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GB2405718B - Portable media player with media information database - Google Patents

Portable media player with media information database

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Publication number
GB2405718B
GB2405718B GB0425738A GB0425738A GB2405718B GB 2405718 B GB2405718 B GB 2405718B GB 0425738 A GB0425738 A GB 0425738A GB 0425738 A GB0425738 A GB 0425738A GB 2405718 B GB2405718 B GB 2405718B
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
information database
media
portable
media player
player
Prior art date
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Expired - Fee Related
Application number
GB0425738A
Other versions
GB0425738D0 (en
GB2405718A (en
Inventor
Jeffrey Robbin
David Heller
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Apple Inc
Original Assignee
Apple Computer Inc
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Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from US10/118,069 external-priority patent/US20030167318A1/en
Application filed by Apple Computer Inc filed Critical Apple Computer Inc
Priority claimed from GB0314394A external-priority patent/GB2387001B/en
Publication of GB0425738D0 publication Critical patent/GB0425738D0/en
Publication of GB2405718A publication Critical patent/GB2405718A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2405718B publication Critical patent/GB2405718B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B27/00—Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
    • G11B27/10—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/40—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data
    • G06F17/30017—
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B20/00—Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Circuits therefor
    • G11B20/10—Digital recording or reproducing
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B27/00—Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
    • G11B27/10—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
    • G11B27/102—Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers
    • G11B27/105—Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers of operating discs

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Data Mining & Analysis (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Information Transfer Between Computers (AREA)
  • Signal Processing For Digital Recording And Reproducing (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
GB0425738A 2001-10-22 2002-10-17 Portable media player with media information database Expired - Fee Related GB2405718B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US34623501P 2001-10-22 2001-10-22
US10/118,069 US20030167318A1 (en) 2001-10-22 2002-04-05 Intelligent synchronization of media player with host computer
US39683602P 2002-07-16 2002-07-16
GB0314394A GB2387001B (en) 2001-10-22 2002-10-17 Intelligent interaction between media player and host computer

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB0425738D0 GB0425738D0 (en) 2004-12-22
GB2405718A GB2405718A (en) 2005-03-09
GB2405718B true GB2405718B (en) 2006-03-29

Family

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Family Applications (3)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB0425740A Expired - Fee Related GB2405719B (en) 2001-10-22 2002-10-17 Managing and playing playlists for a portable media player
GB0425742A Expired - Fee Related GB2405720B (en) 2001-10-22 2002-10-17 Method for playing a media item on a media player
GB0425738A Expired - Fee Related GB2405718B (en) 2001-10-22 2002-10-17 Portable media player with media information database

Family Applications Before (2)

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GB0425740A Expired - Fee Related GB2405719B (en) 2001-10-22 2002-10-17 Managing and playing playlists for a portable media player
GB0425742A Expired - Fee Related GB2405720B (en) 2001-10-22 2002-10-17 Method for playing a media item on a media player

Country Status (1)

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GB (3) GB2405719B (en)

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Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB0425742D0 (en) 2004-12-22
GB2405720A (en) 2005-03-09
GB0425738D0 (en) 2004-12-22
GB2405719B (en) 2006-03-29
GB2405719A (en) 2005-03-09
GB2405718A (en) 2005-03-09
GB2405720B (en) 2006-03-29
GB0425740D0 (en) 2004-12-22

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