This Apple patent lists Steve Jobs as an inventor and is directed towards highly portable media device. Mr. Jobs was awarded U.S. Patent 7593782 entitled “Highly portable media device” on September 22, 2009. The utility patent has been cited 65 times by other U.S. patents in the field of computer technology and in other fields.

An improved portable media device and methods for operating a media device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the portable media device can also function as a solid-state drive for data storage. The form factor of the portable media device can be hand-held or smaller, such that it is highly portable. The portable media device can use one or more status indicators. The portable media device can also include a peripheral bus connector, a rechargeable battery, and one or more input devices. According to another aspect, the portable media device has the capability to store media device status information in persistent memory before powering down. Thereafter, when the portable media device is again powered up, the stored media player status information can be retrieved and utilized. According to still another aspect, the portable media device can form and/or traverse a media asset playlist in an efficient manner. Link: U.S. Patent 7593782

Apple filed this utility patent on August 24, 2005 giving it a processing time of 1490 days (compared to an average processing time of 1346 in the field). They have a total number of 15027 patents. The first named inventor is Steve P. Jobs of Palo Alto, CA. The patent was allowed by primary examiner Curtis Kuntz and assistant examiner Jesse A Elbin.

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