Patent ID: 7146157

Claim:
A device for allowing a user to access audio information stored in a plurality of locations using a single interface, comprising: a transceiver to communicate with at least one remote storage system adapted to store audio information; memory capacity adapted to store audio information; a processor associated with said transceiver and said memory capacity, said processor adapted to control operation of said transceiver and said memory capacity; and an interface associated with said processor, said interface adapted to be manipulated by said user and adapted to provide signals to said processor for causing said processor to access audio information stored in said memory capacity and/or in said at least one remote storage system, wherein said interface is further adapted to control a process that plays said audio information stored in said memory capacity upon actuation of said interface by said user, and is further adapted to control a process that automatically plays said audio information stored in said at least one remote system, and said process that plays said audio information stored in said at least one remote system automatically accesses and plays said audio information when said transceiver is on-line with said at least one remote system, and when not on-line, automatically initiates a communication session with said at least one remote system in order to access and play said audio information stored on said at least one remote system.