WO2010020746A2 - Dispositif de mémorisation de données et de connexion - Google Patents

Dispositif de mémorisation de données et de connexion Download PDF

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WO2010020746A2
WO2010020746A2 PCT/GB2009/001892 GB2009001892W WO2010020746A2 WO 2010020746 A2 WO2010020746 A2 WO 2010020746A2 GB 2009001892 W GB2009001892 W GB 2009001892W WO 2010020746 A2 WO2010020746 A2 WO 2010020746A2
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
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    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/12—Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules
    • G11B33/121—Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules the apparatus comprising a single recording/reproducing device
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  • the present invention relates to pre-recorded data storage devices for use with portable media players, for example MPEG players, such as an MP3 player, e.g. an iPOD ® .
  • MPEG players such as an MP3 player, e.g. an iPOD ® .
  • Portable media players can play audio and video files having a range of different formats such as MP3, Windows Media Audio (WMA), Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), Waveform (WAV) and MP4.
  • WMA Windows Media Audio
  • AAC Advanced Audio Coding
  • WAV Waveform
  • MP4 Portable media Players
  • Such devices are an increasingly popular device for replaying various media, such as music and video clips.
  • a portable media player the iPOD ® made by Apple Inc..
  • the portability of the iPOD ® and other portable media players is a significant feature that has contributed to their success.
  • Portable media players including a Wi-Fi connector are also known. These can download media content without wired connection to a personal computer. Downloading by Wi-Fi can be expensive. Also one must be in a Wi-Fi hotspot for it to be possible.
  • connection means suitable for connecting the device to an MPEG player.
  • the MPEG player is an MP3 player, such as an iPOD ® or an MP4 player.
  • the portable data storage device comprises a flash memory drive or the like. It is a particular aspect of the present invention that the portable data storage device i.e. pre-recorded with data, such as music or movie data.
  • the purchaser of the pre-recorded portable data storage device may transfer the data to an MPEG player, such as an MP3 player, e.g. an iPOD ® or an MP4 player, regardless of whether the purchaser has access to a personal computer.
  • an MPEG player such as an MP3 player, e.g. an iPOD ® or an MP4 player
  • the data file(s) stored on the pre-recorded data storage device is in an MPEG readable format or a video format, such as MP4 and M4V or a JPEG picture file. If the data is not in an MPEG readable format as hereinbefore described, the device may include or be programmed such that it can decode the data to enable it to be uploaded to an MPEG player.
  • the portable data storage device comprises a flash memory drive
  • the data storage device can, in the alternative comprises other data storage device means, such as a flash card, pen drive, CD, magnetic disk, mini-disk, magneto-optical disk, multimedia memory card, secure digital card, memory stick, etc.
  • the portable data storage device may include a power source, such as a battery, although preferably, the portable data storage device will be powered from the MPEG player once it is connected thereto. Other options are possible.
  • the portable data storage device may be powered by an external power supply, for example may be connected to the mains power supply.
  • the means for connecting the portable data storage device to an MPEG player may be integral to the portable data storage device.
  • the connection means may comprise a separate connector adapted to engage at one end with an MPEG player and at the other end with a portable data storage device.
  • the portable data storage device is also provided with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection means.
  • USB Universal Serial Bus
  • a method of transferring data to an MPEG player which comprises connecting a pre-recorded data storage device to the MPEG player, such as an MP3 player or an MP4 player.
  • pre-recorded data storage device adapted to be connected to an MPEG player.
  • a pre-recorded flash memory drive More particularly we provide a pre-recorded flash memory drive which is also provided with a USB connection means.
  • the pre-recorded data is music or alternatively wherein the pre-recorded data is movie data.
  • a method of transferring pre-recorded data from a portable data storage device to a portable media player comprising the steps of: (a) connecting the portable data storage device to the portable media player; (b) transferring a database file from the portable media player to the portable data storage device, the database file comprising data objects corresponding to files of prerecorded data on the portable media player;
  • the portable data storage device updating the database file to include at least one data object corresponding to the at least one file of pre-recorded data transferred to the portable media player;
  • the database file comprises at least one table, the table comprising the data objects.
  • the step of updating the database file comprises the step of inserting the data object corresponding to the at least one file transferred to the Portable media player into the at least one table.
  • the database file comprises a plurality of tables and the step of updating the database file comprises inserting data objects into a plurality of tables.
  • the portable data storage device calculates at least one of the offset and length of the at least one table before transferring the database file to the Portable media player.
  • the portable data storage device stores at least one data object in a temporary folder before adding the data object to a database file.
  • the at least one file of pre-recorded data transferred to the Portable media player is a music file.
  • the data object corresponding to the music file comprises at least one of song title, album title, artist name, year of publication and genre.
  • a device comprising computing means with program instructions for carrying out the steps of the method of transferring pre-recorded data from a portable data storage device to a portable media player described herein.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective representation of a flash memory card
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram which shows an example of a device in accordance with the present invention.
  • Figure 3 is a block diagram 20 which shows the detailed features of the device of figure 2; and Figure 4 is a flow diagram which shows the steps in an example of the method of the present invention.
  • a flash memory drive 1 comprises a body 2, provided at one end 3 with an MPEG connector 4 and at the other end 5 an integral USB connector 6.
  • the present invention comprises a media transfer device that is preloaded with media, either audio or video and with software that allows the transfer of data to a portable media player.
  • media will automatically transfer, updating the associated database on the portable media player in the process.
  • the device is configured to automatically transfer music and video files (media) to an iPod®, updating the iTunes® database on the iPod® in the process.
  • the device has the following technical features.
  • Data transfer rates may be modified by using other components.
  • one embodiment of the invention used a Cypress USB host controller and supervisory microcontroller which held the software application.
  • the architecture was low power and low cost but had a slower data transfer rate.
  • a Texas OMAP processor was used which showed an improved data transfer rate with higher power consumption.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram 8 which shows an example of a device in accordance with the present invention 10, a portable media player 15 and a personal computer (PC) 20.
  • the device 10 has a USB connection which is connectable to a PC 20 or other suitable device from which data can be downloaded to the media player.
  • the USB On the Go (OTG) standard is used which allows the device of the present invention to be either the host (master) device 12 when downloading data 14 to the media player or the peripheral (slave) 16 when receiving data 18 from the PC.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram 21 which shows the detailed features of the device of figure 2.
  • the device comprises an OMAP 3503 application processor 22 utilising an ARM Cortex A8 CPU in order to facilitate the speedy transfer of music files from its 2GB micro SD card to the data storage of the portable media player .
  • the device further comprises a power management module TI TPS65950 24 which is connectable 23 to the portable media player or PC in order to receive power.
  • the memory comprises flash memory 26, double data rate RAM 28 and flash memory card 30.
  • the USB OTG device 32 is also shown.
  • Embedded software is stored on the MicroSD card 30.
  • the software allows the device of the present invention to perform file transfers between its storage devices and connected devices such as the portable media player or PC in order to update the portable media player with the new files.
  • the SD card can be replaced by other memory devices such as a IS[AND Flash device.
  • the main processor could be an ARM7 such as the LPC2468 or equivalent with onboard USB OTG.
  • OTG allows the device to swap between HOST (when connected to iPod®.) and CLIENT (when connected to PC) modes of operation. If the client mode is no longer required the requirements on the processor could be reduced with the USB operating in HOST mode only.
  • SoC system on chip
  • the flash SD card could be replaced with an onboard flash chip.
  • Optional fits would allow for different memory sizes, for example a cheaper audio only device could be made with lower memory capacity.
  • the device in accordance with the present invention should sit within the peak and idle currents specified by the type of PMP with which it is used.
  • PMP the type of PMP with which it is used.
  • a range from 4OmA to 30OmA is required depending on model.
  • FIG. 4 is a flow diagram which shows the steps in an example of a software algorithm for transferring data in accordance with the present invention which is implemented for the iPod ® .
  • Step 1 (30) Wait for iPod® device
  • the device also referred to herein as a dockstick reads the connected devices and looks for a device that contains the iTunes database file "/iPod_Control/iTunes®/iTunesDB". If a device containing that file is found, that means it is an iPod®. and the dockstick starts the process.
  • Step 2 (32) Parse mp3 / m ⁇ 4 files from SD card 32 The dockstick looks for mp3 and m ⁇ 4 files on the SD memory card.
  • Step 3 (34) If files are found, it parses these files and gets the following information from the tags:
  • Step 4 (36) Generate information table
  • the information found from the song tags is stored in a temporary file that will be read later when the dockstick generates the new iTunes database file.
  • Step 5 Copy mp3 /mp4 file to iPod® .
  • the mp3 / m ⁇ 4 files are copied to the iPod®. "/iPod_Control/Music/F01" directory.
  • the dockstick parses the files in this directory and generates a unique name for every new song.
  • the iTunesDB file consists of a sort of tree structure arranged into a flat file.
  • object contains a header followed by some other objects.
  • the header contains a couple of size fields that are used to define where the header ends and other objects begin.
  • the dockstick parses this file to get all the information it needs to be able to insert new data.
  • the interesting objects are:
  • This table contains the album list.
  • - mhlt This table contains the list of all the songs of the iPod®.
  • - mhyp This table is a playlist.
  • the iTunes® database file can have several playlists so the dockstick has to look for the main playlist.
  • the dockstick creates a data structure that contains the offset and the length of these tables. This structure will be used when the dockstick generate the new iTunes database file.
  • Step 7 (42) Generate new iTunesDB file
  • the dockstick first makes a copy of the iTunes database file. If something goes wrong during the generation of the new file, the old file is puted back.
  • the dockstick will generate a file according to the information it got from the tags and the iTunes® parsing. It inserts those objects into the new iTunes®: - mhia: An album descriptor in the mhla table.
  • the dockstick calculates the new offsets and lengths of all the tables and write the new iTunes® database file.
  • Step 8 (44) Eject the iPod® device
  • the portable data storage device may be used in a number of ways.
  • the media may be preloaded onto the device.
  • the devices are sold in retail outlets in packaging advertising their content. After purchasing the portable data storage device the user connects it to their media player and the content is downloaded automatically for use. Such data storage devices are suitable for purchase as gifts.
  • the user purchases a blank portable data storage device in a retail outlet.
  • the retail outlet contains a media distribution point. The user connects the media storage device to the media distribution outlet which downloads content to the portable data storage device.
  • the media distribution outlet contains an interface which allows the user to select and download media.
  • the media distribution outlet may accept payment, typically by cash, credit or debit card, by store card or by other prepayment tokens such as gift vouchers.
  • the number of downloads from one device may be limited.
  • the number of downloads from a device is not limited.
  • the portable data storage device is not limited to the types of media player mentioned above. Any suitable media player may be used. As a further example the media player could be a phone.
  • the device according to the invention could use non-volatile memory. In an alternative embodiment the device could use volatile memory. Improvements and modifications may be incorporated herein without deviating from the scope of the invention.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif portable de mémorisation de données, ledit dispositif de mémorisation de données étant pourvu de moyens de connexion appropriés pour connecter le dispositif à un lecteur MPEG. Le dispositif de mémorisation de données peut également être pourvu de moyens de connexion USB.
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