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Data preparation for media browsing

  • US 7,159,174 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2002
  • Issued: 01/02/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A data formatting system comprising:

  • a content retriever to retrieve and format data;

    a media file playlist generated by the content retriever from the data, the media file playlist including a playlist entry title identifying a title for a media file, a filename identifying the media file, and a metadata tag containing data for performing an action associated with the media file;

    a text file playlist generated by the content retriever from the text data, formatted in XML (extensible markup language), and includes;

    text-to-speech markup tags identifying the XML-formatted text file as a text-to-speech conversion file;

    playlist name markup tags within the text-to-speech markup tags identifying a playlist type and a playlist title;

    entry title markup tags within the playlist name markup tags identifying a playlist entry title;

    text filename markup tags within the entry title markup tags identifying a text segment and a text filename for the text segment; and

    action markup tags within the entry title markup tags identifying data for performing an action associated with the text segment;

    a text-to-speech converter configured to generate at least one audio file playlist from the text file playlist; and

    a configuration module associated with the content retriever configured to accept user input instructions that identify the data.

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