Patent ID: 7895610

Claim:
A digital audio playback device (DAPD) comprising: an external interface included within the digital audio playback device and coupled to a connected processing system, said connected processing system executing a user interface application program that accesses and controls said digital audio playback device via said external interface; a memory included within the digital audio playback device and coupled to said external interface, wherein said memory stores a reverse DAPD application programming interface (API); and a processor coupled to said memory and said external interface that executes said reverse DAPD API, said reverse DAPD API causes said processor to access and control a user interface associated with said user interface application program, wherein the user interface associated with said user interface application program is displayed on a monitor screen associated with said connected processing system, wherein said reverse DAPD API comprises first data which identifies a manufacturer of said digital audio playback device, and wherein said reverse DAPD API causes an identity of the manufacturer to be displayed on the monitor screen in a human-readable form.