Music box with memory stick or other removable media to change content
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsAnthony Capobianco, John Timothy Nolan
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Abstract
One exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an apparatus for playing music. The apparatus includes a manually movable spring, a generator mechanically coupled to the manually movable spring, and a controller electrically coupled to the generator. The apparatus also includes a memory interface coupled to the controller, the memory interface, in an operative configuration, coupled to a removable memory device containing digital music data. The apparatus can further include an audio interface coupled to the controller, the audio interface, in an operative configuration, coupled to a speaker.
Claims26
An apparatus for playing music, comprising:
- a manually movable spring;
- a generator mechanically coupled to said manually movable spring;
- a controller electrically coupled to said generator;
- a memory interface coupled to said controller, said memory interfaces, in an operative configuration, coupled to a removable memory device containing digital music data;
- an audio interface coupled to said controller, said audio interface, in an operative configuration, coupled to a speaker;
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- a display coupled to said controller.
A system for playing digital music, comprising:
- a) a processor controlled apparatus for coupling to a computer network and for receiving digital music data from the computer network, and
- b) a mechanically-powered music box including:
- (i) a manually movable spring;
- (ii) a generator mechanically coupled to said manually movable spring;
- (iii) a controller electrically coupled to said generator and to said processor controlled apparatus;
- (iv) a memory interface coupled to said controller and coupled to a memory device storing the digital music data;
- (v) an audio interface coupled to said controller and coupled to a speaker;
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- (vi) a display coupled to said controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.