Patent ID: 8589505

Claim:
A system comprising: a media playback device, comprising: a digital signal processor configured to locally encode information stored on a storage media; an indicia reader coupled to the digital signal processor; and a network interface coupled to the digital signal processor; wherein the media playback device is configured to: read, using the indicia reader, an indicia coupled to a storage media storing playable content encoded in a first format, wherein the indicia uniquely identifies the storage media over all storage media storing the playable content; access, based on the indicia read, a remote device using the network interface; determine, based on the indicia read, whether a previously generated copy of the playable content encoded in a different format from the first format is stored on the remote device; and retrieve, from the remote device, the playable content encoded in the different format from the first format; wherein the media playback device is configured to initiate retrieval of the playable content from the remote device upon reading the indicia, and once initiated, to complete the retrieval without additional user input.