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Abstract

This invention relates to a method for operating a portable mobile Internet media recorder. Such media recorder comprises an energy supply unit, a control unit, a user interface comprising a display and at least one user key, a wireless Internet communication link, a media player with a digital media data memory, and a media data output. Such mobile Internet media recorder is usually used in a mobile Internet-based data communication system comprising at least a monitoring station for a number of media sources. The essential aspects of the method are as follows: Media data of a media track streamed by an Internet media source are checked for at least one specific media characteristic. This can be done either by the software of the media recorder or, preferably, by the monitoring station. Upon finding the specific media characteristic the media data of the particular media track are automatically stored in the media data memory of the media recorder along with a track identification. Media tracks can be played through the media data output while they are streamed from the media source and/or can be retrieved from the media data memory later either automatically or upon user's demand to be played through the media data output.

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First Claim