Patent ID: 8612655
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for synchronizing a host media player and a removable audio player, comprising: receiving a new media file via an external connector in the host media player, wherein the new media file may be a digital audio file or a digital media file of a media type that the removable audio player is unable to play but the host media player is able to play; storing the new media file in a storage unit within the host media player; and if the removable audio player is attached to the host media player: receiving another new media file via a wireless modem within the removable audio player, wherein the other new media file may be a digital audio file or a digital media file of the media type that the removable audio player is unable to play but the host media player is able to play; copying the other new media file to the storage unit within the host media player, if the removable audio player is attached to the host media player; storing the other new media file in the storage unit within the removable audio player, if the other new media file is an audio file; and erasing the other new media file from the removable audio player, if the other new media file is a file of the media type that the removable audio player is unable to play.