Network dedication system

• US 6,856,990 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2001
• Issued: 02/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Barile, Steven E., Needham, Bradford H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Metjahic, Safet
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALAUBAIDI, HAYTHIM J
• Application Number:
  US09/829,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20020147699A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,408 Days
• Field of Search: 707 1- 2, 707 9- 10
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing

Abstract

A method includes receiving a dedication from a first user via a network and applying the dedication to a play list of a second user.

Claims

1. A method of creating a song dedication from a first computer user to a second computer user comprising:

obtaining, by the first computer user, a play list for a media player application of a second computer user'"'"'s computer system;

generating an audio message file containing a message from the first computer user to the second computer user;

selecting a dedication song file;

selecting an insertion point in the second computer user'"'"'s play list;

inserting references to the audio message file and the dedication song file Into the second computer user'"'"'s play list without interaction by the second computer user;

transmitting the second computer user'"'"'s play list to the second computer user'"'"'s computer system only when the second computer user is currently on-line; and

automatically processing the play list by the media player application and rendering the audio message file and the dedication song file for perception by the second computer user without interaction by the second computer user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio message file is rend red as a voice over concurrently with rendering the dedication song file.