Patent ID: 9535985
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A dual purpose audio device comprising: a body section formed as a cassette; a digital audio file player component internal to said body section, the digital audio file player component including a memory and a processor configured to download, store and play a digital audio file through at least one audio sensing device; a transducer in the body section for providing analog audio information readable by a magnetic playing head of an analog cassette player for playing the digital audio file through the cassette player; a display associated with the processor configured to display information related to the digital audio file; and a non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions for designating an order of playback of a plurality of digital audio files, wherein execution of the program instruction by the processor causes the processor to carry out the steps of: (a) presenting a list of the plurality of digital audio files; (b) receiving a response identifying a first digital audio file; (c) designating the identified first digital audio file as one that will be played among the plurality of digital audio files; (d) receiving a response identifying a second digital audio file; (e) designating the identified second digital audio file as one that will be played among the plurality of digital audio files; (f) establishing an order for playback between the designated first digital audio file and the designated second digital audio file; and (g) automatically begin playback of the first digital audio file and the second digital audio file based on the established order of playback upon detecting the cassette being initiated for playback within the analog cassette player.