Automated system for combining and publishing network-based audio programming
First Claim
1. A method of combining and providing audio data to a network-accessible location for playback, the method comprising:
- importing audio data comprising a plurality of audio files and metadata describing the audio files to an audio combining application from one or more audio sources comprising an audio recording mechanism or a memory;
converting the audio files to text and parsing the text to determine parsed attributes about the one or more of the audio files;
determining behavior data indicating one or more of a time and a day when the audio files are skipped by a user;
associating the audio files into a plurality of groups based on one or more characteristics of the audio files including the parsed attributes and the behavior data, wherein the associating comprises enabling a user to specify a relative priority of each of the characteristics with respect to each other and the associating is adjusted based on the relative priority of each of the characteristics;
transmitting the audio data to a storage database and storing the audio data on the storage database; and
presenting one of the plurality of groups to a user via an email by simultaneously displaying a plurality of hyperlinks within the email for selection, wherein the hyperlinks are distributed within the email and each one of the hyperlinks links to a different one of the audio files of the one of the groups such that selection of one of the hyperlinks causes playback of the linked audio file.
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Abstract
An audio combining system including a storage database, one or more audio sources and a computing device coupled together via a network. The computing device comprises a processor and an application executed by the processor configured to import audio data comprising a plurality of audio files and metadata describing the audio files from the one or more audio sources, associate the audio files into a plurality of groups based on one or more characteristics of the audio files, transmit the audio data to a storage database and storing the audio data on the storage database and present the plurality of groups to a user for selection, wherein upon selection the audio files comprising the selected group are played in a set order to the user.
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50 Claims
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1. A method of combining and providing audio data to a network-accessible location for playback, the method comprising:
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importing audio data comprising a plurality of audio files and metadata describing the audio files to an audio combining application from one or more audio sources comprising an audio recording mechanism or a memory; converting the audio files to text and parsing the text to determine parsed attributes about the one or more of the audio files; determining behavior data indicating one or more of a time and a day when the audio files are skipped by a user; associating the audio files into a plurality of groups based on one or more characteristics of the audio files including the parsed attributes and the behavior data, wherein the associating comprises enabling a user to specify a relative priority of each of the characteristics with respect to each other and the associating is adjusted based on the relative priority of each of the characteristics; transmitting the audio data to a storage database and storing the audio data on the storage database; and presenting one of the plurality of groups to a user via an email by simultaneously displaying a plurality of hyperlinks within the email for selection, wherein the hyperlinks are distributed within the email and each one of the hyperlinks links to a different one of the audio files of the one of the groups such that selection of one of the hyperlinks causes playback of the linked audio file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:
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importing audio data comprising a plurality of audio files and metadata describing the audio files to an audio combining application from one or more audio sources comprising an audio recording mechanism or a memory; converting the audio files to text and parsing the text to determine parsed attributes about the one or more of the audio files; determining behavior data indicating one or more of a time and a day when the audio files are skipped by a user; associating the audio files into a plurality of groups based on one or more characteristics of the audio files including the parsed attributes and the behavior data, wherein the associating comprises enabling a user to specify a relative priority of each of the characteristics with respect to each other and the associating is adjusted based on the relative priority of each of the characteristics; audio data to a storage database and storing the audio data on the storage database; and presenting one of the plurality of groups to a user via an email by simultaneously displaying a plurality of hyperlinks within the email for selection, wherein the hyperlinks are distributed within the email and each one of the hyperlinks links to a different one of the audio files of the one of the groups such that selection of one of the hyperlinks causes playback of the linked audio file. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computing device for providing a media source of combined audio content comprising:
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a processor; and an application executed by the processor configured to; import audio data comprising a plurality of audio files and metadata describing the audio files from one or more audio sources comprising an audio recording mechanism or a memory; convert the audio files to text and parsing the text to determine parsed attributes about the one or more of the audio files; determine behavior data indicating one or more of a time and a day when the audio files are skipped by a user; associate the audio files into a plurality of groups based on one or more characteristics of the audio files including the parsed attributes and the behavior data, wherein the associating comprises enabling a user to specify a relative priority of each of the characteristics with respect to each other and the associating is adjusted based on the relative priority of each of the characteristics; transmit the audio data to a storage database and storing the audio data on the storage database; and present one of the plurality of groups to a user via an email by simultaneously displaying a plurality of hyperlinks within the email for selection, wherein the hyperlinks are distributed within the email and each one of the hyperlinks links to a different one of the audio files of the one of the groups such that selection of one of the hyperlinks causes playback of the linked audio file. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system for providing combined audio content comprising:
a storage database; one or more audio sources comprising an audio recording mechanism or a memory; and a computing device coupled with the storage database, wherein the computing device comprises a processor and an application executed by the processor configured to; import audio data comprising a plurality of audio files and metadata describing the audio files from the one or more audio sources; convert the audio files to text and parsing the text to determine parsed attributes about the one or more of the audio files; determine behavior data indicating one or more of a time and a day when the audio files are skipped by a user; associate the audio files into a plurality of groups based on one or more characteristics of the audio files including the parsed attributes and behavior data, wherein the associating comprises enabling a user to specify a relative priority of each of the characteristics with respect to each other and the associating is adjusted based on the relative priority of each of the characteristics; transmit the audio data to a storage database and storing the audio data on the storage database; and present one of the plurality of groups to a user via an email by simultaneously displaying a plurality of hyperlinks within the email for selection, wherein the hyperlinks are distributed within the email and each one of the hyperlinks links to a different one of the audio files of the one of the groups such that selection of one of the hyperlinks causes playback of the linked audio file. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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