Data preparation for media browsing
First Claim
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 that includes markup tags nested within other markup tags generated by the content retriever from text data, formatted in XML (extensible markup language);
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;
wherein the action to be performed is calling a phone number or sending an email, andwherein the text file play list includes a text to speech markup tag that has a playlist name mark up tag nested within the text to speech markup tag.
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Abstract
A system is described which includes a content retriever to retrieve and format data and a media file playlist generated by the content retriever from the data. The media file playlist includes a playlist entry title identifying a title for a media file, a file name identifying the media file, and a metadata tag containing data for performing an action associated with the file. Examples of the actions that may be performed are calling a phone number or sending an email. The system also includes a text file playlist generated by the content retriever from the text data in XML (extensible markup language). The text file play list includes text-to-speech markup tags indentifying the XML-formatted text file as a text-to-speech conversion file. The system further includes 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 instruction that identify the data.
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20 Claims
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1. A data formatting system comprising:
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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 that includes markup tags nested within other markup tags generated by the content retriever from text data, formatted in XML (extensible markup language); 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; wherein the action to be performed is calling a phone number or sending an email, and wherein the text file play list includes a text to speech markup tag that has a playlist name mark up tag nested within the text to speech markup tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A data formatting system comprising:
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a content retriever to retrieve data and to generate a text file playlist that includes markup tags nested within other markup tags formatted in XML (extensible markup language), wherein action markup tags within the other markup tags formatted in XML identify data for performing an action associated with a media file; a media file playlist generated by the content retriever from the data, the media file playlist including a metadata tag containing data for performing the action associated with the media file; a configuration module associated with the content retriever to accept user input instructions that identify the data; and a text-to-speech converter to generate one or more audio file playlists from the text file playlist; wherein the action to be performed is calling a phone number or sending an email. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A tangible processor-readable storage medium including processor-executable instructions configured for performing operations comprising:
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retrieving data from a content source; generating a text file playlist from the data, the text file playlist including markup tags nested within other markup tags formatted in XML (extensible markup language), wherein one of the markup tags nested within the other markup tags is a metadata tag containing data for performing an action associated with a media file; and performing the action associated with the media file, wherein in an event the data for performing the action associated with the media file is a phone number, the action being performed is calling the phone number. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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