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WO1999064969A2
WO1999064969A2 PCT/IB1999/001066 IB9901066W WO9964969A2 WO 1999064969 A2 WO1999064969 A2 WO 1999064969A2 IB 9901066 W IB9901066 W IB 9901066W WO 9964969 A2 WO9964969 A2 WO 9964969A2
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  • This invention relates to the field of consumer electronics, and in particular to recording and playback systems.
  • some playback devices are configured to allow for the storage of hundreds of disks, akin to a prior-art "jukebox" that allows for the selection of individual songs without physically handling the recorded media.
  • These devices often include automated playback selection by genre or other categorization, random playback, and so on.
  • these devices ease the media handling task, and facilitate an improved method of categorization and organization, they have a fixed physical limit.
  • the user's collection exceeds the capacity of the storage-playback device, the user must either replace the existing device with a larger capacity device, if available, or select a portion of the collection for storage and organization in the storage-playback device. Purchasing a second, or third storage-
  • CONFIR ATI COP playback device is not a currently practical option, because the organization and playback control capabilities of current devices are isolated from each other.
  • a user In a multi-playback environment, a user must typically physically divide the collection, allocating select recordings to each playback locale. For example, a user may have a few CDs in an automobile, a few CDs in an office, and the remainder of the collection in a family room. Alternatively, copies of the recordings are made, and distributed to each locale, but the recording task is typically somewhat cumbersome, requiring the finding and loading of a blank medium, creation of a label, and so on.
  • a collection management system 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.
  • 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.
  • CE consumer electronic
  • PC personal or home computer
  • 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.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example block diagram of a network comp ⁇ sing a collection management system in accordance with this invention.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an example embodiment of a collection management system in accordance with this invention.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an example embodiment of a catalog database for a collection management system in accordance with this invention.
  • FIG 4 illustrates an example block diagram of a collection management system in accordance with this invention.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates an example flow diagram of a collection management process in accordance with this invention.
  • FIGs. 6A-6B illustrate example user interfaces in accordance with this invention.
  • FIGs. 7A-7B illustrate alternative example user interfaces in accordance with this invention.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example block diagram of a network 100 comp ⁇ sing a collection management system in accordance with this invention.
  • the collection resides on one or more storage devices that contain recordings of mate ⁇ al, such as music or video recordings.
  • the storage devices may include an archive set of files on one or more hard disk d ⁇ ves 110, one or more combination storage and playback devices 120, or some other storage devices (not shown) that are connected to the network 100, such as to provide access to files on a server, an Internet site, and so on.
  • the collection may comp ⁇ se content mate ⁇ al that the user merely has access to. such as recordings or performances provided by a service provider based on a license or purchase agreement with the user.
  • the term "playback" is used herein m the general sense of providing an output signal corresponding to a recorded content, a transmitted content, or an other source of content mate ⁇ al.
  • the collection management system comp ⁇ ses the collection manager 150 that contains a user interface that provides a controlled access to the one or more storage devices 110, 120 That is, the collection management system forms a " ⁇ lrrual jukebox" that allows for a selection from among a plurality of recordings m the collection contained within the associated storage devices 110, 120. Also illustrated on the network are playback devices 130, such as a CD or DVD player, a tape player, a record player, and the like, and an audio/video system 180 that allows for the presentation of the mate ⁇ al that is played from the storage and playback devices 110, 120, 130.
  • playback devices 130 such as a CD or DVD player, a tape player, a record player, and the like
  • an audio/video system 180 that allows for the presentation of the mate ⁇ al that is played from the storage and playback devices 110, 120, 130.
  • a combination of components 110, 120, 130. 150, 180 is embodied as an integrated system, thereby allowing for use in a dedicated system, a dist ⁇ aded system, or a combination of both.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an example embodiment of an integrated system 200 that includes both storage and playback capabilities.
  • the collection management system includes facilmes to automate the playback of selected recordings, for example, via a random play of selections of the same selected genre
  • a preferred embodiment includes an archiving of recordings onto a medium having a relatively fast selection and access time, such as a "hard d ⁇ ve" disk memory device with an addressable file access means
  • Alternative random access file devices such as recordable DVDs and mass storage semicon ⁇ uctor memory, may also be used
  • Existing technology such as MPEG or Philips' DCC audio compression, can be applied to compress each recording for efficient archiving
  • a conventional 40 minute/350 MB audio CD can be compressed into about 33 MB of data.
  • a conventional 10 GB hard disk d ⁇ ve could contain approximately 300 audio CDs, or more than 3000 songs
  • video data files such as an MPEG encoding of a full length movie
  • this aspect of the invention can be applied to video data files as larger capacity disk d ⁇ ves become available
  • a preferred embodiment of the integrated system 200 includes at least one playback device 130. at least one hard disc d ⁇ ve 110, and interconnection means 220 for accessing other items, or appliances, on a network. See, for example, the HAVi architecture and the Home API initiative, for home-networks, both lnvolvms substantial cont ⁇ butions from Philips Electronics, the Jini technology of Sun Microsystems, Inc.. etc.
  • the interconnection means 220 may merely connect to an amplifier, a television, a set of speakers, and so on, for rendering the recorded information.
  • the integrated system 200 may optionally include an integral amplifier and speaker system (not shown).
  • the integrated system 200 also includes an LCD touch display device 250 for interacting with the collection manager 150 (not shown) within the system 200.
  • the display device 250 may also be used as an auxiliary rendering device, or A/V system 180, for viewing video recordings in the collection.
  • A/V system 180 auxiliary rendering device
  • the integrated system 200 is used hereinafter as the paradigm for a collection management system in accordance with this invention, although as previously noted, the components of the system 200 could be distributed throughout a network, located in a computing device, and so on.
  • the collection manager 150 stores recordings at directly addressable storage locations on a hard disk drive 110.
  • the system 200 is provided with one hard drive 110, the remaining bays 210 being empty.
  • a conventional 10 GB hard disk has the capacity to hold more than 300 audio CDs, or well over 3000 songs. If the collection becomes larger than 300 CDs, additional hard drives can be added at each bay location 201.
  • the collection system of this invention is limited only by the number of files that can be indexed by the collection system. By using conventional dynamic tables, linked lists, and the like for such indexing, it would be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the maximum size of the collection is virtually unlimited.
  • an example catalog 300 that contains an identification 301 of each recording in the collection, and a locator 302 associated with each recording that identifies where the recording is located.
  • the locator 302 is not limited to a single physical device, or a single set of storage devices 110, 120.
  • the identification 301 may be, for example, the name of the recorded song, movie, show, etc.
  • the locator 302 may be an identification of the particular disk a ⁇ ay 120, the disk number within that array 120, and the track within the disk identified by that disk number.
  • the catalog 300 also includes key fields 305 that may contain, for example, the title of the recording, the author, the performer, the genre, and so on, and the identification 301 is an index number, to which these key fields 305 can be referenced. That is, for example, using conventional data base search techniques, one could determine the identification number 301 of each of the recordings having a specified genre, and provide a list of the titles and performers associated with each determined identification number.
  • the catalog 300 also includes an ancillary information 309 associated with each recording identifier 301.
  • This ancillary information 309 includes, for example, a reference to other mate ⁇ al, such as a news item related to the recording, a reference to another recording in another collection, a hyperlink address, a file containing the sc ⁇ pt or ly ⁇ cs associated with the recording, and so on.
  • the ancillary information 309 need not be limited to information that is contained within the collection itself. For example, an indexed recording of an Elvis song may contain a hyperlink to another collection that contains a movie in which Elvis sang that song. Other information, such as recording time, media type, etc., may also be associated with each recording identifier 301.
  • ent ⁇ es are made into the catalog 300 by a cataloger 350, and ret ⁇ eval from the catalog 300 is effected by a search engine 360 and ret ⁇ ever 370.
  • the cataloger 350 and ret ⁇ ever 370 form the basic collection manager 150 of FIG. 1
  • the cataloger 350 and ret ⁇ ever 370 are preferably embodied as a software program that is executable on a computing device (not shown).
  • a user interface discussed further herein, provides for user control of the cataloging and ret ⁇ eval process.
  • a preferred embodiment of this invention allows for the building of an archive of recordings from a content source 310.
  • the archive in a prefe ⁇ ed embodiment is an accumulation of copies of content mate ⁇ al or content date from one or more content sources 310 that allows for a playback of the content mate ⁇ al from the archive storage device in lieu of the o ⁇ ginal content source 310.
  • the content source may be, for example, a conventional playback device 130. such as a CD and DVD player, a cassette tape player, record player, VCR player, laser-disc player, and so on.
  • the content source is the integral CD/DVD device 130, or via an external connection 220.
  • a receiver 320 receives mate ⁇ al 311 from the content source 310, the content of the mate ⁇ al being dependent upon the capabilities of the content source 310.
  • the mate ⁇ al 311 is limited to the recorded audio information
  • the receiver obtains an identification of the mate ⁇ al 311 from an information source 340, such as an identification input from the user. This input may be a conventional text entry, or a spoken entry that is either converted to a text entry, or stored directly as a spoken identifier.
  • the content source is a CD or DVD
  • the mate ⁇ al 311 includes the unique identifier that is associated with commercial CDs and DVDs. In this case, the receiver provides the identification to the information source 340 to facilitate the determination of other information 341 related to the mate ⁇ al 311.
  • the identification can be used to access an Internet site to obtain detailed information regarding each commercial CD, such as the title, performer, etc. of each selection on the CD.
  • a user can enter such information, or provide direction to other sources of information regarding this mate ⁇ al 311.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates an example flow diagram of a cataloging and archiving process m accordance with this invention.
  • Cataloging includes the storage of the identification 321 and information 341 regarding the content 322 of the recording, and archiving includes the storage of the content 322 itself.
  • the process discussed above is initiated to determine the identification 321 of the mate ⁇ al 311 and related information 341.
  • the identification 321 is compared with the information contained within the catalog 300, at 420.
  • Other means of determining whether the playback information is already within the catalog would be evident to one of ordinary skill in the art.
  • a segment of the playback mate ⁇ al can be compared to a corresponding segment in the catalogued mate ⁇ al, using for example, a digital signature that is de ⁇ ved from each segment.
  • Incorporated by reference herein is copending US patent application "BIBLIOGRAPHIC MUSIC DATA BASE WITH NORMALIZED MUSICAL THEMES', US se ⁇ al number 08.840.356, filed 4/28/97 for Mark Hoffberg, Attorney docket PHA 23,241, now allowed for issuance as a US patent.
  • This referenced application relates to an information processing system that has a music data base.
  • the music data base stores homophomc reference sequences of music notes.
  • the reference sequences are normalized and stored lexicographically to facilitate a search based on a st ⁇ ng of input music notes.
  • Other catalog search techniques will be evident to one of ordinary skill m the art m view of this disclosure. If the mate ⁇ al has already been archived and cataloged, at 430, the process is bypassed, and the system continues uninterrupted, at 490.
  • default flags are used to identify whether cataloging or archiving should occur.
  • a va ⁇ ety of options are available, and the system can be configured to select a predetermined set of options upon initialization. The predetermined options remain m effect unless over ⁇ dden by a user input, at 440 and 445.
  • the archive options include- - Archne while playing back (auto-archive);
  • the content 322 of the recorded mate ⁇ al 311 is processed for storage by the processor 330 of FIG. 3, at 454.
  • the processing includes an encoding of the information in a compacted, or compressed, form, such as an encoding into MPEG or DCC.
  • the processing occurs while the material is being received. This option, however, requires that the processing be accomplished at least as quickly as the material arrives for rendering. That is, for example, if the material is a video stream having a 30 frame per second arrival rate, the collection building system must be able to process the received information at an aggregate rate of 30 frames per second, and must contain sufficient buffering to cope with potential bursts of data as the information content of frames vary.
  • the processing of the material is bound by the presentation speed; that is, in the above example, the processing of the material can not exceed an aggregate rate of 30 frames per second, because 30 frames per second is the speed at which the information is arriving.
  • the fast-archive mode is used whenever the mate ⁇ al need not be presented to the user while it is being processed.
  • the speed of processing is limited only by the time required to effect the processing.
  • the speed of processing may be less than or greater than the nominal presentation speed.
  • the archive rate may be substantially greater than 30 frames per second.
  • the archive rate may be substantially less than 30 frames per second.
  • the background-archive mode is used to rapidly store the material being received, while defer ⁇ ng the processing until a later time, when the system is less busy.
  • This mode can be used to rapidly load the material into the system, a process that typically requires human interaction, and then leave the system unattended.
  • This mode can also be used to rapidly load the material into the system and then replay it at presentation speed, while the processing occurs at its own pace.
  • the material can be continually buffered into storage, and then presented from storage and processed from storage simultaneously. Assuming that the average processing rate is at least as fast as the presentation rate, the processing for archiving can occur at its own pace, either faster or slower than the presentation rate, until the difference in rate causes the buffer to approach its limit of capacity, at which time the processing is slowed down.
  • the processing for archiving, at 454, in a preferred embodiment includes a compression of the material, using for example, an MPEG encoding, a DCC encoding, and the like.
  • a compression of the material using for example, an MPEG encoding, a DCC encoding, and the like.
  • the content 322 is in the approp ⁇ ate form, no further processing is required, and for example, a direct disk-to-disk transfer can be effected.
  • U.S. patent Application "SELECTIVE BY-PASS OF ANALOG MODE IN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DIGITAL DEVICES".
  • the processed mate ⁇ al is stored to an archne device 110, typically a hard d ⁇ ve.
  • the archive copy also provides a safeguard in the event of a loss of the o ⁇ gmal medium providing the content 322. If a recording is archived, it is automatically catalogued by the cataloger 350, at 464-468. If a recording is not archived, at 450. it may or may not, at 460, be catalogued.
  • This option is provided for a recording that is intended to remain at its current location at the content source 310. yet managed by the collection management system in accordance with this system.
  • This option includes the cataloging, for example, of a CD recording in a multiple CD storage/playback device 120, the cataloging of a recording that is located at an Internet site, and so on..
  • any additional information 341 that is to be associated with the recorded mate ⁇ al is determined, at 464.
  • this mate ⁇ al could be provided via input from the user, via input from an associated database, via input from an Internet site, and so on.
  • the identifier 301 of each selection, its locator 302. and any ancillary mate ⁇ al 305, 309 is stored in the archive catalog 300, at 468.
  • the identifier 301 is de ⁇ ved from the identification information 321, and may be a copy of the information 321 or a translation of the information 321 into a form that is specific to the catalog 300.
  • the locator 302 is an identifier to a location within the collection 390 where the content 322 of the mate ⁇ al 310 can be found. If, for example, the content 322 has been archived to a file on the archive device 391, its locator 302 is the name of the archive storage device 391 followed by the name of the file. If the content source 310 forms a part of the collection 390, for example a multi-disk CD storage and player device 120, the locator 302 is the name of the player 120 followed by a disk number and track number or selection number. As noted above, the physical size of each storage device 110, 120 does not, per se, limit the size of a collection 390. If additional storage is required, another storage device 110, 120 need only be added to the collection 390.
  • the catalog 300 contains a locator 302 that provides an identifier of where the recording is located, the actual location of the recording, and therefore the size of the collection 390, is only limited by the constraints and capabilities of the catalog 300, and not the physical bounds among storage devices 110, 120.
  • the ret ⁇ ever 370 uses the catalog 300 to ret ⁇ eve recordings from the collection 390.
  • the ret ⁇ ever 370 presents a list of the key fields 305 of the catalog data to a user The user selects an entry from the list, and the ret ⁇ ever determines the locator 302 that is associated with that selected entry.
  • Illustrated in FIG. 4 is a rende ⁇ ng device 380.
  • the rende ⁇ ng device 380 is the device with which the recording is presented to the user. This rende ⁇ ng device 380 may be an independent component, or integrated within a content source 310, a receiver 320, or other component withm the system.
  • the rende ⁇ ng device 380 may be an amplifier and speaker system; if the recording is a video recording, the rende ⁇ ng device 380 may be a television, a computer display, and so on.
  • the rende ⁇ ng device 380 is used to render the o ⁇ gmal content 322 du ⁇ ng the "archive v. hile playing back" option discussed above, to render ret ⁇ eved recorded content 395 from the collection 390, and so on.
  • the collection 390 has one associated default rende ⁇ ng device 380, such as the A/V system 180 of FIG 1.
  • the catalog 300 will contain an identification of the class or classes of rende ⁇ ng device 380 suitable for each recording in the catalog. Based on the locator 302 associated with the selected recording, the ret ⁇ ever 370 provides the approp ⁇ ate control information 371 to the rende ⁇ ng device 380 to effect the rende ⁇ ng of the selected recording the collection 390.
  • the locator 302 indicates that the selected recording is located on a disk store/playback device 120 at a particular disk and track location
  • the ret ⁇ ever 370 instructs, via control 371, the rende ⁇ ng device 380 to take its input from the disk store/playback device 120, and instructs, via control 372, the disk store/playback device 120 to play the identified disk, starting at the specified location.
  • the locator 302 indicates that the selected recording is stored in the archive 391, the ret ⁇ ever 370 receives the archive content 331 from the archive 391 and provides it to the rende ⁇ ng device 380 in a suitable form.
  • the ret ⁇ ever 370 provides the content 331 directly to the rende ⁇ ng device 380 as the recorded content 395. If, on the other hand, the rende ⁇ ng device 380 is not MPEG-compatible, and only accepts NTSC format signals, the ret ⁇ ever 370 performs the approp ⁇ ate translation, or accesses another processor (not shown) to effect this translation, to provide the required NTSC format signals as input to the rende ⁇ ng device 380, as indicated by the dashed lines withm the path of the recorded content 395
  • the retriever 370 in a preferred embodiment also allows for access to the catalog 300 via a search engine 360.
  • the search engine 360 includes capabilities for searching the catalog 300 based on the aforementioned key fields, and includes context-sensitive search techniques, searches based on user preferences and prior user behavior, and so on.
  • the retriever 370 provides a query or sequence of queries to the search engine 360, and the search engine 360 provides catalog data in response to each query.
  • the retriever 370 formulates the query based on a user input, which can be in a variety of forms, including a keyboard entry, a touchscreen entry, a spoken entry, and so on.
  • the integrated system 200 of FIG. 2 may be located in an automobile, and a vocal entry of "Play classics" effects the selection of all the recordings on the hard drive 110 having a genre of "classic".
  • FIG. 6A illustrates a presentation of the catalog 300 in a graphic form that is representative of the conventional storage of disks on a rack, as might be presented by the retriever 370.
  • the individual sets of recordings 610 are illustrated as disk cases, organized by genre 620 A, ownership 620B, or any other user definable groupings.
  • this display is a virtual representation of a collection
  • the category "Joe's" 620B may be a user defined category for Joe's favorite recordings, some of which may be country- music recordings. These favorite country-music recordings will be represented by a disk case on each illustrated shelf, in the "country” category 620A, and in the "Joe's" category 620B.
  • the virtual representation also allows for alternative arrangements of selections, without requiring a physical rearrangement of media devices. For example, a user may prefer to reorganize the collection by performer, rather than by genre, or in addition to genre. Techniques for sorting and organizing information from the catalog 300 are common in the art.
  • the results of such sorting and organizing is a visual form that is familiar to a user, thereby providing the user with a degree of comfort and familiarity that increases the perceived worth of the collection management system.
  • An alternative presentation of the catalog 300 information that is particularly well suited for a large collection is illustrated in FIG. 6B.
  • the user is provided a scrollable (left 631, right 632) high-level view 630 of a portion of the catalog 300 information, and a scrollable (left- ⁇ ght 641) "zoom" view 640 of individual selections 610.
  • the user may modify the views 630, 640 to display more or less of the collection, with less and more detail, respectively.
  • FIGs. 7A and 7B illustrate other example selection presentation devices 700 for the presentation of the catalog 300 information.
  • the catalog 300 is illustrated as a carousel of disks 710, similar to the carousels of legacy jukebox devices.
  • the carousel 710 is rotated by the control arrows 711, 712, as may be implemented on the example touch screen 250 of FIG. 2
  • the title of the selection, the name of the performing artist, and other information 715 is displayed, corresponding to each disc on the carousel
  • the orde ⁇ ng of selections on the virtual carousel 710 can be in any order that is convenient to the user for effecting a selection.
  • the user touches the play 720 button to effect the ret ⁇ eval and rende ⁇ ng of the desired recording.
  • the actual location of the recording is of no relevance to this selection process That is, whether the selection is at one of a half dozen 100-disk CD players in the user s home, or in a hard d ⁇ ve that is integral to the selection display device 700 is irrelevant, provided that the selection device 700 has access to the selected device.
  • the selections presented on the carousel 710 are limited to those to which the selection device 700 has access FIG.
  • GUI 7B illustrates another example graphic user interface (GUI) 750 for a presentation device 700
  • GUI graphic user interface
  • the catalog information is presented using a representation of a book 760, or folder, withm which the recordings are illustrated graphically 761 and textually 762
  • the user controls 711, 712, and 720 operate as in FIG 7A.
  • the controls 711, 712, and 720 may also be effected by vocal commands "back '. "next", and "play”, respectively.
  • the presentation device 700 is configurable to support a choice of languages for the text items of the display, and for the vocal command processing
  • the graphic representation 761 is preferably a recognizable image, such as the 'jacket cover" that is associated with individual CDs or DVDs.
  • the jacket cover may be obtained, for example, from an Internet set, based on the unique CD identifier, or it ma ⁇ be input by scanning an image from the o ⁇ gmal CD or DVD jacket.
  • the text representation may be a listing of song titles, which automatically changes to a listing of the ly ⁇ cs associated with the song that is currently selected withm that song title list.
  • the displayed information may be obtained from an information source when the mate ⁇ al is catalogued, or 13 from an information source at the time the mate ⁇ al is being considered for selection.
  • the "displayed" information could also include rende ⁇ ngs of samples from the recorded mate ⁇ al.
  • the user interface to the ret ⁇ ever 370 may be via a remote control device that accesses the ret ⁇ ever 370 either directly via, for example, an infra-red link, or indirectly via the network 100.
  • a remote control device that accesses the ret ⁇ ever 370 either directly via, for example, an infra-red link, or indirectly via the network 100.
  • the controls included in the GUI may differ depending upon the geographic location of the user, using, for example, different language text in different count ⁇ es.
  • the controls and selection c ⁇ te ⁇ a may also be dependent upon a time parameter, such as the time of day, season of the year, and so on.
  • the integrated system 200 of FIG. 2 includes an integral media player 130; a lower cost embodiment, such as one for portable use, could include a simplified ret ⁇ ever 370, catalog 300, archive 391, and rende ⁇ ng device 380.
  • the portable device could be "docked" to a full cataloging system that includes playback and storage devices 110, 120, 130, a cataloger 350, and a processor 330 for creating the archive content 331 that can be directly transferred to the archive 391 in the portable device.

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La présente invention concerne un système de gestion de collection, ou chargeur multidisque virtuel, qui permet de stocker une collection d'enregistrements indépendamment des supports physiques sur lesquels ces enregistrements sont effectués. Le système de l'invention fait partie d'un réseau qui comprend des supports mémoire et des dispositifs de lecture, et il constitue un système d'emploi facile permettant le catalogage, l'archivage et la récupération de la collection d'enregistrements. Dans un mode de réalisation préféré, un système de gestion de collection réside sur un dispositif électronique d'usage direct, ou sur un ordinateur personnel ou familial, et la collection comprend des enregistrements stockés sur une ou plusieurs unités de disque dur associée(s) au dispositif électronique d'usage direct ou à l'ordinateur personnel. Le système de gestion de collection comprend une interface utilisateur qui facilite la récupération des enregistrements en vue de leur lecture à partir d'un ou plusieurs supports mémoire, en fonction d'une sélection personnalisée basée sur le genre, l'auteur, ou sur d'autres critères. Etant donné que les enregistrements sont stockés sur une unité de disque dur ou sur un autre support mémoire de masse associé au système d'exploitation sur disque, il est possible d'avoir un accès immédiat à chaque enregistrement sur l'unité, et des unités supplémentaires peuvent être ajoutées au système au fur et à mesure que de nouveaux enregistrements viennent enrichir la collection.
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