Patent ID: 6799226
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for accessing a portable media player by a host computer over a data link, said method comprising:(a) receiving an indication that the portable media player has been attached to the host computer via the data link, the portable media player having processing circuitry, a storage device and at least one of a display and a speaker, the storage device storing media content, and the portable media player being capable of itself outputting the media content stored in the storage device to at least one of the display and the speaker; (b) logically connecting the portable media player to a file system of the host computer; (c) performing, following said attaching (a) and said logically connecting (b), first media-based processing at the host computer which accesses the portable media player; and (d) logically disconnecting the portable media player from the file system without detaching the portable media player from the host computer via the data link, said logically disconnecting being performed after performance of the first media-based processing.