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Audio menus describing media contents of media players

US7831432B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 2006
Grant dateNov 9, 2010
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Expiry dateNov 29, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B27/34
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for creating an audio menu describing media content of a media player. Embodiments include retrieving metadata describing the media files managed by the media player; converting at least a portion of the metadata to speech; creating one or more media files for the audio menu; and saving the speech in the audio portion of the one or more the media files for the audio menu.

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