Music marking system
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsJoseph Novelli, Shai A. Laronne
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Abstract
A method and apparatus that permits a user to electronically make a notation of a recorded music selection that he or she would like to take a later action on. Such later actions might include purchase actions or information gathering actions as well as other actions. The user actuates a button on a portable music player that plays music stored on a removable storage medium (e.g., a minidisc) and the music player stores identifying information that identifies the currently playing track of music. By connection of the music player to a personal computer, the user can then download the marked tracks to the personal computer and carry out actions over the Internet with service providers to complete transactions or queries.
Claims70
A media player apparatus, comprising:
- a music player for playback of music selections stored on a storage medium;
- a processor that controls a portion of operation of the player;
- a user interface that receives commands from a user and sends those commands to the processor;
- a memory coupled to the processor;
- and
- wherein, upon receipt of a mark command from the user interface, the processor stores an identifier in the memory that identifies a music selection that is playing at the time of receipt of the mark command.
A method of operation of a media player, comprising:
- playing a music selection stored on a storage medium;
- receiving a mark command from a user interface;
- and
- responsive to the mark command from the user interface, storing an identifier in a memory to identify the music selection that is playing at the time of receipt of the mark command.
A method of operation of a media player, comprising:
- playing a music selection stored on a storage medium;
- receiving a mark command from a user interface;
- responsive to the mark command from the user interface, storing an identifier in a memory to identify the music selection that is playing at the time of receipt of the mark command;
- connecting the media player to a computer;
- sending the identifier to the computer;
- and
- conducting a transaction over the Internet relating to the music selection identified by the identifier.
A method of obtaining information, comprising:
- retrieving a list of identifiers from a media player, the list of identifiers identifying tracks that have been marked for later retrieval by a user action, the list containing at least one identifier;
- and
- conducting a transaction over the Internet relating to the music selection identified by the identifier.
An electronic storage medium storing instructions which, when executed on the computer, carries out the method of obtaining information comprising:
- retrieving a list of identifiers from a media player, the list of identifiers identifying tracks that have been marked for later retrieval by a user action, the list containing at least one identifier;
- and
- conducting a transaction over the Internet relating to the music selection identified by the identifier.
A method of updating a table of contents (TOC) of a recorded medium, comprising:
- retrieving a list of identifiers from a media player, the list of identifiers identifying tracks that have been marked for later retrieval by a user action, the list containing at least one identifier;
- comparing the list of identifiers with a database to obtain further information regarding the list of identifiers;
- and
- updating the recorded medium's table of contents with the updated information.
A media player apparatus, comprising:
- an electronic media player that plays selections from a storage medium;
- a user interface to the electronic media player;
- a memory;
- and
- means, responsive to receipt of a signal from the user interface, for retrieving an identifier that identifies a selection currently playing on the electronic media player and for storing the identifier in the memory.
An electronic media player apparatus, comprising:
- a media player device for playback of audio content from a removable electronic storage medium;
- an electronic memory;
- and
- a processor within the media player that obtains identifying information from the electronic storage medium and stores the identifying information in the electronic memory.
A minidisc playback apparatus, comprising:
- a minidisc player mechanism for playback of audio content from a minidisc;
- an electronic memory;
- and
- a processor that obtains identifying information from the minidisc and stores the identifying information in the electronic memory.
A minidisc playback apparatus, comprising:
- a minidisc player mechanism for playback of audio content from a minidisc;
- an electronic memory;
- a user interface;
- and
- a processor that obtains identifying information from the minidisc in response to a command from the user interface and stores the identifying information in the electronic memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.