Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
127 words
An apparatus for playing record carriers, comprising a memory, means for loading the memeory with record-carrier identifications together with preferred selections denoting specific parts of the record carriers corresponding to the record-carrier identifications, means for detecting, prior to playing of the record-carrier, the record-carrier identification of the record-carrier to be played, means for selecting a preferred selection associated with the detected record-carrier identification if the detected record-carrier identification is stored in the memory, and means for controlling the apparatus in such a way that the part of the record carrier as defined by the chosen preferred selection is played, characterized in that the apparatus comprises means for updating data indicative of the frequency with which the record carriers corresponding to the stored record-carrier identifications have been played.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
127 words
An apparatus for playing record carriers, comprising a memory, means for loading the memeory with record-carrier identifications together with preferred selections denoting specific parts of the record carriers corresponding to the record-carrier identifications, means for detecting, prior to playing of the record-carrier, the record-carrier identification of the record-carrier to be played, means for selecting a preferred selection associated with the detected record-carrier identification if the detected record-carrier identification is stored in the memory, and means for controlling the apparatus in such a way that the part of the record carrier as defined by the chosen preferred selection is played, characterized in that the apparatus comprises means for updating data indicative of the frequency with which the record carriers corresponding to the stored record-carrier identifications have been played.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
56 words
An apparatus as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that the apparatus comprises means for removing the record-carrier identification and the corresponding preferred selection of one of the least frequently played record carriers depending on the playing-frequency data if the available storage capacity is inadequate to store a new record-carrier identification and the associated preferred selection.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
100 words
An apparatus as claimed in Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the means for updating the playing frequencies are adapted to asign positions in a ranking order to the record-carrier identifications, the ranking position being indicative of the playing frequency of the associated record-carrier, the means for updating the playing frequencies including means for ranking up a record-carrier identification by interchanging the positions of the record-carrier identifications when the associated record-carrier is played and including means for inserting a new record-carrier identification at a predetermined ranking position when a new record-carrier identification is to be stored in the memory.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
An apparatus as claimed in Claim 3, characterized in that the means for ranking up the record-carrier identification are adapted to interchange the positions of two successively ranked record-carrier identifications.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus as claimed in Claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the predetermined position in which a new record-carrier identification to be stored is inserted in the ranking is the top position.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
An apparaus as claimed in any one of the Claims 3, 4 or 5, characterized in that the storage means are adapted to store the record-carrier identifications and associated preferred selections in the form of a table, the position occupied by a record-carrier identification in said table indicating its ranking position.