Real time popularity based audible content aquisition
US9431002B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 4, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8106
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A personalized news service provides personalized news programs for its users by generating personalized combinations of audible versions of news stories derived from text-based based versions of the news stories. The audible versions may be generated from the text-based version by a text-to-speech system, or may by recording a person reading aloud the text-based version. To acquire recordings, the personalized news service can make a determination that a particular news story has a threshold extent of popularity. The news service can then transmit a request to a remote recording station for a recording of a verbal reading of the particular news story. The news service can then receive the requested recording from the remote recording station.
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