Eric Dana Gibbs

US Patent:

7667123, Feb 23, 2010

Filed:

Oct 10, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/975748

Inventors:

Mark E. Phillips - Seattle WA, US
Eric P. Gibbs - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G10H 1/00
G10H 1/18

US Classification:

84615, 84600, 84601, 84653

Abstract:

A portable audio playing device implements a jukebox manager function to permit the simple generation of musical playlists and the alteration or editing of existing playlists. Data, such as MPEG-3 data or other conventional audio format data, may be readily downloaded into the system for storage in a solid state memory or in a spinning media device. The audio tracks are associated with one or more metatags that are used to describe the content of each track. The metatags and associated audio tracks are stored in a data structure that may be implemented as a database or other convenient data structure that readily permits searching by user-specified search terms. The user generates a new playlist by selecting one or more metatags corresponding to the desired musical tracks. The system queries the data structure using the user-specified metatags and automatically generates a playlist containing one or more audio tracks whose metatags correspond to the user-specified metatags. Alternatively, the system may perform the same query and simply generate a results list that will allow the user to manually specify which of the audio tracks identified by the search process will be added to the newly created playlist.

US Patent:

20020045961, Apr 18, 2002

Filed:

Oct 10, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/975749

Inventors:

Eric Gibbs - Seattle WA, US
Mark Phillips - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Interactive Objects, Inc.

International Classification:

G06F017/00

US Classification:

700/094000

Abstract:

A system and method are disclosed wherein a battery-powered portable audio device utilizes a spinning media device for data storage. To conserve batter power, the motor in the media storage device is not powered unless an actual data transfer is required. A processor calculates the amount of data remaining in a data buffer and considers a number of factors, such as the type of spinning media storage device, amount of available buffer space, the type of CODEC used to implement the system, and the type of data to determine when it will be necessary to power up the spinning media storage device and transfer data to assure that a continuous stream of data is provided to the CODEC.

US Patent:

20090016177, Jan 15, 2009

Filed:

Sep 26, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/239669

Inventors:

Mark E. Phillips - Seattle WA, US
Eric P. Gibbs - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G11B 21/08

US Classification:

369 3006, G9B 21013

Abstract:

A portable audio playing device implements a jukebox manager function to permit the simple generation of musical playlists and the alteration or editing of existing playlists. Data, such as MPEG-3 data or other conventional audio format data, may be readily downloaded into the system for storage in a solid state memory or in a spinning media device. The audio tracks are associated with one or more metatags that are used to describe the content of each track. The metatags and associated audio tracks are stored in a data structure that may be implemented as a database or other convenient data structure that readily permits searching by user-specified search terms. The user generates a new playlist by selecting one or more metatags corresponding to the desired musical tracks. The system queries the data structure using the user-specified metatags and automatically generates a playlist containing one or more audio tracks whose metatags correspond to the user-specified metatags. Alternatively, the system may perform the same query and simply generate a results list that will allow the user to manually specify which of the audio tracks identified by the search process will be added to the newly created playlist. The system also permits the simple editing of existing playlists. New audio tracks may be added in the manner described above using metatags for searching or maybe manually added from the list of stored audio tracks. The system readily supports different audio formats and different playlist types.

US Patent:

20090018683, Jan 15, 2009

Filed:

Sep 26, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/239660

Inventors:

Eric P. Gibbs - Seattle WA, US
Mark E. Phillips - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

700 94

Abstract:

A system and method are disclosed wherein a battery-powered portable audio device utilizes a spinning media device for data storage. To conserve batter power, the motor in the media storage device is not powered unless an actual data transfer is required. A processor calculates the amount of data remaining in a data buffer and considers a number of factors, such as the type of spinning media storage device, amount of available buffer space, the type of CODEC used to implement the system, and the type of data to determine when it will be necessary to power up the spinning media storage device and transfer data to assure that a continuous stream of data is provided to the CODEC.