SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE, VISUAL COMPLEMENT TO AN AUDIO PROGRAM
First Claim
1. A system for providing a visual complement to an audio service, comprising:
- a first transmission system configured to transmit data to a second transmission system, wherein the second transmission system is configured to transmit the data to one or more audio/video receivers;
an audio subsystem configured to select sound recordings according to a playlist and transmit a selected sound recording to the first transmission system for relay to the second transmission system;
a storage device configured to store a plurality of video images; and
a memory that stores a data structure that associates one or more of the plurality of video images with the selected sound recording, wherein at least one of the one or more video images that are associated with the selected sound recording is associated with a time duration.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing an interactive, visual complement to one or more audio programs. In one aspect, the system comprises an audio subsystem for generating an audio signal corresponding to a sound recording. The system also comprises a video subsystem for generating a video image specification based, at least in part, on the sound recording. In one aspect, the audio signal and video image specification are transmitted to an audio/video signal transmission system. The transmission system receives the video image specification and generates a video signal that conforms to the video image specification. The video signal and the audio signal are transmitted to at least one consumer receiver. In this way, the system provides a visual complement to an audio program.
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32 Claims
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1. A system for providing a visual complement to an audio service, comprising:
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a first transmission system configured to transmit data to a second transmission system, wherein the second transmission system is configured to transmit the data to one or more audio/video receivers;
an audio subsystem configured to select sound recordings according to a playlist and transmit a selected sound recording to the first transmission system for relay to the second transmission system;
a storage device configured to store a plurality of video images; and
a memory that stores a data structure that associates one or more of the plurality of video images with the selected sound recording, wherein at least one of the one or more video images that are associated with the selected sound recording is associated with a time 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)
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24. A method for providing a visual complement to an audio service, comprising:
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selecting a sound recording;
transmitting the selected sound recording to a consumer device that is operable to reproduce the sound recording;
after selecting the sound recording, transmitting a trigger message, wherein the trigger message comprises an identifier that is associated with the selected sound recording;
after transmitting the trigger message, receiving the trigger message and generating a video image based, at least in part, on pre-defined configuration data and the identifier contained in the trigger message; and
transmitting the video image to the consumer device so that the video image can be reproduced by the consumer device while the consumer device is reproducing at least some portion of the sound recording. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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