Background transfer of optical disk to hard disk

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2005-08-16

2005-08-16

Browne, Lynne H. (Department: 2116)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Computer power control

Power conservation

C713S300000, C713S323000, C713S324000, C713S330000, C709S217000, C709S219000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C700S090000, C700S091000, C700S094000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06931556

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method for reducing the amount of power consumed by an optical disk player. The method provides: recording at least a portion of the audio, video, or audio/video data from an optical disk onto the portable computer's hard disk while the optical disk is being played over the output device; turning the drive's spin motor off as soon as the data has been transferred to the hard disk; and then continuing to play the remaining un-played portion of the optical disk over the portable computer's speaker or other output device from the hard disk. The method further comprises recording in an index database a title of the optical disk and a title of the track written to the hard disk, and playing the data from the hard disk without re-reading the optical disk if the data has been previously written to the hard disk.

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