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US00827

713B2

(12)

Umted

States

Patent

(10)

Patent

N0.2

8,271,713

Grady

al.

(45)

Date

Patent:

Sep.

18,

2012

(54)

INTERFACE

SYSTEMS

FOR

PORTABLE

‘(Z/11210813:

a1~

, ,

0yt1c

eta

DIGITAL

MEDIA

STORAGE

AND

PLAYBACK

6,782,239

8/2004

Johnson

a1‘

DEVICES

6,836,643

12/2004

Shealtiel

6,973,477

12/2005

Martino

(75)

Inventors:

Jeff

Grady,

Charleston,

(US);

Garey

6,978,475

12/2005

Kunin

al.

7,065,778

6/2006

Angehs’

Charleston’

ms)’

7,076,202

7/2006

Billmaier

Andrew

Green’

Mount

Pleasant’

529

871

5/2009

Schubert

al.

(US);

Vincent

Gustafson,

Chapel

2002/0002039

1/2002

Qureshey

a1.

H111,

(Us)

(Continued)

(73)

Assignee:

Philips

Electronics

North

America

FOREIGN

PATENT

DOCUMENTS

COrPOratiOmAndOVer,

(Us)

2002007004

1/2002

(

)

Notice:

Subject

any

disclaimer,

the

term

this

(Continued)

patent

extended

or adjusted

under

U.S.C.

154(b)

1453

days.

OTHER

PUBLICATIONS

AVR

140

Audio/

Video

Receiver

Owner’

Manual,

Found

online

Mar.

(21)

Appl.

No.:

11/549,614

28,

2007

http://manualsharmancom/HIQ

OWner%27s%20Manual/AVR%20

l40%20OM%20(Web)%203

(22)

Filed:

Oct.

13,

2006

29-06.pdf,

2006,

Publisher:

Harman

International

Industries,

inc.

(65)

Prior

Publication

Data

(Continued)

2008/0089667

Apr.

17,

2008

Primary

Examiner

Thai

Tran

Assistant

Examiner

MishaWn

Dunn

(51)

Int.

Cl.

G06F

13/00

(2006.01)

(57)

ABSTRACT

(52)

US.

Cl.

......

710/303; 386/219,

386/231;.386/234;

docking

assembly

Serves

interface

between

(1)

_ _ _

455/39’

455/412’

715/864

portable

digital

media

storage

and

playback

(PDMSP)

(58)

Fleld

Classl?catlon

..................

386/46,

device’

and

(2)

media

reproduction

system_

remote

Con_

386/83’

95’

96’

200> 213> 216> 219>

1’

troller

preferably

controls

the

docking

assembly

and

PDMSP

386/234; 715/864; 710/303;

455/39’

412;

device,

Which

may

receive

electric

charge

from

the

assembly.

_ _

713/189’

193

Media

reproduction

systems

may

reproduce

audio

and

video

See

apphcanon

?le

for

Complete

hlstory-

signals

user-perceptible

form.

Telephonic

relay

capability

further

provided

betWeen

telephonic

PDMSP

playback

(56)

References

Clted

U.S.

PATENT

DOCUMENTS

5,790,201

8/1998

Antos

6,175,926

1/2001

Fogle

6,240,297

5/2001

Jadoul

6,373,503

4/2002

Perkes

6,423,892

7/2002

Ramaswamy

6,545,722

4/2003

Schultheiss

al.

device

and

telephonic

remote

controller

Way

tele

phone

rebroadcast

receiver

associated

With

the

docking

assembly.

Methods

for

downloading

digital

media

?les,

and

for

creating

modifying

playlists

With

remotely

control

lable

docking

assembly

adapted

provide

television-com

patible

video

output

signal,

are

further

provided.

Claims,

Drawing

Sheets

Mlclouocsaol

YELEVIsInnnOMPAYIBLE

mlruv

ELEMlM

Summary of content (26 pages)

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US00827 l 713B2 (12) Umted States Patent (10) Patent N0.2 Grady et al. (45) Date of Patent: (54) INTERFACE SYSTEMS FOR PORTABLE (75) US 8,271,713 B2 Sep. 18, 2012 ‘(Z/11210813: a1~ l , , 0yt1c eta . DIGITAL MEDIA STORAGE AND PLAYBACK DEVICES 6,782,239 B2 6,836,643 B2 6,973,477 B1 8/2004 Johnson et a1‘ 12/2004 Shealtiel 12/2005 Martino Inventors: Jeff Grady, Charleston, SC (US); Garey . De Angehs’ Charleston’ SC ms)’ 6,978,475 B1 7,065,778 B1 7,076,202 B1 12/2005 Kunin et al.
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US 8,271,713 B2 Page 2 US. PATENT DOCUMENTS 2002/0032042 2002/0072390 2002/0077834 2002/0098813 2002/0105861 2002/0132651 2002/0151327 2003/0041206 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 3/2002 6/2002 6/2002 7/2002 8/2002 9/2002 10/2002 2/2003 2003/0154355 A1* 2004/0107253 2004/0171346 2004/0193900 2004/0224638 2005/0062695 2005/0088620 2005/0135790 2005/0195848 2005/0227773 2006/0026326 2006/0031617 2006/0039263 2006/0156415 2006/0184978 2006/0274910 2007/0055396 2007/0077784 2007/0086724 8/2003 Poplawsky et a1.
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US 8,271,713 B2 1 2 INTERFACE SYSTEMS FOR PORTABLE DIGITAL MEDIA STORAGE AND PLAYBACK DEVICES the PDMSP device to a group of persons, such as in a room or in the passenger compartment of a passenger vehicle. Another limitation associated With conventional PDMSP devices is their reliance on personal computers as a primary interface for loading, purchasing, and organiZing media ?les.
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US 8,271,713 B2 3 4 storage and playback device having a ?rst display element With (2) an audio and video reproduction system having a television-compatible second display element and a ?rst ?rst Wireless signal transmitter communicatively coupled to the voice transducer and adapted to transmit a telephonic signal indicative of the electrical vocal output signal; a second Wireless signal transmitter adapted to provide a control signal to the docking assembly; and a charge storage element suit able to pr
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US 8,271,713 B2 5 6 digital media storage and playback device to a media signal reproduction system having an ampli?er and at least one speaker, Wherein the media reproduction system is adapted to reproduce the signal indicative of digital media content in user-perceptible form. Such embodiment may further include circuitry adapted to control operation of a user-perceptible information in an upper portion of the screen, and a settings menu in a central right port of the screen. FIG.
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US 8,271,713 B2 7 8 play back digital audio and video ?les of various formats. The system 2 (e.g., components such as, but not limited to, the PDMSP device 80 preferably has at least one electrical con ampli?er 4 and various media player devices such as a CD or nector (such as the connector 190 shoWn in FIG. 2B) adapted to provide an interface for powering and/or charging PDMSP device 80 as Well as providing communication utility.
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US 8,271,713 B2 10 device (not shown) disposed in a second room of the facility, the PDMSP device need not be retrieved and undocked from outside the facility, or even in a remote facility, for reproduc the docking assembly 10 to screen, send, and/or receive audio tion via a second audio and video reproduction system (not shoWn). The docking assembly 10 may include an internal or external antenna (not shoWn) adapted for use With the Wire or data communications.
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US 8,271 ,713 B2 11 12 enable video telephony. In a preferred embodiment, the out various audio and video output modes, or betWeen any of various audio or video output formats), and the like. OWing to put format and/ or data output rate of the camera device 42 is user-con?gurable to provide an output appropriately tailored to the memory available, network limitations, and/or desired end use.
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US 8,271 ,713 B2 13 14 ted to the at least one video port 32 and/or the at least one Songs, Genres, Composers, and Songbooks. In each instance, audio/video port 33 for transmission to the audio and video the user-selectable options are selectable With a remote con reproduction system 2. troller device, such as the devices 50, 150 described herein. The screen shots depicted in FIGS. 9A-9C are merely illus A PDMSP device 80 may communicate, through an inter face connector (e.g.
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