Personal audio recording system
First Claim
1. A method of recording audio, comprising:
- storing user preference criteria;
identifying audio signals using a database of previously identified audio signals;
determining duration of the audio signals based on said identifying; and
saving a recording of the audio signals based on the user preference criteria and the duration.
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Abstract
Broadcast music, or other audio that a user wants to hear, is recorded based on criteria obtained from a user. Any of a plurality of techniques may be used to identify the audio, alone or in combination with other identification techniques, including length of song, fingerprint recognition of digital or analog audio, scheduled programming, or metadata transmitted in the same or an adjacent channel or frequency. The criteria used to determine whether to save a recording may be based on attributes included in the identification database, such as artist, genre, popularity, station programming, year, signal quality, etc. The audio selected by a user for listening may be recorded, or a programmable tuner or other input selector may automatically record desired music regardless of whether the music is being output for listening. The audio recorded may be obtained from any source, including analog and digital radio, Internet radio streams and removable pre-recorded media.
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43 Claims
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1. A method of recording audio, comprising:
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storing user preference criteria;
identifying audio signals using a database of previously identified audio signals;
determining duration of the audio signals based on said identifying; and
saving a recording of the audio signals based on the user preference criteria and the duration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus for identifying and recording audio, comprising:
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at least one storage unit to store user preference criteria and recordings with associated identification information; and
at least one processor, coupled to said at least one storage unit, to identify audio signals using at least one database of previously identified audio signals, determine duration of the audio signals based on identification thereof, and control saving of a recording of the audio signals in said at least one storage unit based on the user preference criteria and the duration. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. At least one computer readable medium storing instructions executable by at least one processor to perform a method of recording audio, comprising:
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storing user preference criteria;
identifying audio signals using a database of previously identified audio signals;
determining duration of the audio signals based on said identifying; and
saving a recording of the audio signals based on the user preference criteria and the duration.
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43. An apparatus for identifying and recording audio, comprising:
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storage means for storing user preference criteria and recordings of audio signals; and
identification means for identifying audio signals using a database of previously identified audio signals and for determining duration of the audio signals based on said identifying, said storage means saving a recording of the audio signals based on the user preference criteria and the duration.
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