Synchronized display of media and recording of audio across a network
First Claim
1. A system for synchronizing a presentation of media and recording of audio across a network comprisinga first data repository for storing a collection of media files;
- a second data repository for storing a collection of recorded audio performances corresponding to one or more of the media files;
a network link; and
a server computer configured toaccess a media file from the first data repository and present the accessed media file to a sender device via the network link;
receive audio data from the sender device via the network link corresponding to the accessed media file;
synchronize the audio data with the accessed media file; and
save the synchronized audio data as one of the recorded audio performances in the second data repository.
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Abstract
A user is presented with a media selection that is delivered in discreet segments from a server computer over a distributed network to a client computer or other presentation device. The user can annotate each media segment and record, also in segments, a reading of any text of the media and any additional commentary, including observations or opinions regarding musical or video media streams. The voice data or recording, i.e., the “audio performance,” is either recorded over the network by the server computer, or transferred from the client computer or other presentation device over the network to the server computer. The segments of audio are synchronized with the media segments and assembled with prerecorded segment cues. In one implementation, a user, for example, a grandparent, can view the pages of a children'"'"'s book through an Internet web browser, add or edit personal anecdotes, and read the book for page-by-page recording over a network to a storage server for later presentation to a grandchild.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for synchronizing a presentation of media and recording of audio across a network comprising
a first data repository for storing a collection of media files; -
a second data repository for storing a collection of recorded audio performances corresponding to one or more of the media files; a network link; and a server computer configured to access a media file from the first data repository and present the accessed media file to a sender device via the network link; receive audio data from the sender device via the network link corresponding to the accessed media file; synchronize the audio data with the accessed media file; and save the synchronized audio data as one of the recorded audio performances in the second data repository. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for synchronizing a presentation of media and recording of audio across a network comprising
storing a collection of media files in a first data repository; -
accessing a media file from the first data repository; presenting the accessed media file to a sender device via a network link; receiving audio data corresponding to the media file from the sender device via the network link; synchronizing the audio data with the accessed media file; and storing the synchronized audio data as one of a collection of recorded audio performances in a second data repository corresponding to one or more of the media files in the first data repository. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for controlling a server computer to synchronize a presentation of media and recording of audio across a network, wherein the instructions comprise operations to
store a collection of media files in a first data repository; -
access a media file from the first data repository; present the accessed media file to a sender device via a network link; receive audio data corresponding to the media file from the sender device via the network link; synchronize the audio data with the accessed media file; and store the synchronized audio data as one of a collection of recorded audio performances in a second data repository corresponding to one or more of the media files in the first data repository. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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