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US 2006/0134959 A1Published application
Incorporating a portable digital music player into a vehicle audio system
AssigneeDashJack, Inc.
InventorJesse Ellenbogen
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Abstract
A carriage receives and secures a portable digital music player in a vehicle audio system. The carriage is mechanically engagable with a dock of the vehicle audio system. Access and control over a portable digital music player received and secured by the vehicle audio system may be provided.
Claims30
A carriage, comprising:
- an external housing to provide a mechanical engagement of the carriage into a dock;
- the carriage defining an internal cavity communicating with an opening, the opening to receive a portable digital music player;
- and
- an connector specific to the portable digital music player disposed within the cavity to cooperatively engage a connector external to the carriage.
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An audio apparatus, comprising:
- a carriage defining an internal cavity communicating with an opening, the opening to receive a portable digital music player;
- an connector specific to the portable digital music player disposed within the cavity to cooperatively engage a connector external to the carriage;
- an external housing of the carriage to provide a mechanical engagement of the carriage into a dock;
- the dock defining an internal cavity ending in an opening, the opening to receive the carriage;
- and
- a connector disposed within the dock to cooperatively engage with the connector external to the carriage.
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A system, comprising:
- a portable digital music player to provide digital music files and data;
- a carriage defining an internal cavity communicating with an opening, the opening to receive the portable digital music player;
- a connector specific to the portable digital music player disposed within the cavity to cooperatively engage a connector external to the carriage;
- an external housing of the carriage to provide a mechanical engagement of the carriage into a dock;
- the dock defining an internal cavity ending in an opening, the opening to receive the carriage;
- and
- a connector disposed within the dock to cooperatively engage with the connector external to the carriage.
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A method of voice operation comprising:
- receiving a voice command for a desired item;
- displaying the desired item;
- receiving an action to take regarding the desired item;
- and
- performing the action.
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A method of providing wireless communication comprising:
- providing a communicative link between a wireless communication device and an vehicle audio system;
- pausing music playback during a wireless communication;
- and
- resuming music playback upon completion of the communication.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.