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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1999
Brian Lee Bickford, Kokomo, IN (US);
Amahl Kenneth Brown, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Dan Darryl Carman, Russiaville, IN (US);
Edward Dickson Catlett, Noblesville, IN (US);
Gary Edward Goodwin, Westfield, IN (US);
James Alan Kleiss, Kokomo, IN (US);
Ronald Julius Szabo, Noblesville, IN (US);
Delco Electronics Corporation, Kokomo, IN (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for altering a play list of a Random Access Player without interrupting the generation of output by the Player. The method includes initiating a reproduction mode that activates the Random Access Player, commencing the generating of output by the Random Access Player and receiving play list requests while the Random Access Player is generating the output, and processing the received play list requests while the Random Access Player is generating the output such that the play list is altered without interrupting the generation of output by the player.