Patent ID: 6263154
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G11B

Abstract:
A system for creating a custom compilation of music comprising:(a) an audio recording on a source medium,(b) means for reproducing said audio recording from said source medium,(c) microprocessor means for individually identifying the reproduced audio recordings by item addresses, said item addresses corresponding to a specific audio program,(d) control bus means for transmitting control signals from said microprocessor means,(e) means responsive to said control signals for storing said audio recording onto master storage medium which is part of a master library storage means at an individually identified address location,(f) means to sort and segregate said stored audio recordings into one or more categories,(g) means for multiple users to select a unique grouping of individual audio programs for storage of said grouping on a destination medium,(h) intermediate buffer means responsive to said selection by users for storing some or all of said unique grouping of audio programs reproduced from said master storage medium, and(i) means for reproducing and storing the unique grouping of audio programs onto a destination medium.