Patent ID: 6378010
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A system for processing compressed audio data stored on removable storage media, comprising:a system manger configured to receive inputs from a user of said system and, in response to said inputs, to read organizational structure information stored on a removable storage medium, said system manager further configured to identify a set of compressed data stored on said removable storage medium based on said inputs and said organizational structure information, said system manager further configured to retrieve instructions from a decompression application stored on said removable storage medium and to transmit said instructions; a processing element configured to receive said instructions transmitted by said system manager and to execute said instructions, wherein execution of said instructions by said processing element decompresses said set of compressed data into uncompressed data; and an audio output device configured to receive said uncompressed data and to produce sound based on said uncompressed data.