Interleaving of information into compressed digital audio streams
AssigneeSONICblue, Inc.
InventorClayton Neil Cowgill
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Abstract
A digital audio device. The device includes a communications port to connect the device to a server and a controller to allow transfer of digital audio files from the server. The digital audio files may include non-audio data interleaved with the digital audio files and the device will include a decoder to decode the non-audio data.
Claims26
A digital audio device, comprising:
- a communications port to connect the device to a server;
- a controller to allow transfer of digital audio files from the server, wherein the digital audio files contain interleaved data;
- and
- a decoder to decode the interleaved data.
A method of providing information associated with digital audio files, the method comprising:
- receiving a file identifier to identify a digital audio file to be downloaded to a client;
- interleaving non-audio information with the digital audio file to create a digital data stream;
- and
- transmitting the digital data stream to the client.
A method of accessing information associated with digital audio files, the method comprising:
- transmitting a file identifier to a server to identify a digital audio file to be downloaded;
- receiving the digital audio file, wherein non-audio information data interleaved with the digital audio file is also received;
- and
- decoding the non-audio information data to provide non-audio information associated with the digital audio file to a user.
A digital audio device, comprising:
- a means for connecting the device to a server;
- a means for transferring digital audio files from the server, wherein the digital audio files contain interleaved data;
- and
- a means for decoding the interleaved data.
An article containing machine-readable code that, when executed, causes a machine to:
- transmit a file identifier to a server to identify a digital audio file to be downloaded;
- receive the digital audio file, wherein non-audio information data interleaved with the digital audio file is also received;
- and
- decode the non-audio information data to provide non-audio information associated with the digital audio file to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.