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`Field of the Invention
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`Background of the Invention
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`The present invention relates to the field of audio file transfers and, more
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`particularly, relates to the field of management and distribution of audio files ”over a
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`computer network such as the Internet.
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`Description of the Related Art
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`The Internet is a worldwide array of interconnected computers and information
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`servers that allow anyone with a computer and access to the Internet to get information
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`about virtually any subject 24 hours a day. For the average consumer, an Internet Service
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`Provider (ISP) provides access to the Internet.
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`ISPs such as CompuServe, Prodigy, and
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`America On-Line, currently link over ten million users to the Internet. Users typically
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`connect to the ISP by using standard telephone lines and a telephone modem. Cable
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`modems that allow a user to connect to the ISP over cable television lines, and satellite
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`connections to the Internet, are also available.
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`The Internet provides a wealth of information from stock reports to headline news.
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`One of the newer services provided on the Internet is a streaming audio (e. g., RealAudio
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`and MPEG audio) service. Streaming audio services are often provided in connection
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`with the World Wide Web (Web) and thus are often called Web radio broadcasts. With
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`streaming audio, a user with a Personal Computer (PC), a sound card, and the necessary
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`software can listen to audio programs from anywhere in the world. For example, Radio
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`Prague provides daily Internet broadcasts from the Czech Republic. Listeners in the US.
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`can listen to these Web radio broadcasts either in real time, or stored for later replay.
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`Thus, unlike more traditional radio broadcasts where the listener must be within a
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`reception area, Web radio broadcasts can be heard anywhere, so long as the listener has a
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`connection to the Internet and the necessary computer hardware and software.
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`Unfortunately, even with the ever-decreasing cost of personal computers, the
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`hardware and software needed to listen to a Web radio broadcast is beyond the financial
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`means of many people. Even for those that can afford a personal computer, listening to a
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`Web radio broadcast ties up the computer so that the user cannot use it for other purposes.
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`Moreover, the use of a personal computer to receive streaming audio (e.g., Web radio
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`broadcasts) requires a certain amount of computer literacy on the part of the user. The
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`user must be able to install the Web Radio software, configure the Web Radio software to
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`communicate with the ISP, and find the various Web radio broadcasts provided on the
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`Web.
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`In addition to listening to Web radio broadcasts, users may wish to listen to
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`audio files. With a group of PC’s in a home and in a network, users can download
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`songs from one PC to another or upload songs from one PC to another. However, users
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`cannot play a song on one PC by using the controls of another PC.
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`In addition, the
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`users must purchase multiple PC’s, which can be costly. Further, the user must be able
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`user can afford to purchase multiple PC’s and install the proper connection, the user
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`For example, the Web radio broadcast may be interrupted. Also, a skip over parts of a
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`song may result if the user is using a word processing program at the same time as
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`The present invention solves these and other problems by providing a network-
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`Summag of the Invention
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`enabled audio device for listening to a variety of audio sources with substantially equal
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`convenience. The network—enabled audio device has a visual display for providing
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`audio source choices to a user. The visual display also provides functions for managing
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`audio sources. User control buttons allow a user to choose an audio source to listen to.
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`The menu buttons allow the user to choose functions for managing the audio sources.
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`In one embodiment, there is also tuner circuitry for receiving radio frequency signals
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`from radio broadcast stations. In one embodiment, a CD player allows the user to listen
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`to CD’S. In one embodiment, the network—enabled audio device also has one or more
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`audio amplifiers and one or more loudspeakers operably connected to said audio
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`amplifiers. In one embodiment, a modem is used for transmitting and receiving digital
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`data over a communications network. One embodiment includes a data storage device.
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`A first software module is stored on the data storage device, and the software
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`module is configured to decode compressed audio files
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`into a playable (e.g.
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`uncompressed) format. A second software module is also stored on the data storage
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`device. The second software module is configured to use the modem to connect to an
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`Internet service provider to receive assignments of playlists from a third software
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`module. The playlists include references to audio from a variety of audio sources. The
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`assignments provide information about the location of other web sites containing the
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`audio sources. The second software module is configured to subsequently connect
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`through an Internet service provider to web sites to download audio files.
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`A third software module is also stored on the data storage device. The third
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`software module is configured to use the modem to connect to an Internet service
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`provider to receive digitized audio broadcasts from the Internet service provider. The
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`module is further configured to provide a select-broadcast display to allow the user to
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`selectably connect a program broadcast to the input of one or more audio amplifiers
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`either from a local AM or FM radio station or from the world wide Web so that, to the
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`user, reception of a broadcast form the World Wide Web is no more complicated than
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`listening to a local FM or AM radio station.
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`One aspect of the present invention is a network-enabled audio device that
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`allows a user to store files, to play standard audio CD’S, to play MP3 encoded CDs, to
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`record songs from CD’s, to receive digitized radio broadcasts over the World Wide Web
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`(Web), and to receive assignments of playlists of songs from other network-enabled
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`audio devices. The network-enabled audio device provides the hardware and software
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`to perform those functions without the need for expensive equipment. Optionally, a
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`Local Area Network can be configured in place of, or in addition to, the Internet
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`connection to facilitate assignments of playlists and other features. Without an Internet
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`connection or other network connection, the network-enabled audio device can play
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`standard audio CD’s, can play MP3 encoded CD’S, and can record CD’S.
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`The network-enabled audio device provides a display device, such as a Liquid
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`Crystal Display (LCD) that allows the user to select playlists of music much like a
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`jukebox. The user can compose playlists from disk files, CD’s, Internet streaming audio
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`broadcasts, online music sites, and other audio sources.
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`In one embodiment, the user
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`can also compose playlists from links to AM/FM broadcasts. The user can also select a
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`desired Web broadcast from a list of available Web broadcasts. In addition, the user can
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`play standard audio CD’s and MP3 encoded CD’S and have access to local AM/FM
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`stations. Further, the software, the user controls, and the display in the network—enabled
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`audio device are operably configured and connected such that the user can listen to
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`playlists that include CD’S and other audio sources just as the user would choose a
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`playlist in a jukebox. Thus, the netvvork—enabled audio device provides people who are
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`or are not comfortable with computers a way of taking music from various sources and
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`putting it into one place for listening pleasure.
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`In one embodiment,
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`Computer (PC) is used to compose the playlists, but the user is able to listen to playlists
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`and other audio sources without using the PC.
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`In one embodiment, the network-enabled audio device is a low-cost tabletop box
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`that connects to an AC power line and optionally to a phone line or to a local area
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`network connection such as Ethernet. The device includes a display device, speakers, a
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`control panel, a computer processor, stored software, a modem, an AM/FM tuner, and a
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`CD player. Optionally, the device can include multiple computer processors or support
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`computer processors. The user accesses the server site via a PC and the Internet. From
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`the server site, the user obtains a list of the devices in his or her Internet Personal Audio
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`Network (IPAN) and what songs are on those devices. The IPAN includes an IPAN
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`server, an IPAN client, and IPAN software stored on the network-enabled audio device.
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`In one embodiment, the IPAN client includes a standard web browser, an IPAN plug-in
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`to the standard web browser, and I an IPAN active tray software module.
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`embodiment, any standard web browswer may be used, but the IPAN client includes the
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`IPAN plug-in and the IPAN active tray software module.
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`The IPAN client and the IPAN server store the name of the song and the
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`associated Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The user can list multiple devices as
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`being part of his or her IPAN. At a default time, such as for example 2 am, each
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`device establishes a connection to an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The stored
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`software module in each device connects to the server site home page, via the ISP, and
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`inquires whether any songs or playlists have been assigned to the device. The user can
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`bypass the default time for accessing the server and access the server by manually
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`pressing one of the buttons.
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`In one embodiment, the network—enabled audio device has no disk for data
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`storage space. Rather, a local area network (LAN) connection to a PC or other network-
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`enabled audio device allows the use of disk space on another device.
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`embodiment, the network-enabled audio device comprises speakers, an AC power line,
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`and a network line. A home PC is connected to the network-enabled audio device
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`through the network line.
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`The network connection can be a Home Phoneline
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`Networking Alliance (HPNA) network connection so that the connection may done
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`through existing phone lines in a home. Optionally, the network connection can be an
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`Ethernet connection. Multiple network—enabled audio devices can be connected to each
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`other and ultimately to the PC through the network line.
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`In one embodiment, the network-enabled audio device does not have any storage
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`space other than memory. This embodiment provides for a low-cost system that can
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`play songs from playlists stored on the IPAN Manager or on the PC’s storage space
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`without having to store the audio files locally.
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`Another aspect of the present invention is a network-enabled component audio
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`device system for listening to a variety of audio sources with substantially equal
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`convenience. A visual display provides audio source choices to a user. The Visual
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`display also provides menu choices for managing audio sources to the user. The user
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`control buttons allow the user to choose an audio source to listen to. The menu buttons
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`allow the user to choose functions for managing the audio sources. The network—
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`enabled component audio device has a CD player for listening to compact discs. A
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`modem is used for transmitting and receiving digital data over a communications
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`network. In one embodiment, a data storage device is provided.
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`A first software module is configured to decode compressed audio files. The
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`second software module is stored on the data storage device. A second software module
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`is configured to use the modem to connect to an Internet service provider to receive
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`assignments of playlists from the second software module. The playlists include tittles
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`the location of other web sites containing the audio sources. The software module is
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`configured to connect through the ISP to the web sites to download the audio files.
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`In one embodiment, the network-enabled audio device is a component hardware
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`device for an audio system. The network—enabled audio device provides an audio
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`output to the audio system. The audio system provides amplifiers and loudspeakers.
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`The network-enabled audio device includes an enclosure that connects to an AC power
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`line, a network line, and the audio system. The network line is a computer data
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`connection, such as, for example, a telephone line, a cable line, an Ethernet line, a
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`Token-Ring line, a twisted pair line, an infrared link, a radio fiequency link, an IEEE—
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`1394 FireWire line, etc. The network-enabled audio device includes a display device, a
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`control panel, at least one computer processor, a stored software module, and a modern.
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`In one embodiment, the network-enabled audio device connects to the IPAN server site.
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`Another aspect of the present invention is a method for assigning playlists of
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`music from one electronic device to another. First, a network connection is used for
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`transmitting and receiving digital data over a communication network to an Internet
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`service provider. Next, the process provides a first software module to manage playlists
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`audio sources. The software module allows a user to assign a playlist from a first
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`storage space. Finally, the process uploads files to the server from the first device and
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`Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a tabletop intelligent radio
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`Figure 2 is a block diagram of the fimctional elements of the intelligent radio
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`Figure 3A shows a default display that appears while a Web broadcast is being
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`Figure 3B shows a menu display that allows the user to select one of the command
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`Figure 3C illustrates a select language display that allows a user to specify desired
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`languages (e.g., English, French, etc.).
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`Figure 3D illustrates a display that allows a user to select a type of program
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`material (e.g., news, sports, weather, etc.).
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`Figure 3E illustrates a display that allows a user to select various program
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`Figure 4 illustrates a data-entry display that the intelligent radio apparatus uses to
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`allow the user to input alphanumeric text.
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`Figure 5 is a flowchart that illustrates operation of the intelligent radio apparatus.
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`Figure 6 is a flow graph that illustrates operation of the intelligent radio networked
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`Figure 6A illustrates the information management and data processing fiinctions
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`provided by a Web radio Web site (e.g., www.webradio.com) to produce a list of Web
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`radio broadcast stations for the user.
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`Figure 6B illustrates a relationship between the Web radio Web site and other web
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`Figure 7 is a perspective view of a tabletop intelligent radio tuner.
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`Figure 8 is a block diagram of the flinctional elements of the intelligent radio tuner
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`Figure 9 is a block diagram of the functional elements of an embodiment of the
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`Figure 10 is a block diagram of the functional elements of an embodiment of the
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`Figure 11
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`environment of a network-enabled audio device configuration.
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`Figure 12A is a perspective front View of one embodiment of the network-
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`enabled component audio device as shown in Figure 11 that integrates with a home
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`stereo entertainment system.
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`Figure 12B is a perspective rear View of one embodiment of the network-
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`enabled component audio device as shown in Figure 11 that integrates with a home
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`stereo entertainment system.
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`Figures 13A is a perspective front View of one embodiment of a stand alone
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`network-enabled audio device as shown in Figure 11.
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`Figure 13B is a perspective rear views of one embodiment of a stand alone
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`network-enabled audio device as shown in Figure 11.
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`Figure 14 is a block diagram of the functional elements of the network-enabled
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`audio device as shown in Figures 12A,12B, 13A, and 13B.
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`Figure 15 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration between several
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`network-enabled audio devices and a stereo web site as shown in Figure 11.
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`Figure 16 illustrates a process for connecting the components and setting up the
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`software for the network-enabled audio device as shown in Figures 12A,12B, 13A, and
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`Figure 17A shows a default display of the current playlists when the Internet
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`Personal Area network (IPAN) manager software is started.
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`Figure 17B illustrates a display that allows the user to control the sound and
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`perform other functions on the audio source.
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`Figure 17C illustrates the menus used to assign a playlist, as shown in Figure
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`17A, to another device.
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`Figure 17D illustrates the songs within a playlist and links to other devices that
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`Figure 17E illustrates a schedule window that appears for a song (shown in
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`Figure 17D) to be played at a particular time on a specific device.
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`default look and feel for the IPAN manager window, as shown in Figure 17A.
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`Figure 17G illustrates the window that appears to allow the user to choose other
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`options and the look and feel for the IPAN manager window, as shown in Figure 17A.
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`Figure 17H illustrates the window that appears to allow the user to move audio
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`Figure 171 shows a display for allowing a user to add a device to the IPAN.
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`Figure 18A shows a default display of the network-enabled audio device, as
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`shown in Figures 12A, 12B, 13A, and 13B.
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`Figure 18B shows a display for allowing a user to operate the radio fimctions of
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`the network-enabled audio device, as shown in Figures 12A, 12B, 13A, and 13B.
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`Figure 18C shows a display for allowing a user to use preset radio stations of the
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`network-enabled audio device, as shown in Figures 12A, 12B, 13A, and 13B.
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`Figure 18D shows a display for allowing a user to play a playlist stored the
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`network-enabled audio device, as shown in Figures 12A, 12B, 13A, and 13B.
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`Figure 18E shows a display for allowing a user to delete a song from a playlist stored on
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`the network-enabled audio device, as shown in Figures 12A, 12B, 13A, and 13B.
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`Figure 18F shows a display allowing a user to play the songs from all the
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`playlists stored on the network-enabled audio device as shown in Figures 12A, 12B,
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`Figure 18G shows a display for allowing a user to collect information about a
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`CD and copy a CD to the internal hard drive of the network—enabled audio device shown
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`Figure 18H shows a display that allows a user to play and navigate through the
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`audio stored on the CD.
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`Figure 19B is a flowchart showing the process for assigning playlists from one
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`In the figures, the first digit of any three-digit number generally indicates the
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`number of the figure in which the element first appears. For example, an element with the
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`reference number 502 first appears in Figure 5. Where four—digit reference numbers are
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`Detailed Description
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`One aspect of the present invention is an intelligent radio device that allows a user
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`to receive digitized radio broadcasts over the World Wide Web (Web). The intelligent
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`radio provides the hardware and sofiware necessary to receive digitized audio from the
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`Web without the need for a personal computer or other expensive equipment. The
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`intelligent radio provides a display device, such as a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) that
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`allows the user to select a desired Web broadcast from a list of available Web broadcasts.
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`The display also allows the user to select Web broadcasts in a particular language. The
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`configured and connected such that a user can tune into a Web radio broadcast in a manner
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`similar to the way a user would use the controls on a conventional radio to tune into an
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`AM or FM radio station. Thus,
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`the intelligent radio provides people who are not
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`comfortable with computers, or who do not own or have access to a computer, an
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`opportunity to listen to streaming audio information from the Internet.
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`In one embodiment, the intelligent radio is a low—cost tabletop box that connects to
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`an AC power line and a phone line. The device includes a display device, speakers, a
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`control panel, a computer processor, a stored software program, and a modem. The
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`intelligent radio uses the modem to establish a telephone connection to an Internet Service
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`Provider (ISP). The stored software program connects to a Web Radio home page, via the
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`ISP, and downloads a list of Web radio station addresses. Alternatively, the user can enter
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`a web address (e.g., a Uniform Resource Locator (URL)) to connect directly to a web page
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`that provides audio broadcasts (instead of first connecting to the Web Radio home page).
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`The user may use buttons on the control panel to scroll through the display and select a
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`Web radio broadcast “station” for listening. When a station is selected,
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`software program connects to the station and begins to receive digitized audio data
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`transmitted by the station. The intelligent radio converts the received data to analog audio
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`and plays the audio on one or more loudspeakers.
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`In an alternate embodiment, the intelligent radio is a tuner that connects to an
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`audio system such as a component stereo system. The tuner provides an audio output to
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`the audio system. The audio system provides amplifiers and loudspeakers. The tuner
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`comprises an enclosure that connects to an AC power line, a network line, and the audio
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`system. The network line may be any type of computer data connection, including, for
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`example, a telephone line, a cable line, an Ethernet line, a Token-Ring line, a twisted pair
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`line, an infrared link, a radio frequency link, an IEEE-1394 FireWire line, etc. The tuner
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`includes a display device, a control panel, a computer processor, a stored software
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`program, and a modem. The intelligent radio uses the modem to establish a telephone
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`connection to an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The stored software program connects
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`to a Web Radio home page, usually provided by the ISP, and downloads a list of Web
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`radio stations. A user uses use buttons on the control panel (or remote control) to scroll
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`through the display and select a Web radio broadcast “station” for listening. Alternatively,
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`the user may use voice-activated commands to scroll through the display. When a station
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`is selected, the stored software program connects to the station and begins to receive
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`digitized audio data transmitted by the station. The intelligent radio converts the received
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`data to analog audio, which is provided to the audio system.
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`illustrates one embodiment of a tabletop intelligent radio 100. The
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`intelligent radio 100 is mounted in an enclosure 101 and connects to household AC power
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`through a power cord 104 and to a communications netw