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Nathan M. Schulhof (born May 17, 1949 in
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) is a technology industry entrepreneur with a career that spans over three decades. Schulhof is listed as the lead inventor on three U.S.
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(5,557,541; 5,572,442 and 5,841,979),. However, Schulhof is also listed as co-inventor on another U.S. patent (6,549,942), and a fifth U.S. patent (5,914,941) references 5,557,541 and was assigned (as were the other four patents) to Audio Highway Media Corporation (a company co-founded and led by Schulhof when the patents were filed and/or issued).6,549,942
Enhanced delivery of audio data for portable playback; an

Portable information storage/playback apparatus having a data interface. Audio Highway's Listen Up Player, the father of the MP3 player, won an Innovation Award from the
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in 1997 and
1998 People's Choice Award
at the 2nd annual Internet Showcase conference, held Jan. 30, 1998 and presented by Upside Media, Inc. and event host and co-founder

Because of his very early patents for a downloadable portable media player, Schulhof is often thought of as the father of the MP3 player. These patents, along with the remaining assets of audiohighway.com, were acquired in 2003 by
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In addition to his career with Information Highway Media Corp. (later renamed Audio Highway and then audiohighway.com) where Schulhof served as president,
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and board member, he has also held executive positions with HandHeld Entertainment, TestDrive Corporation, Silicon Valley Systems and Jasmine Systems. Schulhof co-founde
Solar Components, LLC
a Silicon Valley-based firm in the solar power industry. Originally from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, Schulhof currently resides in
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Father of MP3 player shares his culture-changing invention; 18 October 2010; KSL-TV; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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