Media device with intelligent cache utilization

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8255640
APP PUB NO 20070156962A1
SERIAL NO

11583199

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A portable media device and a method for operating a portable media device are disclosed. According to one aspect, a battery-powered portable media device can manage use of a mass storage device to efficiently utilize battery power. By providing a cache memory and loading the cache memory so as to provide skip support, battery power for the portable media device can be conserved (i.e., efficiently consumed). According to another aspect, a portable media device can operate efficiently in a seek mode. The seek mode is an operational mode of the portable media device in which the portable media device automatically scans through media items to assist a user in selecting a desired one of the media items.

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APPLE INCONE APPLE PARK WAY CUPERTINO CA 95014

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bar-Nahum, Guy San Francisco, US 35 1667
Hodge, Andrew Bert Palo Alto, US 54 4517
Tupman, David John San Francisco, US 24 1062

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