Patent ID: 6965949

Claim:
A method performed by a computing system, the method comprising: reporting write capabilities and digital audio extraction capabilities; unifying command set behavior of CD-R/RW drives in the system; and specifying a minimum set of features for the drives, the method being accomplished by: from a computer-readable medium device, receiving a description of first and second features of the computer-readable medium device, the first feature being other than an identification of the computer-readable medium device, and the computer-readable medium device being a compact disc device; in response to the description, configuring a program for managing access by the computing system to the computer-readable medium device, without relying on the identification of the computer-readable medium device; and in response to instructions of the configured program, accessing the computer-readable medium device, wherein the first feature includes at least one of write capabilities and digital audio extraction capabilities of the computer-readable medium.