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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2002
Xiuzhi Gao, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Timothy Johnson, Algonquin, IL (US);
Jeffrey P. Crowell, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Joseph Born, Lincolnwood, IL (US);
Xiuzhi Gao, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Timothy Johnson, Algonquin, IL (US);
Jeffrey P. Crowell, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Joseph Born, Lincolnwood, IL (US);
Digital Innovations LLC, Lincolnwood, IL (US);
Abstract
A portable media playing device incorporating a database-driven menu structure that comprises a display mechanism, navigation database, including a navigation record with a navigation description, an action database, including an action record with an action description, wherein the action database is customizable in accordance with a field of the navigation record. A display driver displays the navigation description. When the navigation description is selected, the display driver displays the action description. When the action description is selected, a digital synchronization system generates an extra action request (EAR) record that includes an action identifier and action data for storage in an EAR database. When the device is synchronized with a computer, a synchronization manager accesses the EAR database and updates the action database with any new action records.