Patent ID: 6953886
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: G06F,G10H,G11B

Abstract:
1. A media organizer and entertainment center comprising: an importer for importing individual media/data selections and automatically assigning each media/data selection at least one associated category flag representing a user-selected media content style; a storage device for storing compressed data corresponding to the plurality of individual media/data selections and the associated category flags; a retriever for retrieving the compressed data corresponding to the data selections from the storage device based upon user selection of one or more of the associated category flags; a selector for selecting for retrieval for a time interval chosen by the user the compressed data corresponding to each user-selected category flag; a data decompresser that translates the compressed data into playable digital media/data representing a timed sequence of all the media content styles selected by the user, and means for outputting the playable digital media data to a playing device whereby said device automatically plays a series of media selections segmented in a timed fashion according to the selected media styles.