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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michel D. Berhan, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Roxio, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 9/00 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an automobile audio system. The automobile audio system includes a control panel for displaying audio data, and a control unit that is wired to the control panel. The control unit includes a hard disk and a compact disc player capable of playing at least one compact disc. Interface circuitry enables the wiring of the control unit to the control panel, and a processor and memory are connected to the interface circuitry. The memory is configured to store program instructions for extracting music data from the at least one compact disc and for recording the extracted music data to the hard disk.