System and method for generating and distributing personalized media

• US 7,142,645 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2005
• Issued: 11/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mark Baker
• Original Assignee: GSI Health LLC (Health Care Service Corporation)
• Inventors: Lowe, Frederick
• Primary Examiner(s): Escalante, Ovidio
• Application Number:
  US11/040,166
• Publication Number:
  US 20050185918A1
• Time in Patent Office: 677 Days
• Field of Search: 379/67.1, 379/88.13, 379/88.16, 379/88.19, 379/88.22, 379/88.23, 379/373.02, 379/373.03, 379/373.04, 379/374.02, 709/231
• US Class Current: 379/88.16
• 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: H04H 60/04 Studio equipment; Interconnection of studios
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/233 Processing of audio elementary streams monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/262 Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Personalized media is generated by obtaining a master clip having predefined insert points, obtaining an insert clip, seamlessly merging the insert clip into the selected master clip to generate a personalized media clip with undetectable transitions between spliced clips. An insert clip is utilized for purposes of adding variables such as a name, place, time, gender, product name or any other desirable information to a master clip. Dynamic context data may be added and transmitted to a client playback device. This distribution process may be in real-time or asynchronous until requested. The playback device may use the clip for ring tone, ringback tone or voice message or any other purpose. Although the contents of the master clip and/or the insert clip may use any voice including the originator'"'"'s voice, celebrity voices or the voices of celebrity impersonators may be utilized. The master clip and insert clip may be seamlessly merged using uncompressed or compressed data in given formats.

Claims

1. A system for generating and distributing personalized audio comprising:

an insert clip of audio;

a master clip of audio having an insertion point;

a network interface;

a computer coupled with said network interface wherein said computer further comprises a memory device comprising said insert clip and said master clip;

a playback device coupled with said network interface wherein said playback device is identified to said computer with an identifier selected from the group consisting of RFID, credit card number, ANI and DNIS; and

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a process executing on said computer wherein said process is configured to encode said insert clip into insert clip packets and encode said master clip into master clip packets wherein all of said insert clip packets and all of said master clip packets are encoded into a degraded frequency response compressed format each packet of which holds information only for a time duration of each respective packet and wherein said process is further configured to combine said insert clip with said master clip at said insertion point to create a personalized audio clip using seamless splicing at said insertion point wherein said personalized audio clip is created for said playback device based on said identifier.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said playback device is configured to ring with said personalized audio clip.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said personalized ring audio clip comprises a celebrity voice.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said playback device is configured to ringback with said personalized audio clip.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein said personalized ring audio clip comprises a celebrity voice.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said insert clip packets and said master clip packets are selected from the group consisting of MP3, OGG, Flash and video data.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising a context clip comprising context information wherein said master clip further comprises a second insertion point and wherein said computer is further configured to combine said context clip with said master clip at said second insertion point with undetectable transitions at said second insertion point.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein said context information is selected from a group comprising time, date, location and temperature information.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein said insert clip, said master clip and said context clip comprise a celebrity voice.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein said playback device is selected from a group consisting of a browser, PDA, cell phone, GPS receiver, slot machine, loyalty card reader, credit card reader, ATM machine, kiosk, toy, digital cable set-top box, hotel door and personal computer.

11. A method for generating and distributing personalized audio comprising:

obtaining an insert clip of audio;

obtaining a master clip of audio having an insertion point;

coupling a computer coupled with a network interface wherein said computer further comprises a memory device comprising said insert clip and said master clip;

coupling a playback device with said network interface;

identifying said playback device to said computer with an identifier selected from the group consisting of RFID, credit card number, ANI and DNIS;

encoding said insert clip into insert clip packets and encoding said master clip into master clip packets wherein all of said insert clip packets and all of said master clip packets are encoded into a degraded frequency response compressed format each packet of which holds information only for a time duration of each respective packet;

combining said insert clip with said master clip at said insertion point to create a personalized audio clip with seamless splicing at said insertion point wherein said personalized audio clip is created for said playback device based on said identifier.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising ringing said playback device with said personalized audio clip.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein said personalized ring audio clip comprises a celebrity voice.

14. The method of claim 11 further comprising providing a ringback to said playback device comprising said personalized audio clip.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein said personalized ring audio clip comprises a celebrity voice.

16. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

obtaining a context clip and obtaining a context insert point;

blending said context clip seamlessly with said audio clip at said context insert point.

17. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

formatting said audio clip for said playback device and transmitting said audio clip to said playback device.

18. A system for generating and distributing personalized audio comprising:

means for obtaining an insert clip of audio;

means for obtaining a master clip of audio having an insertion point;

means for coupling a computer coupled with a network interface wherein said computer further comprises a memory device comprising said insert clip and said master clip;

means for coupling a playback device with said network interface;

means for identifying said playback device to said computer with an identifier selected from the group consisting of RFID, credit card number, ANI and DNIS; and

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means for encoding said insert clip into insert clip packets and encoding said master clip into master clip packets wherein all of said insert clip packets and all of said master clip packets are encoded into a degraded frequency response compressed format each packet of which holds information only for a time duration of each respective packet;

means for combining said insert clip with said master clip at said insertion point to create a personalized audio clip with seamless splicing at said insertion point wherein said personalized audio clip is created for said playback device based on said identifier.