Digital sound recording personalized at a time and place remote from initial delivery to a retail customer
First Claim
1. A method of personalizing content recorded on a digital medium, the method comprising:
- providing to a retail customer a digital medium containing personalizable content of interest to human subjects; and
providing to the retail customer a first set of instructions that when executed on a computer, cause the computer to execute a personalization method, including accepting from a user personal information on a particular human subject, including the particular name of the particular human subject, and modifying the digital medium so that the digital medium contains personalized content of interest to the particular human subject, such that playback of the digital medium on a digital medium playback apparatus provides a human listener with a rendering of the personalized content, such that the retail customer or a consumer in possession of the digital medium and the first set of instructions, is able to implement the personalization method on a computer at a location remote from the location where the retail customer was provided the digital medium, and such that playback of the content of the digital medium subsequent to the retail customer'"'"'s or the consumer'"'"'s implementing the personalization method provides a human with a rendering of the personalized content.
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Abstract
A retail customer is sold and delivered a digital medium in which is contained personalizable content of interest to children but no personalization, and also a personalization computer program executable in receipt of some particular name so as to modify the digital medium to, upon subsequent use of its content, invoke a particular name, therein serving to personalize this subsequent use of the content of the digital medium to the particular name. The retail customer or a consumer subsequently executes, normally at a place and a time remote from purchase and delivery, and on a computer in which is present both the digital medium and the delivered computer program, the computer program in respect of a particular child'"'"'s name that is both selected and entered into the computer and into its executing program by the retail customer or consumer. The digital medium is thereby personalized, making it so that all subsequent use of its content will invoke the particular selected and entered name.
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49 Claims
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1. A method of personalizing content recorded on a digital medium, the method comprising:
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providing to a retail customer a digital medium containing personalizable content of interest to human subjects; and
providing to the retail customer a first set of instructions that when executed on a computer, cause the computer to execute a personalization method, including accepting from a user personal information on a particular human subject, including the particular name of the particular human subject, and modifying the digital medium so that the digital medium contains personalized content of interest to the particular human subject, such that playback of the digital medium on a digital medium playback apparatus provides a human listener with a rendering of the personalized content, such that the retail customer or a consumer in possession of the digital medium and the first set of instructions, is able to implement the personalization method on a computer at a location remote from the location where the retail customer was provided the digital medium, and such that playback of the content of the digital medium subsequent to the retail customer'"'"'s or the consumer'"'"'s implementing the personalization method provides a human with a rendering of the personalized content. - 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)
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24. A method of producing personalized audio content on a digital medium, the personalized audio content personalized with a human subject'"'"'s information, including the name of the human subject, the method comprising:
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providing to a retail customer a digital medium containing personalizable but not yet personalized audio content of interest to human subjects;
providing to the retail customer a database containing a plurality of sound clips that are pertinent to a plurality of names of human subjects; and
providing to the retail customer a first set of instructions that when executed on a computer, cause the computer to execute a personalization method including accepting from a user personal information on a particular human subject, including the subject'"'"'s name, accessing the database with the personal information to retrieve one or more sound clips pertinent to the particular human subject, and modifying the digital medium such that the digital medium contains personalized audio content of interest to the particular human subject, such that playback of the digital medium on a digital medium playback apparatus provides a human listener with a rendering of the personalized audio content, including invoking the particular subject'"'"'s name, such that the retail customer or a consumer in possession of the digital medium and first set of instructions, and having access to the database can execute the first set of instructions to implement the personalization method on a computer at a location remote from the location where the retail customer was provided the digital medium, and such that playback of the content of the digital medium subsequent to the retail customer'"'"'s or the consumer'"'"'s implementing the personalization method provides a human listener with an audio rendering of the personalized content. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A digital medium interactive with a computer and a computer operator selecting a human subject'"'"'s name from, so as to be both self-altering, and personalizing of its own content, the digital medium comprising:
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personalizable content of interest to human subjects, the content initially being without personalization to the name of any one human subject;
a first set of computer readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute a personalization method, the method including;
accepting from an operator particular personal information on a particular human subject, including the particular name of the particular human subject;
accessing a database of content particularized to a plurality of human subjects'"'"' information, including human subjects'"'"' names, the accessing with the accepted particular personal information of the particular human subject;
retrieving from the database content relative to the particular human subject'"'"'s particular personal information; and
writing the retrieved content onto the selfsame digital medium, such that the digital media, after execution of the personalization method, is personalized to the particular human subject, and such the digital media, upon playback plays back content that is personalized to the particular human subject. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of personalizing content recorded on a digital medium, the method comprising:
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accepting log-in information from a remote user;
accepting from a user personal information on a particular human subject, including the particular name of the particular human subject;
accessing a database of content relative to each of a plurality human subjects'"'"' personal information, including the human subjects'"'"' names, the access according to the particular name, the access retrieving content relative to the particular human subject;
sending content including the retrieved content relative to the particular human subject, such that the remote user can create the digital medium that includes personalized content, such that playback of the content of the created digital medium provides a human with a rendering of the content personalized according to the particular one of the plurality of names. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49)
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