Virtual jukebox

• US 6,563,769 B1
• Filed: 06/04/1999
• Issued: 05/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Van Der Meulen, Pieter
• Primary Examiner(s): Neyzari, Ali
• Application Number:
  US09/326,506
• Time in Patent Office: 1,439 Days
• Field of Search: 369/30.06, 369/30.28, 369/34.01, 369/30.2, 369/30.29, 369/30.3, 369/30.23, 369/30.09, 369/30.08, 369/30.26, 369/30.64, 700/234, 707/104.1, 710/17, 710/39, 709/217
• US Class Current: 369/30.06
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/218 Write-once discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2545 CDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2587 Laser Discs; Optical disc using analog recording
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/41 Flat as opposed to hierarchical combination, e.g. library of tapes or discs, CD changer, or groups of record carriers that together store one title
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/415 Redundant array of inexpensive disks [RAID] systems
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/90 Tape-like record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/93 Longitudinal format, wherein tracks are in the direction of the tape, read with a static head, e.g. DCC
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/002 Programmed access in sequence to a plurality of record carriers or indexed parts, e.g. tracks, thereof, e.g. for editing; transfer of record carriers from magazine G11B15/68, G11B17/10; G11B17/22
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/36 Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing for digital recording G11B20/00 and s.gr.; for monitoring, testing or measuring of TV recorders of the type covered by H04N5/76 and subgroups, see H04N17/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2805 Home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A collection management system, or virtual jukebox, is provided for a collection of recordings that is independent of the physical media upon which the material is recorded. The system forms a part of a network that includes storage media and playback devices, and provides an easy to use system for collection cataloging, archiving, and retrieval. In a preferred embodiment, a collection management system resides on a consumer electronic (CE) device, or a personal or home computer (PC), and the collection includes recordings that are stored on one or more hard drives associated with the CE device or the PC. The collection management system includes a user interface that facilitates the retrieval of recordings for playback from one or more storage devices, based on an individual selection of genre, author, and so on. By storing the recordings on a hard disc drive or other mass storage device with an associated disk operating system, immediate access is available to each recording on the drive, and additional drives can be added to the system as new material is added to the collection.

Claims

1. A content processing device comprising:

a receiver that receives content data from a content source, wherein the content data comprises audio information,

a processor, operably coupled to the receiver, that processes the content data and produces therefrom archive content,

a storage device, operably coupled to the processor, that accumulates the respective archive content at a respective location,

a cataloger, operably coupled to the receiver and the storage device, that associates the location corresponding to the archive content to an identifier of the content data, and

a retriever, operably coupled to the storage device, that facilitates a selection of at least one of the archive content and the content data, based on information associated with the identifier of the content data;

the content processing device-comprises a Consumer Electronics (CE) device.

2. The content processing device of claim 1, wherein the cataloger is enabled to associate ancillary information to the identifier of the content data.

3. The content processing device of claim 1, wherein the retriever includes means for transforming the archive content into a form suitable for rendering by a rendering device.

4. The content processing device of claim 1, wherein the content source is a recording medium, and the receiver includes

a playback device that receives the content data by accessing information that is stored on the recording medium.

5. The content processing device of claim 4, wherein the playback device also renders the content data in an audible form while the processor is processing the content data to form the archive content.

6. The content processing device of claim 1, wherein the content source is at least one of:

a playback device, a storage device, and an Internet site.

7. The content processing device of claim 1, wherein the archive content comprises at least one of a Philips DCC compression and an MPEG compression.

8. The content processing device of claim 1, wherein

the storage device is also configured to store the content data, for subsequent processing by the processor to produce the archive content.

9. The content processing device of claim 1, wherein

the cataloger associates one or more information items to the identifier, and

the retriever facilitates the selection based also on the one or more information items.

10. The content processing device of claim 1, wherein the retriever includes

a graphic user interface that facilitates the selection.

11. The content processing device of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a portable device.