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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Cristian Lars Almstrand, San Diego, CA (US);
Prem Aanand Venkatesan, San Diego, CA (US);
Hiroyuki Shinkai, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Hirokazu Imazeki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Seki, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A portable media player communicates with a host computer for enabling a user of the player to manage media distribution using the control software of the host computer. The host computer can send a GUI that is displayed on the otherwise 'dumb' player, and the user can view the GUI and press a single button to command the control software to download a media title to the player. The host computer can periodically poll the player to determine its status.