Method and system for network delivery of content associated with physical audio media

A system for automatically retrieving and presenting data associated with an audio recording having unique identifying indicia therein, wherein said system includes a multimedia computer, said system comprising:

• means for storing a unique identifying indicia associated with said audio recording, said unique identifying indicia being stored on a storage media separately from said audio recording, said indicia conforming to a Red Book Audio CD standard, said audio recording being stored on said storage media, wherein said unique identifying indicia is accessed without accessing said audio recording;
• reading means for reading said unique identifying indicia associated with said audio recording from said storage media, in response to playing an audio recording in a multimedia computer system;
• search means for searching a listing of codes for a code corresponding to said unique identifying indicia;
• retrieval means for retrieving multimedia data corresponding to said unique identifying indicia, in response to finding said code corresponding to said unique identifying indicia;
• and
• presentation means for presenting said multimedia data corresponding to said unique identifying indicia in said multimedia computer system, while playing said audio recording in said multimedia computer system.

A program product residing in computer memory in a computer system for automatically retrieving and presenting data associated with an audio recording having unique identifying indicia therein, wherein said system includes a multimedia computer, said program product comprising:

• means for storing a unique identifying indicia associated with said audio recording, said unique identifying indicia being stored on a storage media separately from said audio recording, said indicia conforming to a Red Book Audio CD standard, said audio recording being stored on said storage media, wherein said unique identifying indicia is accessed without accessing said audio recording;
• reading means for reading said unique identifying indicia associated with said audio recording from said storage media, in response to playing an audio recording in a multimedia computer system;
• search means for searching a listing of codes for a code corresponding to said unique identifying indicia;
• retrieval means for retrieving multimedia data corresponding to said unique identifying indicia, in response to finding said code corresponding to said unique identifying indicia;
• presentation means for presenting said multimedia data corresponding to said unique identifying indicia in said multimedia computer system, while playing said audio recording in said multimedia computer system;
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• signal bearing media bearing said identifying means, said search means, said retrieval means, and said presentation means.

A method in a multimedia computer system for automatically retrieving and presenting data associated with an audio recording, said method comprising the steps of:

• storing a unique identifying indicia associated with said audio recording, said unique identifying indicia being stored on a storage media separately from said audio recording, said indicia conforming to a Red Book Audio CD standard, said audio recording being stored on said storage media, wherein said unique identifying indicia is accessed without accessing said audio recording;
• reading said unique identifying indicia associated with said audio recording from said storage media, in response to playing an audio recording in a multimedia computer system;
• searching a listing of codes for a code corresponding to said unique identifying indicia;
• retrieving multimedia data corresponding to said unique identifying indicia from a remote computer system coupled to said multimedia computer system utilizing a network in response to finding said code corresponding to said unique identifying indicia, wherein said multimedia data is stored within said remote computer system;
• and
• presenting said multimedia data corresponding to said unique identifying indicia utilizing said multimedia computer system, while playing said audio recording in said multimedia computer system.

A multimedia computer system for automatically retrieving and presenting data associated with an audio recording, comprising:

• means for storing a unique identifying indicia associated with said audio recording, said unique identifying indicia being stored on a storage media separately from said audio recording, said audio recording being stored on said storage media, wherein said unique identifying indicia is accessed without accessing said audio recording;
• means for identifying said unique identifying indicia associated with said audio recording, in response to playing an audio recording in a multimedia computer system;
• means for searching a listing of codes for a code corresponding to said unique identifying indicia;
• means for retrieving multimedia data corresponding to said unique identifying indicia from a remote computer system coupled to said multimedia computer system utilizing a network in response to finding said code corresponding to said unique identifying indicia, wherein said multimedia data is stored within said remote computer system;
• and
• means for presenting said multimedia data corresponding to said unique identifying indicia utilizing said multimedia computer system, while playing said audio recording in said multimedia computer system.