US 7,321,529 B2
Shuffle device and central control device provided with the shuffle device
Ronaldus Maria Aarts, Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Assigned to Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Appl. No. 10/504,755
PCT Filed Feb. 03, 2003, PCT No. PCT/IB03/00358
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 17, 2004,
PCT Pub. No. WO03/071544, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 28, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. 02075683 (EP), filed on Feb. 20, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2005/0146986 A1, Jul. 07, 2005
Int. Cl. G11B 17/22 (2006.01); H04B 11/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 369—30.28  [367/133] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shuffle device for a player, the shuffle device comprising a processer configured to cause the player play in a randomly selected order, wherein the shuffle device is external to the player, and wherein communication between the central control device and the player is only unidirectional from the shuffle device to the player.