Patent ID: 7239800
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable digital video player system, the system comprising: a storage subsystem for storing compressed video information in a proprietary format; a media decoder for transforming the compressed video information in a proprietary format into non-proprietary format compressed video information, and wherein the media decoder decompresses the non-proprietary compressed video information into decompressed audio and video portions; a user input device for instructing the media decoder to retrieve from the storage medium and decompress a selected item of compressed video information into the respective decompressed audio and video portions; a video display for displaying the decompressed video portion received from the media decoder; and at least one of a speaker and a headphone jack for reproducing the decompressed audio portion received from the media decoder; wherein the media decoder transforms the compressed video information from a proprietary format to a non-proprietary compressed format and stores the non-proprietary compressed format on the storage subsystem.