Email administration for rendering email on a digital audio player

• US 20070213986A1
• Filed: 03/09/2006
• Published: 09/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Jaramillo, David, Bodin, William, Redman, Jerry, Thorson, Derral
• Granted Patent: US 9,037,466 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/260
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/48 specially adapted for particular use

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for email administration for rendering email on a digital audio player. Embodiments include retrieving an email message; extracting text from the email message; creating a media file; and storing the extracted text of the email message as metadata associated with the media file. Embodiments may also include storing the media file on a digital audio player and displaying the metadata describing the media file, the metadata containing the extracted text of the email message.

Claims

1. A method for email administration for rendering email on a digital audio player, the method comprising:

retrieving an email message;

extracting text from the email message;

creating a media file; and

storing the extracted text of the email message as metadata associated with the media file.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

creating a media file further comprises creating an MPEG file; and

storing the extracted text of the email message as metadata describing the media file further comprises inserting the extracted text in the MPEG file.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein inserting the extracted text in the MPEG file further comprises inserting the extracted text in an ID3 tag in the MPEG file.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein storing the extracted text of the email message as metadata describing the media file further comprises storing the extracted text in a metadata file associated with the media file.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the metadata file is an eXtenxible markup language (‘

XML’

) file.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing the media file on a digital audio player; and

displaying the metadata describing the media file, the metadata containing the extracted text of the email message.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

extracting text from the email message for audio rendering on the digital audio player;

converting the text to speech; and

recording the speech in the audio portion of the media file.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

storing the media file on a digital audio player;

displaying the metadata describing the media file; and

playing the audio portion containing the speech.

9. A system for email administration for rendering email on a digital audio player, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

retrieving an email message;

extracting text from the email message;

creating a media file; and

storing the extracted text of the email message as metadata associated with the media file.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein:

the computer program instructions capable of creating a media file further comprise the computer program instructions capable of creating an MPEG file; and

the computer program instructions capable of storing the extracted text of the email message as metadata describing the media file further comprise the computer program instructions capable of inserting the extracted text in the MPEG file.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the computer program instructions capable of inserting the extracted text in the MPEG file further comprise the computer program instructions capable of inserting the extracted text in an ID3 tag in the MPEG file.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer program instructions capable of storing the extracted text of the email message as metadata describing the media file further comprise the computer program instructions capable of storing the extracted text in a metadata file associated with the media file.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of storing the media file on a digital audio player.

14. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

extracting text from the email message for audio rendering on the digital audio player;

converting the text to speech; and

recording the speech in the audio portion of the media file.

15. A computer program product for email administration for rendering email on a digital audio player, the computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions for retrieving an email message;

computer program instructions for extracting text from the email message;

computer program instructions for creating a media file; and

computer program instructions for storing the extracted text of the email message as metadata associated with the media file.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein:

computer program instructions for creating a media file further comprise computer program instructions for creating an MPEG file; and

computer program instructions for storing the extracted text of the email message as metadata describing the media file further comprise computer program instructions for inserting the extracted text in the MPEG file.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein computer program instructions for storing the extracted text of the email message as metadata describing the media file further comprise computer program instructions for storing the extracted text in a metadata file associated with the media file.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising:

computer program instructions for extracting text from the email message for audio rendering on the digital audio player;

computer program instructions for converting the text to speech; and

computer program instructions for recording the speech in the audio portion of the media file.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises a recording medium.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises a transmission medium.