Claims
- 1. A computer system adapted to play audio files, said computer system comprising:
a system CPU; memory; at least one drive comprising compressed audio data, said compressed audio data residing in one or more audio files; a play list software program for selecting and storing a play list comprising one or more of said audio files, said play list containing information related to the location of said audio files including the volume serial number of the drive containing said audio file; a first operating system adapted to control at least said system CPU and said memory; and a second operating system, said second operating system being stored in BIOS and adapted to retrieve said play list and cause said drive to read at least one said audio file of said play list, to cause said system CPU to decompress the compressed audio data of said file and provide decompressed audio data, and to cause said decompressed audio data to be stored in said memory.
- 2. A computer system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a portable memory media device including a portable memory media reader and a portable memory device, wherein said playlist data being stored on said portable memory media.
- 3. A computer system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said portable memory media device selected from the group of Smart Card, PCMCIA, CardBus card and Memory Stick.
- 4. A computer system adapted to play audio files, said computer system comprising:
a system CPU; memory; a first drive comprising compressed audio data, said compressed audio data residing in one or more audio files; a play list software program for selecting and storing a play list comprising one or more of said audio files, said play list stored on a second drive comprising portable memory media; a first operating system adapted to control at least said system CPU and said memory; and a second operating system, said second operating system being stored in BIOS and adapted to retrieve said play list and cause said drive to read at least one said audio file of said play list, to cause said system CPU to decompress the compressed audio data of said file and provide decompressed audio data, and to cause said decompressed audio data to be stored in said memory.
- 5. A computer system as claimed in claim 4, said play list containing information related to the location of said audio files including volume serial number of the drive containing said audio file.
- 6. A computer system as claimed in claim 4, said portable memory media device including a portable memory media reader and a portable memory device, wherein said playlist data being stored on said portable memory media.
- 7. A computer system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said portable memory media device selected from the group of Smart Card, PCMCIA, CardBus card and Memory Stick.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application claims the benefit of provisional application serial No. 60/250,899, filed on Dec. 1, 2000, entitled “Low Power Digital Audio Decoding System for Computing Devices” and provisional application serial No. 60/265,466, filed on Jan. 30, 2001, entitled “Low Power Digital Audio Decoding/Play System for Computing Devices”.
Provisional Applications (2)
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60250899 |
Dec 2000 |
US |
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60265466 |
Jan 2001 |
US |
Continuation in Parts (1)
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09921171 |
Aug 2001 |
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09969060 |
Oct 2001 |
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