Patent ID: 6119116
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: G06F,G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
In an installable file system for use with an operating system interconnected within a client server network, a method for accessing and distributing audio data comprising:reading Table of Contents information off an audio CD in a CD-ROM driver;constructing a virtual directory of audio files, having one file corresponding to each track on said audio CD by calculating a size for each file in said virtual directory of audio files as a function of length information associated with each track in said audio CD Table of Contents;bidirectionally transforming audio CD track time information into byte offsets into said virtual directory of audio files;forward mapping audio CD Table of Contents track time information in minutes, seconds and frames into virtual file byte offsets when constructing said virtual file directory; andback mapping virtual file byte offsets into audio CD track times in minutes, seconds and frames when reading audio CD data.