Patent ID: 8841536

Claim:
A media device comprising: a player device adapted to play, mix, mash, and store audio content formatted as one of a plurality of discrete digital interactive phrases, each discrete digital interactive phrase encoded with a unique code and associated with one or more of an instrumental phrase and a lyrics phrase, and to display a representation thereof, the player device having one or more receptacles on a housing of the player device; and a plurality of media components that are insertable into and removable from one of the one or more receptacles, each media component storing a set of the plurality of discrete digital interactive phrases, and having a physical and data exchange connection with the player device when inserted into one of the one or more receptacles to transfer the discrete digital interactive phrases to the player device for the playing, mixing, mashing, and storing of the discrete digital interactive phrases, the player device being configured to: create a mixed sequence by mixing the plurality of discrete digital interactive phrases in accordance with a first sequence while keeping the lyrics phrase and instrumental phrase of each discrete digital interactive phrase together, create a first reference file from the codes associated with the mixed plurality of discrete digital interactive phrases, create a mashed sequence by mashing the plurality of discrete digital interactive phrases in accordance with a second sequence by at least separating a first instrumental phrase from a first discrete digital interactive phrase, separating a first lyrics phrase from a second discrete digital interactive phrase, and combining the first instrumental phrase with the first lyrics phrase, create a second reference file from the codes associated with the mashed plurality of discrete digital interactive phrases, provide the mixed sequence to a user by transmitting the first reference file without the discrete digital interactive phrases associated with the mixed sequence, and provide the mashed sequence to the user by transmitting the second reference file without the discrete digital interactive phrases associated with the mashed sequence.