Patent ID: 7213085
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for increasing a speed with which digital data stored on a digital medium are ripped so that the digital data are entered into a visible store in a form that is playable, comprising the steps of: (a) enabling a user to play the digital medium at a speed appropriate to experience the content provided by the digital data stored on the digital medium; (b) while thus playing the digital medium, storing the digital data in a cache maintained in a non-volatile memory, said cache being accessible at a higher data rate than the digital content stored on the digital medium; (c) hiding the cache and the digital data stored therein so that they are not apparent to the user and cannot be played by the user; and (d) at a subsequent time, copying the digital data that are stored in the cache into the visible store on the non-volatile memory if the user decides to rip the digital data and selectively initiates entry of the digital data into the visible store, said digital data in the cache appearing in the visible store faster than if transferred from the digital medium and being playable by the user after being transferred into the visible store.