Daniel A May

US Patent:

20070078548, Apr 5, 2007

Filed:

Jul 27, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/494790

Inventors:

Daniel May - Austin TX, US
Marcus May - Austin TX, US
Matthew Henson - Austin TX, US
Debby Clarke - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

700094000

Abstract:

A circuit for use by a multifunction handheld device is coupleable to an audio output device. The circuit includes a processing module and a memory interface, operably coupled to the processing module and a memory that stores a plurality of digitally formatted files, and that stores operational instructions that cause the processing module to: receive a first digitally formatted file of the plurality of digitally formatted files from the host device when coupled to the host device via the host interface and store the first digitally formatted file in the memory, wherein the first digitally formatted file includes a compressed audio file; receive an analog audio signal from a radio tuner; generate digital input data from the analog audio signal; compress the digital input data to form a second digitally formatted file of the plurality of digitally formatted files; store the second digitally formatted file in the memory; and playback a selected one of the plurality of digitally formatted files, the playback including the generation of an audio output signal for the audio output device.