Patent ID: 6965954

Claim:
A data playing system comprising: playing means for generating a first control signal corresponding to operational inputs entered by a user, said playing means receiving media data and a second control signal, wherein said playing means plays said media data according to said second control signal; computing means including storage means for storing said media data, said computing means operating to select, read, and transmit said media data using said first control signal, wherein said computing means transmits said media data along with said second control signal to appropriately process and play said media data on said playing means; and conversion means coupled to said playing means and said computing means, said conversion means receiving, converting, and transmitting said first control signal in a first format compatible with said playing means into a second format compatible with said computing means, said conversion means also receiving, converting, and transmitting said second control signal and said media data in said second format compatible with said computing means into said first format compatible with said playing means.