Application program with recorded user's voice for electronic devices, including a mobile phone

• US 10,545,718 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2017
• Issued: 01/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jeffry L. Klima
• Original Assignee: Jeffry L. Klima
• Inventors: Klima, Jeffry L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Warren, David S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Schreiber, Christina M
• Application Number:
  US15/637,991
• Publication Number:
  US 20190004765A1
• Time in Patent Office: 943 Days
• Field of Search: 84625
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/162 Interface to dedicated audio devices, e.g. audio drivers, interface to CODECs
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0025 Automatic or semi-automatic music composition, e.g. producing random music, applying rules from music theory or modifying a musical piece automatically producing a series of tones G10H1/26
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/361 Recording/reproducing of accompaniment for use with an external source, e.g. karaoke systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2250/395 Gensound nature
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2250/641 Waveform sampler, i.e. music samplers; Sampled music loop processing, wherein a loop is a sample of a performance that has been edited to repeat seamlessly without clicks or artifacts

Abstract

An application program for a mobile device includes a capability for recording and storing a user'"'"'s voice; a play list of music or other sounds, and a system for combining the user'"'"'s voice recording with the selected music or sounds in a looped combined recording. The user begins and stops the looped combined recording by controls on the mobile device.

Claims

1. An application program for installation and use on a user'"'"'s mobile phone, capable of running an app, comprising:

a recording system for recording and storing a message generated by a user with the user'"'"'s own voice;

a play list of individual items of music, tunes or other sounds;

a system for combining the user'"'"'s recorded voice with a selected one of the individual items from the play list into a combined recording, selecting a time loop for the combined recording and playing the combined recording back locally to the user through the mobile phone, wherein the mobile phone is capable of receiving calls during playing of the combined recording;

a recording control for initiating and terminating running of the combined recording on the user'"'"'s mobile phone; and

including an interrupt or stop of the combined recording when a call is received on the user'"'"'s mobile phone, and for starting the combined recording at the point in the combined recording where the combined recording was stopped when the received call is terminated.

2. The application program of claim 1, including a volume control for the user'"'"'s voice and/or the music or other sounds.

3. The application program of claim 2, including a display for the volume.

4. The application program of claim 1, including a selection system for determining the timing of the loop.

5. The application program of claim 1, including a stop/start control for the looping combination during running of the combined program.

6. The application program of claim 1, including a display showing track time left and/or used during playing of the combined recording.

7. The application program of claim 1, including a display menu for the application program.

8. The application program of claim 1, including control over the background image for the menu display.

9. The system of claim 1, including a plurality of stored combined recordings, and an access control permitting a user to access recordings and to select one for playing.

10. The system of claim 1, including a plurality of stored user messages.