Customizable media player with online/offline capabilities
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a data store configured to store profile information for a user account established with the system, wherein the profile information comprises media preferences for the user account; and
a host server configured to;
receive information from media station devices as text files,encode the information to control audio characteristics including inflection in subsequent speech rendering of the information,select a subset of the information based on the profile information,deliver the subset of the information to a user computer for download to a portable playback device when the portable playback device is connected to the user computer, anddetermine whether the portable playback device is connected to the user computer so that if not connected, an update associated with the subset of the information, determined based on the profile information, can be delivered to the portable playback device via a radio broadcast device of a radio broadcast system.
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Abstract
An information dissemination system comprises an Internet-connected server adapted for gathering information from plural sources, and sorting the information according to subscriber preferences. The sorted information is transmitted via the Internet to a subscriber'"'"'s Internet Appliance (IA) as electronic documents, where the documents are downloaded to a connected playback device. The playback device may be disconnected from the PC, and the information electronic documents rendered as speech to a speaker in the playback device by a text-to-speech system. In a preferred embodiment annotation is added at the Internet-connected server to control speech characteristics, such as inflection, upon playback. In some embodiments updates may be made by radio with the playback device disconnected from the IA.
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29 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a data store configured to store profile information for a user account established with the system, wherein the profile information comprises media preferences for the user account; and a host server configured to; receive information from media station devices as text files, encode the information to control audio characteristics including inflection in subsequent speech rendering of the information, select a subset of the information based on the profile information, deliver the subset of the information to a user computer for download to a portable playback device when the portable playback device is connected to the user computer, and determine whether the portable playback device is connected to the user computer so that if not connected, an update associated with the subset of the information, determined based on the profile information, can be delivered to the portable playback device via a radio broadcast device of a radio broadcast system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A portable device, comprising:
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a memory that stores executable components; a speaker; and a processor that facilitates execution of the executable components, the executable components comprising; a reception component configured to receive media information based on profile information related to a user account established with a media information delivery system, the profile information comprising user preferences associated with the media information, wherein the reception component is configured to receive the media information in a text format from a server device via another device connected to the server device in response to connection of the portable device to the other device, and wherein the reception component is configured to receive an update to the media information from the server device via a radio broadcast device when the portable device is disconnected from the other device, wherein the update is based on the profile information; and a text-to-speech component configured to convert the media information from the text format to an audio format for playback via the speaker. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method, comprising:
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downloading, by a mobile device comprising a processor, media data in a text form from a device connected to an information delivery server in response to connection of the mobile device to the device, wherein the media data is selected based on profile information accessible to the information delivery server and comprising a media preference associated with the mobile device; receiving, by the mobile device in response to disconnection of the mobile device from the device, an update to the media data from the information delivery server via a radio broadcast system device communicatively coupled to the information delivery server, wherein the update is determined based on profile information; and converting the media data to speech. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution by a server device of a media delivery system comprising a processor, cause the server device to perform operations, comprising:
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storing profile information for a user account established with the media delivery system, wherein the profile information comprises media preferences for the user account; receiving media information from media station devices as text files; encoding the media information with control audio characteristics including inflection applicable to speech rendering of the information; selecting a subset of the media information based on the profile information; delivering the subset of the media information to a user computer for download to a portable playback device when the portable playback device is connected to the user computer; and determining whether the portable playback device is connected to the user computer so that if not connected, an update associated with the subset of the information, determined based on the profile information, can be delivered to the portable playback device via a radio broadcast device of a radio broadcast system. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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