Patent ID: 7289393

Claim:
A personal digital stereo music player comprising: a unitary, integral, non-articulated housing having a front panel and containing at least memory and a dedicated processor connected to the memory and configured specifically for maintaining and selectively accessing and playing songs stored in the memory; a digital display installed in the housing and being visible on said front panel, said display being controlled by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to cause the display to selectively display a plurality of menus, wherein the menus include at least one of a list of song names and a list of groups of songs; a headphone jack in the housing; an input in the housing for receiving digital music data; an amplifier operatively connected to the processor and the headphone jack and configured to amplify audio output signals produced during playing, which are transmitted to the headphone jack; and at least one touch-operable control in the housing and in communication with the processor, wherein the processor is configured such that said at least one touch-operable control is touchable to allow selection from the menus which the processor displays on the display, wherein said at least one touch-operable control is touchable to direct the processor to play a specific song, wherein said at least one touch-operable control is touchable to control the volume at which audio is played, wherein the personal digital stereo music player is configured such that a user can select and play individual songs, wherein the personal digital stereo music player is configured to display on the display at least one of time elapsed (ascending) and time remaining (descending) for the song being played, and wherein the housing includes a front panel and at least one of said at least one touch-operable control and the display are on the front panel; said at least one touch-operable control further comprising at least one manually operable function controller located on said front panel with said display for controlling said processor to cause said music player to selectively carry out at least two of the functions start, stop, pause, advance and reverse the playing of songs.