INTERNET-SOURCED BEDTIME AUDIO
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1. Consumer electronic (CE) device comprising:
- housing;
display on the housing;
at least one speaker;
network interface;
processor controlling the display and speaker and communicating with the Internet through the network interface;
the processor executing logic including;
presenting, on the display, a user interface (UI) from which a user can select an “
on”
time;
presenting, on the display, a UI from which a user can select a sleep sound, the sleep sound being an audio program that is a non-voice audio track;
at the on time, automatically playing on the speaker the selected sleep sound from an Internet server; and
responsive to a determination that a power conservation criterion is present in the device, deenergizing the display and overriding audio muting of the speaker programmed as part of power conservation logic to be muted in the presence of the power conservation criterion to continue playing the sleep sound on the speaker.
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Abstract
Sleep sound audio (natural or soothing sounds such as fan, airplane, ocean waves, birds, rainforest, etc.) are streamed over the Internet from an audio server to enabled products for the purpose of helping people fall asleep or for other aural therapy.
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19 Claims
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1. Consumer electronic (CE) device comprising:
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housing; display on the housing; at least one speaker; network interface; processor controlling the display and speaker and communicating with the Internet through the network interface; the processor executing logic including; presenting, on the display, a user interface (UI) from which a user can select an “
on”
time;presenting, on the display, a UI from which a user can select a sleep sound, the sleep sound being an audio program that is a non-voice audio track; at the on time, automatically playing on the speaker the selected sleep sound from an Internet server; and responsive to a determination that a power conservation criterion is present in the device, deenergizing the display and overriding audio muting of the speaker programmed as part of power conservation logic to be muted in the presence of the power conservation criterion to continue playing the sleep sound on the speaker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. Method comprising:
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establishing communication between an audio player and an Internet server; and downloading, from the Internet, sleep sound audio from the server to the player for playing the sleep sound audio to help people fall asleep or for aural therapy. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Device comprising:
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housing; display on the housing; at least one speaker; network interface; processor controlling the display and speaker and communicating with the Internet through the network interface; the processor executing logic including; presenting a user interface on the display listing genres of audio video content sources and, for each source in sub-menu style, genre of programming provided by that source, one of the sources being the Internet and one of the respective genres of programming being “
sleep sounds”
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responsive to a user selection of “
sleep sounds”
presenting on the display a UI from which a user may select a particular audio including white noise sounds and naturally occurring sounds; andpresenting on the display a UI permitting a user to input an on time of day, at which time of day selected audio is automatically streamed from the server and played on the speaker. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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