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Audio user interface

  • US 7,190,794 B2
  • Filed: 01/29/2002
  • Issued: 03/13/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An audio user-interfacing method in which services are represented by audio labels presented in an audio field through respective synthesized sound sources, the method comprising:

  • (a) storing, for each service to be represented, service access data and data associating the service with at least one said sound source and specifying at least one audio label;

    (b) generating an audio field in which said sound sources are synthesized at respective rendering positions to sound their associated service-representing audio labels and thereby present the user with a choice of services;

    (c) selecting a service by indicating the selected service through its audible representation, and(d) modifying the audio-field layout of (i) the service-representing sound sources and/or (ii) what services are represented in the audio field.

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