Method of previewing content in a distributed communications system

• US 20020143912A1
• Filed: 04/02/2001
• Published: 10/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wills, Kevin D., Bordelon, Michael, Michels, Joseph L.
• Application Number:
  US09/823,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20020143912A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A method of previewing content in a distributed communications system (100) includes receiving categorized content (210) at a remote communications node (104). The categorized content (210) is then evaluated and assigned contextual audio content (220). The categorized content (210) is then previewed utilizing the contextual audio content (220). Contextual audio content (220) can be user-provided and user-defined in order to enrich the distributed communications system (100) environment.

Claims

1. A method of previewing content in a distributed communications system comprising:

receiving a plurality of categorized content at a remote communications node;

evaluating each of the categorized content;

assigning contextual audio content to each of the categorized content; and

previewing the categorized content utilizing the contextual audio content.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising mixing the contextual audio content with the categorized content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the categorized content comprises subcategorized content, and wherein assigning the contextual audio content comprises assigning the contextual audio content to each of the sub-categorized content.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising previewing the sub-categorized content utilizing the contextual audio content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the plurality of categorized content comprises receiving categorized textual content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the contextual audio content is user-provided.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the contextual audio content is user-defined.

8. A computer-readable medium containing computer instructions for instructing a processor to perform a method of previewing content in a distributed communications system, the instructions comprising:

receiving a plurality of categorized content at a remote communications node;

evaluating each of the categorized content;

assigning contextual audio content to each of the categorized content; and

previewing the categorized content utilizing the contextual audio content.

9. The computer-readable medium in claim 8, the instructions further comprising mixing the contextual audio content with the categorized content.

10. The computer-readable medium in claim 8, wherein the categorized content comprises sub-categorized content, and wherein assigning the contextual audio content comprises assigning the contextual audio content to each of the sub-categorized content.

11. The computer-readable medium in claim 10, the instructions further comprising previewing the sub-categorized content utilizing the contextual audio content.

12. The computer-readable medium in claim 8, wherein receiving the plurality of categorized content comprises receiving categorized textual content.

13. The computer-readable medium in claim 8, wherein the contextual audio content is user provided.

14. The computer-readable medium in claim 8, wherein the contextual audio content is user-defined.