Patent ID: 7487226

Claim:
A digital content transfer system comprising: a rewritable audio memory card defining a memory device independent of, and separate from, a media player and being configured to store at least one portable audio file; and a transfer appliance including: a memory card reader configured to removably receive, via slidable insertion, the rewritable audio memory card, wherein the memory card reader is configured to read the at least one portable audio file from the rewritable audio memory card and configured to write the at least one portable audio file into the rewritable audio memory card; a controller configured to direct user-initiated transfer of the at least one portable audio file, via a network communication link and independent of a personal computer, between an internet-located digital content service provider and the memory card reader, wherein the user-initiated transfer includes: (1) selectively sending the at least one portable audio file from the rewritable audio memory card directly to the internet-located digital content service provider and (2) selectively receiving the at least one portable audio file into the rewritable audio memory card directly from the internet-located digital content service provider; and an interactive graphical display configured to display information regarding the at least one portable audio file and configured to direct_transfer of the at least one portable audio file via activatable functions on the display, the interactive graphical display including: an audio file selector configured to enable selection of the at least one portable audio file from plurality of portable audio files accessible at the internet-located digital content service provider for transfer from the internet-located digital content service provider directly into the rewritable audio memory card.