Patent ID: 8739034

Claim:
A media system comprising: a base unit adapted to playback and record portions of media content being received from an external media source, the base unit having: a controller; a memory forming a non-removable portion of the base unit; and a gap detection software module for analyzing the media content as the media content is received by the base unit in a streaming format, and determining a start point and an end point for sections of the media content being received that represent commercial advertisements which are not to be recorded, and denoting remaining portions of the media content as designated portions that are to be stored as new media files; a portable media player adapted to be docked to the base unit and to communicate with the base unit; the base unit further being adapted to store the designated portions of the media content in a memory as the new media files when the portable media player is not docked on the base unit; the controller further being configured to upload the new media files stored thereon to the portable media player after the portable media player is docked on the base unit.