Remote Server System for Combining Audio Files and for Managing Combined Audio Files for Downloading by Local Systems

• US 20110257772A1
• Filed: 04/15/2010
• Published: 10/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jeff Thomas Productions Pty. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: North Eleven International Pty Ltd
• Inventors: Kerber, William, Thomas, Jeffrey A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,312,969 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/632 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/38 Arrangements for distribution where lower stations, e.g. receivers, interact with the broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/82 using signals not modulated onto a carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/75 Media network packet handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A web-based method of combining time coded audio files, having the following steps: (a) a local operator using a web-based interface displayed on a local computer system to access a library of audio files stored on a remote system; (b) the local operator using the web-based interface to select a plurality of the audio files from the library; (c) the local operator using the web-based interface to request the remote system to combine the selected audio files into a single combined audio segment comprising the selected audio files commencing play at audio cue markers; (d) the remote system generating the single combined audio segment by combining the plurality of selected audio files; and (e) the local operator using the web-based interface to download or stream the single combined audio segment.

Claims

1. A web-based method of combining time coded audio files, comprising the following steps:

(a) a local operator using a web-based interface displayed on a local computer system to access a library of audio files stored on a remote system;

(b) the local operator using the web-based interface to select a plurality of the audio files from the library;

(c) the local operator using the web-based interface to request the remote system to combine the selected audio files into a single combined audio segment comprising the selected audio files commencing play at audio cue markers;

(d) the remote system generating the single combined audio segment by combining the plurality of selected audio files; and

(e) the local operator using the web-based interface to download or stream the single combined audio segment.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

(f) a remote operator using a web-based interface to assign a sequence order to each of the library of audio files; and

(g) the remote operator using the web-based interface to assign the audio cue markers to each of the library of audio files.

3. The web-based method of claim 1, wherein the web-based interface operates in FLASH.

4. The web-based method of claim 1, wherein the remote system comprises a communication system, a library system and a processing system.

5. The web-based method of claim 4, further comprising:

the local operator communicating with the communication system to access and select the plurality of audio files to be combined, and to download the combined audio segment.

6. The web-based method of claim 4, wherein the library of audio files are stored in the library system.

7. The web-based method of claim 4, wherein the library of audio files are stored in the processing system.

8. The web-based method of claim 4, wherein the processing system comprises a computer program for combining the plurality of audio files into the single combined audio segment.

9. The web-based method of claim 8, wherein the computer program is Sound eXchange.

10. The web-based method of claim 4, further comprising:

the communication system requesting session information stored in the library system.

11. The web-based method of claim 4, further comprising:

the communication system informing the processing system of the audio file sequence and cue markers.

12. The web-based method of claim 4, further comprising:

the processing system requesting session verification from the library system.

13. The web-based method of claim 4, further comprising:

the library system informing the processing system that a session has been verified.

14. The web-based method of claim 4, further comprising:

the processing system accessing the library of audio files.

15. The web-based method of claim 4, further comprising:

the processing system combining the operator selected audio files into the single combined audio segment.

16. The web-based method of claim 4, further comprising:

the processing system sending the single combined audio segment to the communication system.

17. The web-based method of claim 4, further comprising:

the processing system sending a download queue to the library system.

18. The web-based method of claim 17, wherein the download queue is stored in the library system.

19. The web-based method of claim 17, further comprising:

the processing system archiving a copy of the download queue.

20. The web-based method of claim 4, wherein the local operator communicates through the web-based interface with the communication system and wherein the communication system communicates with both the library system and the processing system.

21. The web-based method of claim 1, wherein the library of audio files comprises both global audio files and user-specific audio files.

22. The web-based method of claim 1, further comprising:

the local operator using the web-based interface to search for audio files in the library.

23. The web-based method of claim 2, further comprising:

the remote operator using the web-based interface to categorize audio files in the library.

24. The web-based method of claim 1, wherein the audio files in the library are stored in categories.

25. A computer system for combining time coded audio files, comprising:

a remote system hosted on a remote server, the remote system comprising;

(a) a library computer system accessing a library of audio files;

(b) a processing computer system operating a program for combining the audio files stored in the library of audio files; and

(c) a communication computer system for receiving instructions from a plurality of local operators at a plurality of different local systems, wherein each of the local operators operates the communication system to select audio files stored in the library of audio files for combination by the processing system into a single combined audio segment.

26. The computer system of claim 25, wherein the communication system communicates with the plurality of operators through a web-based interface.

27. The computer system of claim 25, wherein the communication system communicates with the plurality of operators in FLASH.

28. The computer system of claim 25, wherein the processing system comprises a computer program for combining the plurality of audio files into the single combined audio segment.

29. The computer system of claim 28, wherein the computer program is Sound eXchange.

30. The computer system of claim 25, wherein the library of audio files comprises both global audio files and user-specific audio files.

31. The computer system of claim 25, wherein the library of audio files are stored in the library computer system.

32. The computer system of claim 25, wherein the library of audio files are stored in the processing computer system.

33. The computer system of claim 25, wherein each local operator uses the communication system to assign a sequence order to each of the plurality of selected audio files such that the plurality of selected audio files are combined by the processing system into a single combined audio segment comprising the selected audio files played in the sequence order.

34. The computer system of claim 25, wherein a remote operator uses the communication system to assign audio cue markers to each of the plurality of selected audio files.

35. The computer system of claim 25, further comprising:

at least one local system in communication with the communication system.

36. The computer system of claim 25, wherein the communication system communicates with the library system to access the library of audio files.

37. The computer system of claim 25, wherein the communication system informs the processing system of the audio file sequence and cue markers selected by the operator.

38. The computer system of claim 25, wherein the processing system requests session verification from the library system.

39. The computer system of claim 25, wherein the processing system accesses the library of audio files.

40. The computer system of claim 25, wherein the processing system sends the single combined audio segment to the communication system.

41. The computer system of claim 25, wherein the processing system sends a download queue to the library system.