Dynamic lyrics display for portable media devices
First Claim
1. A method for presenting lyrics on a display screen of a portable media device, said method comprising:
- (a) identifying an audio file for a media item to be played, the identified audio file including at least audio content for the media item;
(b) retrieving an augmented lyrics file, the augmented lyrics file including the lyrics pertaining to the media item;
(c) initiating playing of audio content from the identified audio file; and
(d) dynamically displaying a portion of the lyrics from the augmented lyrics file such that the portion of the lyrics being displayed corresponds to that portion of the audio content being played.
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Abstract
Improved techniques for dynamically displaying text on a display screen of a portable media device while presenting media content are disclosed. The text being displayed is associated with and synchronized to the media content being presented. In one implementation, the dynamic nature of the text can scroll across the display screen of the portable media device. In another implementation, a part of the text being displayed can be distinguishably displayed from other parts. In one embodiment, the media content is music and the text is lyrics, whereby the portable media device can not only play music but also output synchronized lyrics.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for presenting lyrics on a display screen of a portable media device, said method comprising:
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(a) identifying an audio file for a media item to be played, the identified audio file including at least audio content for the media item;
(b) retrieving an augmented lyrics file, the augmented lyrics file including the lyrics pertaining to the media item;
(c) initiating playing of audio content from the identified audio file; and
(d) dynamically displaying a portion of the lyrics from the augmented lyrics file such that the portion of the lyrics being displayed corresponds to that portion of the audio content being played. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for presenting lyrics on a display screen of a portable media device, said method comprising:
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(a) identifying an audio file for a media item to be played, the identified audio file including at least encoded audio content for the media item and encoded lyrics for the media item;
(b) processing the identified audio file to extract and decode the encoded audio content and the encoded lyrics;
(c) playing of the audio content from the identified audio file; and
(d) dynamically displaying a portion of the lyrics such that the portion of the lyrics being displayed corresponds to that portion of the audio content being played. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for presenting lyrics on a display screen of a portable media device, said method comprising:
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(a) identifying an audio file for a media item to be played, the identified audio file including at least encoded audio content for the media item and encoded lyric codes for the media item;
(b) accessing lyrics pertaining to the media item;
(c) processing the identified audio file to extract and decode the encoded audio content and the encoded lyric codes;
(d) playing of the audio content that has been extracted and decoded from the identified audio file;
(e) displaying a portion of the lyrics such that the portion of the lyrics being displayed corresponds to that portion of the audio content being played; and
(f) distinguishably displaying, based on the lyric codes, a specific part of the portion of the lyrics being displayed from at least one other part of the lyrics being displayed. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for presenting media on a display screen of a portable media device, said method comprising:
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(a) identifying a media item to be played by the portable media device, the media item having at least audio content and text content;
(b) outputting the audio content; and
(c) dynamically displaying a portion of the text content that corresponds to that portion of the audio content being output. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A computer readable medium including computer program code for presenting lyrics on a display screen of a portable media device, said computer readable medium comprising:
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computer program code for identifying an audio file for a media item to be played, the identified audio file including at least audio content for the media item;
computer program code for retrieving an augmented lyrics file, the augmented lyrics file including the lyrics pertaining to the media item;
computer program code for initiating playing of audio content from the identified audio file; and
computer program code for dynamically displaying a portion of the lyrics from the augmented lyrics file such that the portion of the lyrics being displayed corresponds to that portion of the audio content being played.
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28. A computer readable medium including computer program code for determining time codes suitable for use in presenting lyrics on a display screen of a computing device, said computer readable medium comprising:
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computer program code for identifying a lyric file, the lyric file being associated with an audio file for a media item, the audio file including at least audio content for the media item;
computer program code for retrieving the audio file associated with the lyric file;
computer program code for processing the audio file to determine time codes; and
computer program code for modifying the lyric file or the audio file to accommodate the time codes.
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29. A portable media device having a display screen for presenting media, said device comprising:
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means for identifying a media item to be played by the portable media device, the media item having at least audio content and text content;
means for outputting the audio content; and
means for dynamically displaying a portion of the text content that corresponds to that portion of the audio content being output.
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30. A portable media player, comprising:
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a storage device, said storage device storing at least audio content pertaining to a song;
lyrics pertaining to the song, the lyrics including a plurality of words, each of the words including at least one character; and
a plurality of time codes indicating a duration of time to highlight the characters or words of the lyrics;
a display device; and
a processor for controlling said portable media player, including controlling playing of audio content for the song as well as displaying of the lyrics pertaining to the song on said display device in a synchronous manner with respect to the playing of the audio content. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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