PORTABLE DIGITAL AUDIO BIBLE

• US 20070282786A1
• Filed: 03/27/2007
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Gobible LLC
• Original Assignee: The Gobible LLC
• Inventors: Johannes, Brian, Block, Andrew S., Rifkin, Andy
• Application Number:
  US11/691,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20070282786A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/64 Browsing; Visualisation therefor generation of a list or set of audio data G06F16/638
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]

Abstract

A portable dedicated audio Bible device is disclosed that includes an indexed and multi-formatted audio version of The Bible. A set of computer-executable instructions drive a user interface including an LCD. The user interface allows users to search and play the audio in a variety of ways, including, for example, at a verse level. Each of over 31,000 Bible verses of the audio content is individually stored in the portable dedicated audio Bible device. A user of the device selects an individually stored verse to begin play. All audio content is directly accessed via indexing tables. Furthermore, sets of indices are provided that are arranged to provide access to particular stories, topics, and pre-selected daily verse sequences.

Claims

1. A digital audio Bible device including:

a set of digital audio data segments stored in units corresponding to Bible verses;

a set of verse index entries referencing identified ones of the set of digital audio data segments;

a set of play lists, wherein each play list specifies at least one sequence of verse index entries within the set of verse index entries;

a user interface supporting display of names associated with the set of play lists; and

a control module for accessing and processing specified ones of the set of digital audio data segments in response to a user selection, via the user interface, of a play list from the set of play lists.

2. The digital audio Bible device of claim 1 wherein each digital audio data segment includes a book ID, a chapter ID, and a verse ID.

3. The digital audio Bible device of claim 1 wherein the set of play lists includes a topical index including for each topic entry, represented by a text string presented to a user via the user interface, sequences of verse index entries corresponding to the topic represented by the text string.

4. The digital audio Bible device of claim 3 wherein each topic entry includes a verse sequence list specifying sets of verse sequences.

5. The digital audio Bible device of claim 1 wherein the set of play lists includes a calendar-based index including for each calendar entry, represented by a text string presented to a user via the user interface, sequences of verse index entries corresponding to the topic represented by the text string.

6. The digital audio Bible device of claim 5 wherein each calendar entry includes a verse sequence list specifying sets of verse sequences.

7. The digital audio Bible device of claim 1 wherein the set of play lists includes a story index including for each story entry, represented by a text string presented to a user via the user interface, a sequence of verse index entries corresponding to the story represented by the text string.

8. The digital audio Bible device of claim 7 wherein each story entry specifies a verse sequence.

9. The digital audio Bible device of claim 1 further comprising a bookmark index supporting designation, by a user, of particular verses of interest in the set of digital audio data segments stored in units corresponding to Bible verses.

10. The digital audio Bible device of claim 1 wherein individual entries of the set of verse index entries are identified by a combination of book, chapter, and verse identifiers.

11. A method of making passages of The Bible available for listening by a user, the method comprising:

recording the passages as audio content;

individually storing each Bible verse of the audio content in a portable audio device; and

providing a user interface allowing a user of the device to select one of the individually stored verses for play.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

storing each verse in a first memory of the portable audio device; and

providing a memory address for each verse in an index in a second memory of the device.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

storing an address for each of the stored verses in an index; and

configuring the audio device to use the index to play a verse selected by the user.

14. The method of claim 11 further comprising displaying information pertaining to the selected verse while the selected verse is playing.

15. A portable device for providing an audio version of The Bible, the device comprising:

a memory including a plurality of audio files, each file including a single verse of The Bible;

an index including a plurality of addresses for providing direct access to each of the audio files; and

a control module configured to;

based on input from a user of the portable device, use one of the index addresses to directly select a verse for play.

16. The portable device of claim 15 wherein each audio file is pointed to by a corresponding one of the addresses.

17. The portable device of claim 15 wherein the index comprises one or more addresses for providing direct access to one or more Bible stories.

18. The portable device of claim 17 further comprising a display, the control module further configured to use the display to allow a user to select one of the one or more stories for play.

19. The portable device of claim 15 further comprising a second memory in which the index is stored.

20. The portable device of claim 15 wherein the index comprises one or more addresses for providing direct access to one or more psalms.