Distributed network based message processing system for text-to-speech streaming data
First Claim
1. A method of providing text-to-speech streaming data using a distributed network based message processing system, said system including a user access server for controlling access of registered users to said system, an internetwork data retrieval server for retrieving raw data from an internetwork, a text-to-speech server for converting said raw data to an audible speech data, and a memory storage output device for storing a streaming media file containing said audible speech data, a streaming media server for transmitting said audible speech data to said registered users via said internetwork, the method comprising the steps of:
- authenticating a registered user;
retrieving said raw data from said internetwork;
parsing said raw data for text passages;
converting said text passages to said audible speech data;
converting said audible speech data to said streaming media file;
storing said streaming media file in a memory storage output device;
outputting a streaming media file to said registered user.
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Abstract
Text-to-speech streaming data is output to an end user using a distributed network based message processing system. The distributed network system includes a user access server that controls access of registered users to the data retrieval system. An internetwork data retrieval system server retrieves raw data from an internetwork. A text-to-speech server converts the raw data to an audible speech data. A memory storage output device stores a streaming media file containing the audible speech data and a streaming media server transmits the audible speech data to the registered users via the internetwork.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of providing text-to-speech streaming data using a distributed network based message processing system, said system including a user access server for controlling access of registered users to said system, an internetwork data retrieval server for retrieving raw data from an internetwork, a text-to-speech server for converting said raw data to an audible speech data, and a memory storage output device for storing a streaming media file containing said audible speech data, a streaming media server for transmitting said audible speech data to said registered users via said internetwork, the method comprising the steps of:
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authenticating a registered user; retrieving said raw data from said internetwork; parsing said raw data for text passages; converting said text passages to said audible speech data; converting said audible speech data to said streaming media file; storing said streaming media file in a memory storage output device; outputting a streaming media file to said registered user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16)
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11. The method of step 1 further comprising the step of compressing said media file using a media encoder.
- 12. The method of step 1 further comprising the steps of extracting meta-data from said parsed raw data and transmitting it with said streaming media file.
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13. The method of step 12 wherein said meta-data is embedded in said streaming media file.
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17. A distributed network based message processing system for providing text-to-speech streaming data to a registered user on said system, said system comprising:
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a user access server for authenticating said registered user and for allowing access to said system; an internetwork data retrieval server linked to said user access server for retrieving of raw data within said internetwork; a text-to-speech server linked to said retrieval system server for parsing said raw data, converting said parsed raw data to audible speech data, and for converting said audible speech data to a streaming media file; a memory storage output device linked to said text-to-speech server for storing a streaming media file; and a streaming media server linked to said memory storage output device for transmitting a streaming audio output of said streaming media file to said registered user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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