Patent ID: 6185163
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A vehicle audio system, comprising:a radio for receiving radio waves and generating output based upon the received radio waves;a random access player for generating output based upon digital information contained on a recording media; anda play list modification system that provides alteration of a play list without interrupting the generation of an output by the random access player, the play list modification system having:a memory having a data structure that stores data which identifies a sequence as defined by the play list;a processor that accesses the memory, the processor providing a control signal for the generation of output by the player based upon the access to the data stored in the data structure of the memory; andan interface control panel that receives a user request and transmits the request to the processor, the processor accessing the memory and altering the data stored in the data structure of the memory in response to the user request without interrupting the generation of output by the Random Access Player.