US 7,627,343 B2 · Media player system

Abstract

A media player system is disclosed. One aspect of the media player system pertains to a docking station that allows a media player to communicate with other media devices. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a wireless media player system that includes a hand held media player capable of transmitting information over a wireless connection and one or more media devices capable of receiving information over the wireless connection. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a method of wirelessly connecting the hand held media player to another device. The method includes selecting a media item on the hand held media player; selecting one or more remote recipients on the hand held media player; and transmitting the media item locally to the hand held media player, and wirelessly to the selected remote recipients. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a hand held music player that includes a transmitter for transmitting information over a wireless connection. The transmitter is configured to at least transmit a continuous music feed to one or more personal tuning devices that each include a receiver capable of receiving information from the transmitter over the wireless connection. Yet another aspect of the media player system pertains to a connector that includes a housing and a plurality of spatially separated contacts mounted within the housing. A first set of contacts are directed at a first functionality and a second set of contacts are directed at a second functionality that is different than the first functionality.

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Dependent claims

A male plug connector for connecting to a corresponding receptacle connector of a media player, the male plug connector comprising:

a housing designed to accommodate 30 contacts spaced apart in a single row of sequentially numbered contact locations, wherein the sequentially numbered contact locations include:
digital contact locations 3 to 9 designated for digital signals including Firewire contact locations 3, 5, 7 and 9 designated for Firewire signals and Universal Serial Bus (USB) contact locations 4, 6, and 8-designated for USB signals, wherein, contact locations for Firewire signals and USB signals are interleaved to improve impedance matching;
an accessory identify contact location 10 designated for an accessory identify signal that has an associated electrical pull down to notify the media player of an accessory identification;
serial protocol contact locations 18 and 19 designated for serial protocol signals;
analog contact locations 25 to 28 designated for analog signals including audio contact locations 25, 26, 27, and 28 designated for audio signals, wherein, analog contact locations 25 to 28 are spaced apart from digital contact locations 3 to 9 to reduce crosstalk noise;
and
ground contact locations 1, 16 and 30 designated for ground to improve ground coverage.

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A male plug connector for connecting to a corresponding receptacle connector of a media player, the male plug connector comprising:

a housing designed to accommodate a plurality of contacts spaced apart in a single row of contact locations, wherein the contact locations are sequentially numbered from a first end to a second end, the contact locations including:
a first ground contact location at the first end designated for ground,
a second ground contact location at the second end designated for ground,
a third ground contact location between the first end and the second end designated for ground,
a first group of digital contact locations designated for one or more digital signals including USB, the first group of digital contact locations being disposed between the first ground contact location and the third ground contact location, and
a second group of analog contact locations designated for one or more analog signals including at least one audio signal, the second group of analog contact locations being disposed between the third ground contact location and the second ground contact location,
wherein the first, second and third ground contact locations improve ground coverage,
wherein the first group of digital contact locations includes contact locations designated for USB signals interleaved with contact locations designated for non-USB digital signals to improve impedance matching, and
wherein, the first group of digital contact locations are spaced apart from the second group of analog contact locations to reduce crosstalk noise.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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