Patent ID: 8812143
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G05B,G06F,G06Q,G10H,H04L

Abstract:
1. An audio reproduction device comprising: tuner circuitry and a user interface presenting a plurality of user selections, one or more of the user selections in the user interface, when selected, generating at least one control signal causing the tuner circuitry to select a predetermined frequency for demodulation and reproduction via the audio reproduction device; an electronic communication interface providing a temporary electronic communication interface directly between the audio reproduction device and a portable digital music storage and playback device; wherein the user interface for the audio reproduction device presents a plurality of user selections specifically designated for controlling interaction with the portable digital music storage and playback device and which, when selected, cause generation of one or more control signals based on a user selection at the audio reproduction device user interface that are transferred directly to the digital music storage and playback device via the temporary electronic communication interface, the one or more control signals causing transfer from the digital music storage and playback device of one or more digitally recorded songs directly into the audio reproduction device via the temporary electronic communication interface; wherein the audio reproduction device user interface also includes user selection circuitry for generating a storage instruction signal based on a user input, the storage instruction signal causing the audio reproduction device to store in an electronic memory of the audio reproduction device digital information sufficient to identify a song played back by the audio reproduction device and wherein the electronic memory stores digital information sufficient to identify a plurality of songs for transfer into the portable digital music storage device, wherein the audio reproduction device stores digital information sufficient to identify a plurality of songs based on storage instructions generated by the user selection circuitry at a time when the portable digital music storage and playback device is not connected to the audio reproduction device; and further wherein the audio reproduction device is configured to automatically communicate with the portable digital music storage and playback device to provide the automatic transfer of the stored digital information sufficient to identify a plurality of songs from the audio reproduction device to a memory of the portable digital music storage and playback device when the portable digital music storage and playback device is temporarily connected to the audio reproduction device via the electronic communication interface, and further wherein the automatic transfer of the stored digital information occurs without user selection of the data to be transferred from the audio reproduction device memory to the memory of the portable digital music storage and playback device; and wherein a computer program executed at a user computer at a time when the portable digital music storage and playback device is connected to the computer causes automatic generation of an electronic communication from the computer to a remote server, the electronic communication transferring digital information sufficient to identify the plurality of songs stored in the memory of the portable digital music storage and playback device without selection of the digital information by the user and the computer processing a responsive communication in order to provide the user with a plurality of link data providing for the purchase and/or preview of the plurality of songs originally designated by the user selection circuitry of the audio reproduction device.