US Patent 7441084 Use of a media cache for subsequent copying acceleration

Patent 7441084 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on October, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Microsoft

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

74410840

Patent Inventor Names

James E. Allard0

Jeffrey D. Henshaw0

Date of Patent

October 21, 2008

Patent Application Number

109151850

Date Filed

August 10, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Gary J Portka

Patent abstract

The apparent speed with which a media work is ripped to copy the work into a visible store is substantially reduced. When the media work is played, its content is cached onto a persistent, fast access storage media. If the user subsequently decides to rip the media work, the content of the cache is copied to a visible store in substantially less time than would be required to play the media work and convert it. The user thus perceives that the media work is ripped in a substantially shorter time, compared to that required for ripping the media work in a conventional manner. The ripping process may encode or transform the format of the content to a desired format for use within the visible store. Constraints may be imposed by the user to limit the cache, or the caching process may be hidden from the user.