Dynamic mobile CD music attributes database
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsBruce Alan Johnson, William A. Spencer, Anton Phillip Sohn
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Abstract
Handheld CD (compact disc) players are described. In one instance, a handheld CD player includes a CD drive to receive a CD and to determine a CD identification from the CD and a media slot to receive a portable memory card having a database. The handheld CD player also includes an attributes access module configured to retrieve music attributes from the database associated with the CD identification and to store the CD identification in the database if the CD identification is not already in the database.
Claims10
A handheld CD (compact disc) player comprising:
- a CD drive to receive a CD and to determine a CD identification from the CD;
- a media slot to receive a portable memory card having a database;
- and
- an attributes access module configured to retrieve music attributes from the database associated with the CD identification and to store the CD identification in the database if the CD identification is not already in the database.
A handheld CD (compact disc) player comprising:
- a memory;
- a CD drive configured to receive a CD and determine a CD identification;
- a media slot configured to receive a portable storage card;
- and
- an attributes access module configured to update a database in the memory with the CD identification and to transfer the database onto the portable storage card.
A handheld CD (compact disc) player comprising:
- means for determining a CD identification from a CD (compact disc);
- means for searching for the CD identification in a database;
- and
- means for storing the CD identification on a portable storage medium if the CD identification is not found in the database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.