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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Phil Hobson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Donald J. Novotney, San Jose, CA (US);
Ida Yum Yum Lo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jesse L. Dorogusker, Los Altos, CA (US);
Richard P. Howarth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey Allan Hammerstrom, San Carlos, CA (US);
Victor M. Tiscareno, Issaquah, WA (US);
Scott Krueger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Benjamin Filson, San Jose, CA (US);
Wey-jiun Lin, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Jose Natividad Martinez, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric B. Greene, San Jose, CA (US);
Phil Hobson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Donald J. Novotney, San Jose, CA (US);
Ida Yum Yum Lo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jesse L. Dorogusker, Los Altos, CA (US);
Richard P. Howarth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey Allan Hammerstrom, San Carlos, CA (US);
Victor M. Tiscareno, Issaquah, WA (US);
Scott Krueger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Benjamin Filson, San Jose, CA (US);
Wey-Jiun Lin, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Jose Natividad Martinez, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric B. Greene, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An improved media delivery apparatus is disclosed. The media delivery apparatus can, for example, be a portable speaker system. In one embodiment, the media delivery apparatus is used with a portable media player. According to one aspect, audio output characteristics of a media delivery apparatus can be controlled based on whether a removable component is attached or detached. Another aspect pertains to improved techniques to attach a removable component to a media delivery apparatus. According to still another aspect a portion of a housing of an electrical device, such as a media delivery apparatus, can be utilized as part of a connector or plug.