PERSONAL AUDIO CONTENT DELIVERY APPARATUS AND METHOD
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1. A method comprising:
- creating for each of a plurality of text content items in text form descriptive information about the text content item based upon the text in the text content item; and
converting each of the text content items from text form to audio form to create a plurality of audio content items; and
associating the descriptive information for each text content item with the corresponding audio content item.
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Abstract
To create an audio personal newspaper, descriptive information about newspaper articles (such as subject matter, author, source) is extracted from newspaper articles and the text of the newspaper articles is converted into audio files so the user can listen to the content of the newspaper articles. The audio newspaper can be personalized by compiling only the articles matching a user'"'"'s preferences for subject matter, author, source, and the like. In some embodiments, the audio newspaper may be stored in a data file, which may have advertisements appended to it and which may be stored as a single file so as to prevent the user from skipping over advertisements.
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1. A method comprising:
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creating for each of a plurality of text content items in text form descriptive information about the text content item based upon the text in the text content item; and
converting each of the text content items from text form to audio form to create a plurality of audio content items; and
associating the descriptive information for each text content item with the corresponding audio content item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method comprising:
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selecting from among a plurality of audio content items, each audio content item from the plurality of audio content items being converted from a text content item in text form and having associated therewith descriptive information created based upon text in the text content item, a subset of said audio content items for which the associated descriptive information correlates with a content preference; and
delivering said subset of audio content items based on the content preference. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A computer readable medium encoded with a data file in an audio format, the data file comprising:
a plurality of audio content items, each audio content item from the plurality of audio content items being converted from a text content item in text form and having associated therewith descriptive information created based upon text in the text content item, the descriptive information correlating with a content preference. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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providing preference information applicable to text content items; and
receiving a plurality of audio content items, each audio content item being converted from a text content item in text form and having associated therewith descriptive information created based upon text in the text content item, the descriptive information correlating with the preference information. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method comprising:
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receiving from an Internet website provider a content item;
converting the content item to an audio content item;
delivering the audio content item to the Internet website provider in a form accessible by a user of the Internet website. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer readable medium encoded with a data file in an audio format, the audio file comprising:
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a plurality of audio content items, each audio content item being converted from a text content item in text form and having associated therewith descriptive information created based upon text in the text content item, the descriptive information correlating with a content preference; and
an audio advertisement appended to the plurality of audio content items. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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