Method and apparatus to prepare listener-interest-filtered works
DCFirst Claim
1. An apparatus for generating a speed contour which includes an affinity information used to obtain a time-scale modification (TSM) rate and an identifier information used to obtain an identifier of a portion of an audio or audio-visual work associated with the TSM rate, which apparatus comprises:
- a user input apparatus that receives user information and directs input of a portion of the audio or audio-visual work;
a time-scale modification system, responsive to an identifier of the portion, the portion, and the TSM rate, that generates a time-scale modified portion;
a time-scale modification monitor, responsive to at least a portion of the user information, the identifier of the portion, and the portion, that generates the TSM rate and the identifier of a portion associated with the TSM rate; and
a speed contour generator, responsive to the TSM rate and the identifier of the associated portion, that generates the speed contour.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention is a method for generating a listener-interest-filled work for an audio or audio-visual work, which method comprises the steps of: (a) generating one or more average speed contours for one or more audio or audio-visual works for one or more categories of users; (b) converting the one or more average speed contours to one or more conceptual speed association data structures; and (c) forming a listener-interest-filtered conceptual speed association data structure from the one or more conceptual speed association data structures. This embodiment further includes the step of using the listener-interest-filtered conceptual speed association data structure to create a listener-interest-filtered audio or audio-visual work; or the step of converting the listener-interest-filtered conceptual speed association data structure to a listener-interest-filtered speed contour; or the step of using the listener-interest-filtered speed contour to create a listener-interest-filtered audio or audio-visual work.
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1. An apparatus for generating a speed contour which includes an affinity information used to obtain a time-scale modification (TSM) rate and an identifier information used to obtain an identifier of a portion of an audio or audio-visual work associated with the TSM rate, which apparatus comprises:
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a user input apparatus that receives user information and directs input of a portion of the audio or audio-visual work;
a time-scale modification system, responsive to an identifier of the portion, the portion, and the TSM rate, that generates a time-scale modified portion;
a time-scale modification monitor, responsive to at least a portion of the user information, the identifier of the portion, and the portion, that generates the TSM rate and the identifier of a portion associated with the TSM rate; and
a speed contour generator, responsive to the TSM rate and the identifier of the associated portion, that generates the speed contour. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for generating a speed contour which includes an affinity information used to obtain a time-scale modification (TSM) rate and an identifier information used to obtain an identifier of a portion of an audio or audio-visual work associated with the TSM rate, which method comprises steps of:
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obtaining user information and directing input of a portion of the audio or audio-visual visual work;
generating a time-scale modified portion responsive to an identifier of the portion, the portion, and the TSM rate;
generating the TSM rate and the identifier of a portion associated with the TSM rate responsive to the user information, the identifier of the portion, and the portion; and
generating the speed contour responsive to the TSM rate and the identifier of the associated portion.
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17. An apparatus for generating a conceptual speed association data structure which includes an affinity information used to obtain a time-scale modification (TSM) rate and a concept information used to obtain a concept identifier for a portion of an audio or audio-visual work associated with the TSM rate, which apparatus comprises:
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a user input apparatus that receives user information and directs input of a portion of the audio or audio-visual work;
a time-scale modification system, responsive to an identifier of the portion, the portion, and the TSM rate, that generates a time-scale modified portion;
a concept decoder, responsive to the identifier of the portion and the portion, that generates one or more concepts for the portion;
a time-scale modification concept monitor, responsive to the user information and the one or more concepts, that generates the TSM rate and a concept identifier associated with the TSM rate; and
a conceptual speed association data structure generator, responsive to the TSM rate and the associated concept identifier, that generates the conceptual speed association data structure. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for generating a conceptual speed association data structure which includes an affinity information used to obtain a time-scale modification (TSM) rate and a concept information used to obtain a concept identifier for a portion of an audio or audio-visual work associated with the TSM rate, which method comprises steps of:
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obtaining user information and directing input of a portion of the audio or audio-visual work;
generating a time-scale modified version of the portion responsive to an identifier of the portion, the portion, and the TSM rate;
generating one or more concepts for the portion responsive to the identifier of the portion and the portion;
generating the TSM rate and a concept associated with the TSM rate responsive to the user information and the one or more concepts; and
generating the conceptual speed association data structure responsive to the TSM rate and the associated concept.
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42. An apparatus which plays an audio or audio-visual work in conjunction with a speed contour which includes an affinity information used to obtain a first time-scale modification (TSM) rate and an identifier information used to obtain an identifier of a portion of an audio or audio-visual work associated with the first TSM rate, which apparatus comprises:
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an input apparatus that directs input of a portion of the audio or audio-visual work, wherein the input apparatus further comprises a user input apparatus that receives user information;
a time-scale modification system, responsive to an identifier of the portion, the portion, and a TSM rate, that generates a time-scale modified portion;
playback apparatus, responsive to the time-scale modified portion, that plays the time-scale modified portion; and
a time-scale modification rate determiner, responsive to the speed contour, to the information, and to the identifier of the portion, that generates the TSM rate. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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45. A method for playing an audio or audio-visual work in conjunction with a speed contour which includes an affinity information used to obtain a first time-scale modification (TSM) rate and an identifier information used to obtain an identifier of a portion of an audio or audio-visual work associated with the first TSM rate, which method comprises steps of:
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directing input of a portion of the audio or audio-visual work, and receiving user information;
generating a time-scale modified portion responsive to an identifier of the portion, the portion, and a TSM rate;
playing the time-scale modified portion; and
generating the TSM rate responsive to the speed contour, the user information, and the identifier of the portion.
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46. An apparatus which plays an audio or audio-visual work in conjunction with a conceptual speed association data structure which includes an affinity information used to obtain a first time-scale modification (TSM) rate and a concept information used to obtain a concept identifier for a portion of an audio or audio-visual work associated with the first TSM rate, which apparatus comprises:
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an input apparatus that directs input of a portion of the audio or audio-visual work;
a time-scale modification system, responsive to an identifier of the portion, the portion, and a TSM rate, that generates a time-scale modified portion;
playback apparatus, responsive to the time-scale modified portion, that plays the time-scale modified portion;
a concept decoder, responsive to the identifier of the portion and the portion, that generates one or more concepts for the portion; and
a time-scale modification concept look-up system, responsive to the one or more concepts and the conceptual speed association data structure, that generates the TSM rate. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A method for playing an audio or audio-visual work in conjunction with a conceptual speed association data structure which includes an affinity information used to obtain a first time-scale modification (TSM) rate and a concept information used to obtain a concept identifier for a portion of an audio or audio-visual work associated with the first TSM rate, which method comprises steps of:
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directing input of a portion of the audio or audio-visual work;
generating a time-scale modified portion responsive to an identifier of the portion, the portion, and a TSM rate;
playing the time-scale modified portion;
generating a concept for the portion responsive to the identifier of the portion and the portion; and
generating the TSM rate responsive to the concept, and the conceptual speed association data structure. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57)
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58. An apparatus for converting a speed contour which includes an affinity information used to obtain a time-scale modification (TSM) rate and an identifier information used to obtain an identifier of a portion of an audio or audio-visual work associated with the TSM rate into a conceptual speed association data structure which includes an affinity information used to obtain a time-scale modification (TSM) rate and a concept information used to obtain a concept identifier for a portion of an audio or audio-visual work associated with the TSM rate, which apparatus comprises:
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an input apparatus, responsive to the speed contour, that determines a TSM rate for a portion and an identifier of the portion and directs input of the portion of the audio or audio-visual work;
a concept decoder, responsive to an identifier of the portion and the portion, that generates one or more concepts for the portion;
a time-scale modification concept monitor, responsive to the one or more concepts and the TSM rate, that associates a concept identifier with the TSM rate; and
a conceptual speed association data structure generator, responsive to the TSM rate and the associated concept identifier, that generates the conceptual speed association data structure.
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59. An apparatus for converting a conceptual speed association data structure which includes an affinity information used to obtain a time-scale modification (TSM) rate and a concept information used to obtain a concept identifier for a portion of an audio or audio-visual work associated with the TSM rate into a speed contour which includes an affinity information used to obtain a time-scale modification (TSM) rate and an identifier information used to obtain an identifier of a portion of an audio or audio-visual work associated with the TSM rate, which apparatus comprises:
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an input apparatus that directs input of a portion of the audio or audio-visual work and determines an identifier of the portion;
a concept decoder, responsive to the identifier of the portion and the portion, that generates one or more concepts for the portion;
a time-scale modification concept look-up, responsive to the one or more concepts and the conceptual speed association data structure, that generates the TSM rate; and
a speed contour generator, responsive to the TSM rate and the associated identifier of the portion, that generates the speed contour.
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60. An apparatus for generating a speed contour which includes an affinity information used to obtain a time-scale modification (TSM) rate and an identifier information used to obtain an identifier of a portion of an audio or audio-visual work associated with the TSM rate, which apparatus comprises:
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a user input apparatus that receives user information and directs input of a portion of the audio or audio-visual work;
a display apparatus, responsive to an identifier of the portion, that displays a representation of the input portion and the TSM rate associated with the portion;
an editor, in response to the user information, that provides an identifier for a user selected portion of the display and a user specified TSM rate for the user selected portion; and
a speed contour generator, responsive to the user specified TSM rate, the associated TSM rate, and the identifier of the user selected portion, that generates the speed contour. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62)
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