Personal audio recording system

Abstract

Broadcast music, or other audio that a user wants to hear, is recorded based on criteria obtained from a user. Any of a plurality of techniques may be used to identify the audio, alone or in combination with other identification techniques, including length of song, fingerprint recognition of digital or analog audio, scheduled programming, or metadata transmitted in the same or an adjacent channel or frequency. The criteria used to determine whether to save a recording may be based on attributes included in the identification database, such as artist, genre, popularity, station programming, year, signal quality, etc. The audio selected by a user for listening may be recorded, or a programmable tuner or other input selector may automatically record desired music regardless of whether the music is being output for listening. The audio recorded may be obtained from any source, including analog and digital radio, Internet radio streams and removable pre-recorded media.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application is related to and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60 / 521476, entitled "PERSONAL AUDIO RECORDING SYSTEM," filed October 28, 2002 by Dale T. ROBERTS et al., which is incorporated herein by reference . technical field [0003] The present invention is directed to a system that simplifies the process of recording audio, with or without video, from any available source, including analog or Digital radio broadcasting, digital streams over the Internet and removable media. Background technique [0004] The number of ways in which people can listen to audio produced elsewhere continues to increase. Decades ago, mass market consumers could rely on a single device capable of listening to radio stations or playing records. Records are easily selected by making markings on the record label, or on the jacket, cover slip, or casing in which the record is stored. In most places, the num...

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Problems solved by technology

However, efforts to use any of these technologies in devices to simplify user access to records and help users locate audio programs to listen to or record have been unsuccessful

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