| US 7,526,588 B1 | ||
| Communication between an accessory and a media player using a protocol with multiple lingoes | ||
| Emily C. Schubert, Los Altos, Calif. (US); Wang Chun Leung, Mountain View, Calif. (US); Gregory T. Lydon, Santa Cruz, Calif. (US); Scott Krueger, San Francisco, Calif. (US); Paul Holden, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); John Archibald, San Francisco, Calif. (US); Lawrence G. Bolton, Fremont, Calif. (US); Donald J. Novotney, San Jose, Calif. (US); John B. Filson, San Jose, Calif. (US); and David Tupman, San Francisco, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 30, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/479,314. | ||
| Application 11/479314 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/833689, filed on Apr. 27, 2004, granted, now 7,441,062. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/784306, filed on Mar. 20, 2006. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 13/42 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 710—105 [710/315; 710/300; 710/62; 710/64] | 52 Claims |
| 1. A connector interface system comprising:
an interface; and
a protocol in communication with the interface which allows a media player to communicate with a range of external accessories
over a transport link, wherein the protocol includes a general lingo and one or more of a plurality of accessory lingoes,
wherein the plurality of accessory lingoes includes a microphone lingo, a simple remote lingo, a display remote lingo, a RF
transmitter lingo and an extended interface lingo.
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