MULTIMEDIA PLAYER WIDGET AND ONE-CLICK MEDIA RECORDING AND SHARING

• US 20090164902A1
• Filed: 12/19/2008
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dopetracks, LLC
• Original Assignee: Dopetracks, LLC
• Inventors: Fujita, Ryo, Pink, Tal, Cohen, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US12/339,632
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164902A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0025 Automatic or semi-automatic music composition, e.g. producing random music, applying rules from music theory or modifying a musical piece automatically producing a series of tones G10H1/26
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0058 Transmission between separate instruments or between individual components of a musical system G10H1/0083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/076 for extraction of timing, tempo; Beat detection
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/105 Composing aid, e.g. for supporting creation, edition or modification of a piece of music
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/125 Medley, i.e. linking parts of different musical pieces in one single piece, e.g. sound collage, DJ mix
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/091 Info, i.e. juxtaposition of unrelated auxiliary information or commercial messages with or between music files
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/131 Library retrieval, i.e. searching a database or selecting a specific musical piece, segment, pattern, rule or parameter set
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/175 for jam sessions or musical collaboration through a network, e.g. for composition, ensemble playing or repeating; Compensation of network or internet delays therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/305 Internet or TCP/IP protocol use for any electrophonic musical instrument data or musical parameter transmission purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/764 at the destination reformatting of additional data in video clients H04N21/4355

Abstract

Systems and methods of a multimedia player widget and one-click media recording and sharing are disclosed. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of facilitating audio-based user content sharing, collaboration, and competition among multiple platforms using a graphical user interface widget is disclosed. One embodiment includes, providing the graphical user interface widget on a user interface in a source platform where a first set of users share audio content and collaborate in musical creations using an audio player widget. The graphical user interface widget is further linked to the audio player widget in the user interface. One embodiment further includes, detecting that a user has selected an action related to migration of an instance of the audio player widget in the graphical user interface widget in the source platform and/or performing the selected action related to migration of an instance of the audio player widget to a target platform. The instance of the audio player widget, when migrated to the target platform, is available for access by the user via the target platform or a second set of users of the target platform.

Claims

1. A method of facilitating audio-based user content sharing and competition through a user interface, the method, comprising:

providing a first user interface comprising a first listing of selectable entries of a plurality of mixed tracks, wherein each mixed track comprises a mix of a first audio track of a beat and a second audio track;

wherein, each listing in the first listing includes information related to the mixed track;

responsive to receiving a selection of an entry in the first listing of selectable entries, performing aural playback of the mixed track associated with the entry; and

further providing a second user interface comprising;

a challenge button operable by a challenger to initiate a recording session of a third audio track over the first audio track to generate a challenger track;

wherein, the another user challenges the mixed track with the challenger track.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, responsive to detecting a click of a pointing device on the challenge button:

recording the third audio track at an initiation of the recording session and simultaneously aurally playing back the first audio track; and

generating the challenger track by mixing the third audio track with the first audio track.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising, prior to recording the third audio track,

pausing the aural playback of the mixed track;

and

providing an indication of the initiation of the recording session.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein, the challenger track is rated relative to the mixed track.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, the first audio track comprises the beat of a rap song and the second audio track comprises lyrics of the rap song.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein, the third audio track comprises lyrics of the rap song or another rap song.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein, the information related to the mixed track comprises, user data of a user that provided the second audio track and user data of the challenger that provided the third audio track.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein, the second audio track is audibly generated by the user and the third audio track is audibly generated by the challenger.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the information further comprises one or more of, timing data, tempo data, and rating data.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

providing a second user interface comprising a second listing of selectable entries of a plurality of beats, wherein each listing of the second listing includes information related to the beats.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising, responsive to receiving a selection of an entry in the second listing of selectable entries:

performing aural playback of a beat of the plurality of beats associated with the selected entry;

providing a third user interface comprising;

a pause button to pause the aural playback of the beat; and

a record button for initiation of another recording session of another audio track over the beat.

12. A method of facilitating audio-based user content sharing, collaboration, and competition among multiple platforms using a graphical user interface widget, comprising:

providing the graphical user interface widget in a user interface in a source platform where a first set of users share audio content and collaborate in musical creations using an audio player widget;

wherein, the graphical user interface widget is further linked to the audio player widget in the user interface;

detecting that a user has selected an action related to migration of an instance of the audio player widget in the graphical user interface widget in the source platform;

performing the selected action related to migration of an instance of the audio player widget to a target platform;

wherein, the instance of the audio player widget, when migrated to the target platform, is available for access by the user via the target platform or a second set of users of the target platform.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein, the action related to migration of the instance of the audio player widget comprises, posting the instance of the audio player widget to a profile page of the user or another user in the target platform.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein, the action related to migration of the instance of the audio player widget comprises, sending the instance of the audio player widget to an email account.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein, the action related to migration of the instance of the audio player widget comprises, bookmarking the instance of the audio player widget.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein, a playlist of the instance of the audio player widget in the target platform is programmable via the source platform.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein, the instance of the audio player widget in the target platform is operable to record an audio track or video provided by a recording user in the target platform, wherein the recorded audio track or the recorded video is shared with the first set of users in the source platform and the second set of users in the target platform.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein, the instance of the audio player widget in the target platform is operable for musical collaboration for the user to record an audio track over a beat and generating a mixed track from the audio track and the beat.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein, the instance of the audio player widget in the target platform is operable for a competing user to generate a competing track of a selected mixed track by recording another audio track over a particular beat from which the selected mixed track was generated.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein, the target platform is an online social network.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein, the online social network comprises, Facebook, MySpace, BlackPlanet, and WordPress.com.

22. An audio player widget system for facilitating audio-based user content sharing, collaboration, and competition among multiple platforms using a graphical user interface widget, comprising:

a server having a user interface module operable to provide the graphical user interface widget in a user interface in a source platform where a first set of users share audio content and collaborate in musical creations using an audio player widget,

the graphical user interface widget further linked to the audio player widget in the user interface;

a widget manager module operable to perform an action related to migration of an instance of the audio player widget to a target platform in response to a user selecting the action using the graphical interface widget;

wherein, the instance of the audio player widget, when migrated to the target platform, is available for access by the user via the target platform or a second set of users of the target platform.

23. The audio player widget system of claim 22, wherein, the widget manager module is operable to, perform one or more of, post the instance of the audio player widget to a profile page of the user or another user in the target platform, send the instance of the audio player widget to an email account, and bookmark the instance of the audio player widget.

24. The audio player widget system of claim 22, wherein, the instance of the audio player in the target platform is operable to record an audio track provided by a recording user in the target platform, wherein the recorded audio track is shared with the first set of users in the source platform and the second set of users in the target platform.

25. The audio player widget system of claim 22, wherein, the instance of the audio player in the target platform is operable for musical collaboration for the recording user to record an audio track over a beat and generating a mixed track from the audio track and the beat.

26. The audio player widget system of claim 22, wherein, the instance of the audio player in the target platform is operable for a competing user to generate a competing track of a selected mixed track by recording another audio track over a particular beat from which the selected mixed track was generated.

27. A method of audio-based user content exchange over a network, the method, comprising:

providing a user interface with an audio recorder widget to facilitate audio-based user content recording and playback over a network, the user interface comprising;

a record button for initiating a recording session; and

a stop button for terminating the recording session;

recording an audio track provided by a requesting user over the network responsive to receiving an initiation request to initiate the recording session;

cease recording the audio track responsive to a termination request to terminate the recording session; and

storing the audio track.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the initiation request is generated by a single action of the requesting user comprising a click of a pointing device on the record button.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the termination request is generated by a single action of the requesting user comprising a click of the pointing device on the stop button.

30. The method of claim 27, further comprising, responsive to receiving the termination request, further providing a preview button in the user interface for playback of the audio track and a save button in the user interface to save the audio track.

31. The method of claim 27, further comprising, responsive to receiving the termination request, further providing a save button in the audio recorder widget to save the audio track.

32. The method of claim 27, further comprising, providing a text box in the audio recorder widget to receive textual input representing a set of lyrics that complement the audio track.

33. The method of claim 27, further comprising, providing a selectable button in the audio recorder widget, that, when selected, indicates a privacy attribute for the audio track.

34. The method of claim 27, further comprising, providing a sub-browser in the user interface comprising a listing of entries of a set of audio tracks representing a set of beats, each entry having information about a particular audio track of the set of audio tracks.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the sub-browser comprises a first drop down box for selecting to view a listing comprising a first set of audio tracks of the set of audio tracks in a first category and a second drop down box for selecting a listing of a subset of the first set of audio tracks of a sub-category of the first category.

36. The method of claim 34, further comprising, receiving from the recording user a selection of an entry of the listing of entries, performing playback of a selected beat of the set of beats associated with the entry.

37. The method of claim 27, further comprising, generating a mixed track by recording the audio track over the selected beat responsive to the click of the pointing device on the record button on the audio recorder widget.

38. A system for facilitating audio-based user content sharing and competition through a user interface, the method, comprising:

a user interface module operable to generate a first user interface comprising a first listing of selectable entries of a plurality of mixed tracks, wherein a mixed track comprises a mix of a first audio track of a beat and a second audio track;

wherein, each listing in the first listing includes information related to the mixed track;

responsive to receiving a selection of an entry in the first listing of selectable entries, a competition module operable to perform aural playback of the mixed track associated with the entry; and

the user interface module subsequently providing a second user interface comprising;

a pause button to pause the aural playback of the mixed track; and

a challenge button for a challenger to initiate a recording session of a third audio track over the first audio track to generate a challenger track;

wherein, the another user challenges the mixed track with the challenger track.

39. The system of claim 38, wherein, responsive to detection of a click of a pointing device on the challenge button:

the competition module operable to record the third audio track at the initiation of the recording session and simultaneously aurally playing back the first audio track; and

generate the challenger track by mixing the third audio track with the first audio track.

40. The system of claim 39, wherein, the competition module is operable to manage rating of the challenger track relative to the mixed track.

41. A system for facilitating multi-media user content sharing and competition through a user interface, the system, comprising:

means for, providing a first user interface comprising a first listing of selectable entries of a plurality of mixed tracks, wherein each mixed track comprises a mix of a first audio track of a beat and a second audio track;

wherein, each listing in the first listing includes information related to the mixed track;

means for, responsive to receiving a selection of an entry in the first listing of selectable entries, performing aural playback of the mixed track associated with the entry; and

means for, further providing a second user interface comprising;

a challenge button operable by a challenger to initiate a recording session of a third audio track over the first audio track to generate a challenger track;

wherein, the another user challenges the mixed track with the challenger track.

42. The system of claim 41, further comprising, means for, combining the third audio track with a video or image to generate a performance art piece.

43. The system of claim 42, further comprising, means for, recording the video of the challenger during the recording session.

44. The system of claim 42, wherein, the video or the image is provided by the challenger or another user.

45. A system for facilitating multi-media user content sharing, collaboration, and competition among multiple platforms using a graphical user interface widget, comprising:

means for, providing the graphical user interface widget in a user interface in a source platform where a first set of users share multi-media content and collaborate in performance art creations using a multi-media player widget;

wherein, the graphical user interface widget is further linked to the multimedia player widget in the user interface;

means for, detecting that a user has selected an action related to migration of an instance of the multimedia player widget in the graphical user interface widget in the source platform;

means for, performing the selected action related to migration of an instance of the audio player widget to a target platform;

wherein, the instance of the multimedia player widget, when migrated to the target platform, is available for access by the user via the target platform or a second set of users of the target platform.

46. The system of claim 45, wherein, the multimedia player widget is operable to perform audio content and video content playback or recording.

47. The system of claim 45, wherein, the action related to migration of the instance of the multimedia player widget comprises, posting the instance of the multimedia player widget to a profile page of the user or another user in the target platform.

48. The system of claim 45, wherein, the action related to migration of the instance of the multimedia player widget comprises, sending the instance of the multimedia player widget to an email account.

49. The system of claim 45, wherein, the action related to migration of the instance of the multimedia player widget comprises, bookmarking the instance of the multimedia player widget.

50. The system of claim 45, wherein, a playlist of the instance of the multimedia player widget in the target platform is programmable via the source platform.

51. The system of claim 45, wherein, the instance of the multimedia player widget in the target platform is operable to record an audio track or video provided by a recording user in the target platform, wherein the recorded content is shared with the first set of users in the source platform and the second set of users in the target platform.

52. The system of claim 45, wherein, the instance of the multimedia player widget in the target platform is operable for performance art piece collaboration for the user to record an audio track and video content and generating the performance art piece from the audio track and the video content.

53. The system of claim 52, wherein, the instance of the multimedia player widget in the target platform is operable for a competing user to generate a competing performance art piece of a selected performance art piece by recording another audio track with the video content from which the performance art piece was generated.

54. A system, comprising:

means for, providing a user interface to facilitate audio-based user content recording and playback over a network, the user interface comprising;

a record button for initiating a recording session; and

a stop button for terminating the recording session;

means for, recording an audio track over the network responsive to receiving an initiation request to initiate the recording session;

means for, cease recording the audio track responsive to a termination request to terminate the recording session;

means for, storing the audio track;

means for, providing a first user interface comprising a first listing of selectable entries of a plurality of mixed tracks, wherein a mixed track comprises a mix of a first audio track representing a beat and a second audio track and a listing of the first listing includes information related to the mixed track;

means for, performing aural playback of the mixed track associated with the entry responsive to receiving a selection of an entry of the first listing of selectable entries; and

means for, providing a second user interface comprising;

a pause button to pause the aural playback of the mixed track; and

a challenge button for another user to initiate a recording session of a third audio track over the first audio track representing the beat.