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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew Allison Herron, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gabriel Manjarrez, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Outburst Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 4/702 ; G11B 3/100 ; H04B 1/00 ; H04M 3/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 4/702 ; G11B 3/100 ; H04B 1/00 ; H04M 3/42 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus to receive selected audio content. According to one embodiment of the invention, an audio playback system is described. The audio playback system includes an audio content server and a device. The audio content server includes audio content to be selected for playback. The device calls the audio content server to request and receive an audio playback of selected audio content at a scheduled time.