Inertia audio scrolling

US10038886B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Fredrik Furesjö · Solna, SE
• Mattias Nilsson · Sundbyberg, SE
• Daniel Nitsche · Stockholm, SE
• Henrik Valdemar Turbell · Säter, SE
• Jonas Lindblom · Solna, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 31, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 18, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M2203/305
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments discussed herein include: accessing by a user terminal a recording of a communication session in the form of a media file wherein the media file comprises at least an audio component; accessing by the user terminal, metadata associated with the media file, wherein the metadata comprises an indication of a respective one or more visual representations of each of a plurality of events determined to have occurred during the communication session, wherein at least some of the visual representations comprise text converted from at least one communication stream of the recorded communication session, and wherein the metadata further comprises timing information linking the respective visual representations to the events; playing the media file using a media playing application running on the user terminal; and controlling play back of the media file so that a play back rate of the audio component is synchronized with a rate of a user scrolling through the visual representations.