VISUAL MANIPULATION OF AUDIO

• US 20100159892A1
• Filed: 12/19/2008
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLC (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: STALLINGS, Heath, DUNNAM, Daniel Spurgeon
• Granted Patent: US 8,099,134 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/413
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/06 Transformation of speech into a non-audible representation, e.g. speech visualisation or speech processing for tactile aids G10L15/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6505 storing speech in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A mobile communication device displays, via a display, an audio waveform associated with a voicemail received by the mobile communication device, and receives selection and sustained contact with the audio waveform from a user associated with the mobile communication device. The device also enlarges a portion of the audio waveform based on the sustained contact with the audio waveform, and displays, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform. The device further enables the user to manipulate, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform, and provides, via a speaker, audible feedback associated with the manipulated enlarged portion of the audio waveform.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device-implemented method, comprising:

displaying, via a display associated with the mobile communication device, an audio waveform associated with a voicemail received by the mobile communication device;

receiving selection and sustain contact with the audio waveform from a user associated with the mobile communication device;

enlarging a portion of the audio waveform based on the user selection and sustained contact with the audio waveform;

displaying, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform;

enabling the user to manipulate, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform; and

providing, via a speaker associated with the mobile communication device, audible feedback associated with the manipulated enlarged portion of the audio waveform.

2. The mobile communication device-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the user, selection and release of a point on the enlarged portion of the audio waveform;

reducing the enlarged portion of the audio waveform to an original size based on the user release of the selected point on the enlarged portion of the audio waveform; and

displaying, via the display, the original-sized audio waveform and the selected point.

3. The mobile communication device-implemented method of claim 2, where displaying, via the display, the original-sized audio waveform and the selected point further comprises:

displaying, via the display, information associated with the voicemail received by the mobile communication device; and

providing, automatically via the speaker, audible information associated with the audio waveform from the selected point.

4. The mobile communication device-implemented method of claim 3, where the information associated with the voicemail comprises one or more of:

a date when the voicemail was received by the mobile communication device,

a time when the voicemail was received by the mobile communication device, and

a name of a person who provided the voicemail to the mobile communication device.

5. The mobile communication device-implemented method of claim 2, where displaying, via the display, the original-sized audio waveform and the selected point further comprises:

displaying, via the display, information associated with the voicemail received by the mobile communication device;

receiving, from the user, an input to play the audio waveform; and

providing, via the speaker, audible information associated with the audio waveform, from the selected point, based on the user input.

6. The mobile communication device-implemented method of claim 5, where the information associated with the voicemail comprises one or more of:

a date when the voicemail was received by the mobile communication device,

a time when the voicemail was received by the mobile communication device, and

a name of a person who provided the voicemail to the mobile communication device.

7. The mobile communication device-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, via the display, a visual indicator of a location of a user input mechanism on the display;

enabling, via the display, the user to move the user input mechanism along the enlarged portion of the audio waveform; and

displaying, via the display, movement of the visual indicator based on movement of the user input mechanism by the user.

8. The mobile communication device-implemented method of claim 1, where providing, via a speaker associated with the mobile communication device, audible feedback comprises:

providing, via the speaker, audible information associated with one or more portions of the enlarged portion of the audio waveform selected by the user.

9. The mobile communication device-implemented method of claim 1, where the mobile communication device comprises one or more of:

a radiotelephone,

a personal communications system (PCS) terminal,

a personal digital assistant (PDA),

a portable gaming system,

a global positioning system (GPS) device, or

a media playing device.

10. The mobile communication device-implemented method of claim 1, where the display comprises a touch screen display.

11. A mobile communication device comprising:

a display;

a speaker;

a memory to store a plurality of instructions; and

a processor to execute instructions in the memory to;

display, via the display, an audio waveform associated with a voicemail received by the mobile communication device,

receive a sustained contact with the audio waveform by a user associated with the mobile communication device,

enlarge a portion of the audio waveform based on the sustained contact with the audio waveform,

display, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform,

enable the user to manipulate, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform, and

provide, via the speaker, audible feedback associated with the manipulated enlarged portion of the audio waveform.

12. The mobile communication device of claim 11, where the processor further executes instructions in the memory to:

receive, from the user, selection and release of a point on the enlarged portion of the audio waveform,

reduce the enlarged portion of the audio waveform to an original size based on the user release of the selected point on the enlarged portion of the audio waveform, and

display, via the display, the original-sized audio waveform and the selected point.

13. The mobile communication device of claim 12, where, when displaying, via the display, the original-sized audio waveform and the selected point, the processor further executes instructions in the memory to:

display, via the display, information associated with the voicemail received by the mobile communication device, and

provide, automatically via the speaker, audible information associated with the audio waveform from the selected point.

14. The mobile communication device of claim 13, where the information associated with the voicemail comprises one or more of:

a date when the voicemail was received by the mobile communication device,

a time when the voicemail was received by the mobile communication device, and

a name of a person who provided the voicemail to the mobile communication device.

15. The mobile communication device of claim 12, where, when displaying, via the display, the original-sized audio waveform and the selected point, the processor further executes instructions in the memory to:

display, via the display, information associated with the voicemail received by the mobile communication device,

receive, from the user, an input to play the audio waveform, and

provide, via the speaker, audible information associated with the audio waveform, from the selected point, based on the user input.

16. The mobile communication device of claim 15, where the information associated with the voicemail comprises one or more of:

a date when the voicemail was received by the mobile communication device,

a time when the voicemail was received by the mobile communication device, and

a name of a person who provided the voicemail to the mobile communication device.

17. The mobile communication device of claim 11, where the processor further executes instructions in the memory to:

display, via the display, a visual indicator of a location of a user input mechanism on the display;

enable, via the display, the user to move the user input mechanism along the enlarged portion of the audio waveform, and

display, via the display, movement of the visual indicator based on movement of the user input mechanism by the user.

18. The mobile communication device of claim 11, where, when providing, via the speaker, audible feedback, the processor further executes instructions in the memory to:

provide, via the speaker, audible information associated with one or more portions of the enlarged portion of the audio waveform selected by the user.

19. The mobile communication device of claim 11, where the mobile communication device comprises one or more of:

a radiotelephone,

a personal communications system (PCS) terminal,

a personal digital assistant (PDA),

a portable gaming system,

a global positioning system (GPS) device, or

a media playing device.

20. The mobile communication device of claim 11, where the display comprises a touch screen display.

21. The mobile communication device of claim 11, where the audible feedback associated with the manipulated enlarged portion of the audio waveform enables the user to locate a particular portion of the audio waveform.

22. A device comprising:

means for displaying, via a display associated with the device, an audio waveform associated with a voicemail received by the device;

means for receiving selection and sustained contact with the audio waveform from a user associated with the device;

means for enlarging a portion of the audio waveform based on the sustained contact with of the audio waveform;

means for displaying, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform;

means for enabling the user to manipulate, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform;

means for providing, via a speaker associated with the device, audible feedback associated with the manipulated enlarged portion of the audio waveform;

means for receiving, from the user, selection and release of a point on the enlarged portion of the audio waveform;

means for reducing the enlarged portion of the audio waveform to an original size based on the user release of the selected point on the enlarged portion of the audio waveform; and

means for displaying, via the display, the original-sized audio waveform and the selected point.

23. A device comprising:

a display;

a speaker;

a memory to store a plurality of instructions; and

a processor to execute instructions in the memory to;

display, via the display, an audio waveform,

receive a sustained contact with the audio waveform by a user associated with the device,

enlarge a portion of the audio waveform based on the sustained contact with the audio waveform,

display, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform,

enable the user to manipulate, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform, and

provide, via the speaker, audible feedback associated with the manipulated enlarged portion of the audio waveform.

24. The device of claim 23, where the processor further executes instructions in the memory to:

receive, from the user, selection and release of a point on the enlarged portion of the audio waveform,

reduce the enlarged portion of the audio waveform to an original size based on the user release of the selected point on the enlarged portion of the audio waveform, and

display, via the display, the original-sized audio waveform and the selected point.

25. The device of claim 23, where, when providing, via the speaker, audible feedback, the processor further executes instructions in the memory to:

provide, via the speaker, audible information associated with one or more portions of the enlarged portion of the audio waveform selected by the user.