresponding event.
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