Consumer media player

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8645599
APP PUB NO 20100306428A1
SERIAL NO

12683941

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A consumer media player is configured to be electronically coupled to various different types of media source devices, extract media files from those media source devices, and play the extracted media files to a consumer. The consumer media player is also configured to physically hold all or part of one or more media source devices in a manner that facilitates electronic coupling of the media source device to the consumer media player and that provides an aesthetically pleasing appearance to the consumer. In particular, the consumer media player includes a cavity that can hold at least a portion of the media source device. In one of the embodiments described herein, at least some types of media source devices can be entirely physically stored within the cavity in the consumer media player.

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RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA INCMILPITAS CALIFORNIA 95035

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brotz, Mario Mountain View, US 3 76
Goligoski, Thomas R Mountain View, US 1 2
Iyer, Sathyanarayanan Nagarajan Santa Clara, US 3 25
Jackson, Gregor Said Campbell, US 11 55

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