System and method for on-demand delivery of audio content for use with entertainment creatives

• US 9,633,505 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2009
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Veritone Media
• Original Assignee: Veritone Media
• Inventors: Steelberg, Ryan, Steelberg, Chad
• Primary Examiner(s): KUDDUS, DANIEL A
• Application Number:
  US12/466,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20100223351A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,903 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like

Abstract

A method of creating and delivering an on-demand audio asset for inclusion in a creative is described. The method includes the steps of accessing a central processing environment, requesting at least one recording of at least a portion of an audio transmission generated from a communication device, generating at least one audio asset, adding the audio asset to a pool of related assets stored in a vault connected to the central processing environment, selecting the generated audio asset and at least one other related asset from the pool of related assets to form a creative, then requesting delivery of the creative to another communication device, and finally delivering the creative to the other communication device. The method is performed in part by a creative composition engine, which is also described. The engine includes a central processing environment having a processor, a digital recorder and a digital asset storage vault.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of creating in and delivering on-demand audio asset from a central processing environment for inclusion in a creative, comprising the steps of:

accessing, by a first processor associated with a first electrical communication device, the central processing environment via a computerized telecommunications network;

requesting creation of at least one recording of at least one portion of an audio transmission generated from the first electrical communication device into the central processing environment in accordance with at least one parameter provided by the first electrical communication device, wherein the at least one parameter is indicative of the creative and comprises payment schema;

in response to the requesting, generating at least one audio asset in the central processing environment, wherein the at least one audio asset includes the created at least one recording of the at least one portion of the audio transmission, wherein the at least one recording is created within the central processing environment;

synthesizing a first audio asset based on the generated at least one audio asset for inclusion in the pool of related assets, wherein the synthesizing the first audio comprises identifying constitution of sound units using one of syllables, demi-syllables, and pairs of half syllables, wherein the synthesizing uses at least one exclusion rule to reject accented syllables;

adding the at least one audio asset and the synthesized audio asset to a pool of related assets stored in a computer implemented vault that is communicative with the central processing environment via the computerized telecommunications network;

selecting, from the pool of audio assets in the vault, the at least one generated audio asset or the synthesized audio asset and at least one other related asset from the pool of related assets to form a creative;

requesting delivery of the creative to a second electrical communication device; and

delivering the creative to a second processor associated with the second electrical communication device via the computerized telecommunications network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one generated audio asset is a voice snippet.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the related audio assets comprise voice snippets.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one recording is recorded by the central processing environment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the synthesizing is performed by the central processing environment.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the at least one generated audio and the at least one related asset to form a creative is based on polling results.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein synthesizing the first audio asset is based on segments stringed together from previously recorded media.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the at least one generated audio and the at least one related asset to form a creative is based on at least one exclusion rule comprising one of a geographic, product, brand association, and pre-existing endorsement limitations.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein generating the creative using the synthesized media asset and the received media asset comprises selecting one of the synthesized media asset and the received media asset based on polling results.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein generating the synthesized media asset is based on segments stringed together from previously recorded media.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein generating the creative using the synthesized media asset and the received media asset comprises selecting one of the synthesized media asset and the received media asset based on at least one exclusion rule comprising one of a geographic, product, brand association, and pre-existing endorsement limitations.

12. A computer implemented creative composition engine, comprising:

a central processing environment comprising at least one processor, a digital recorder and a digital asset storage vault;

a received at least a portion of an audio transmission from a first electrical communication device connected to the central processing environment via a computerized telecommunications network, wherein said received portion of the audio transmission is created by recordation by the digital recorder for inclusion into a pool of related audio assets stored in the vault in accordance with at least one parameter provided by the first electrical communication device, wherein the at least one parameter is indicative of the creative and comprises payment schema, wherein the at least one recording is created within the central processing environment; and

a synthesizer for synthesizing a selectable voice snippet asset pool for storage in the vault, wherein the central processing environment generates a creative comprising the at least one recording and at least one other related asset from the pool for delivery to a second electrical communication device, wherein the synthesizer is configured to identify constitution of sound units using one of syllables, demi-syllables, and pairs of half syllables, wherein the synthesizer uses at least one exclusion rule to reject accented syllables.

13. The engine of claim 12, wherein the central processing environment further comprises the synthesizer for synthesizing a selectable voice snippet.

14. The engine of claim 12, wherein the selectable synthesized voice snippet asset pool is generated from the audio transmission.

15. The engine of claim 12, wherein the central processing environment generates a creative comprising the at least one recording and at least one other related asset based on polling results.

16. The engine of claim 12, wherein synthesizing the selectable voice snippet asset is based on segments stringed together from previously recorded media.

17. A computer implemented method for creating an on-demand creative comprising:

receiving, at a central processing environment, a first media asset from a first device;

generating, at the central processing environment, a synthesized media asset using a second media asset associated with the received media asset, wherein the second media asset is stored in a pool of assets that is communicatively coupled to the central processing environment wherein generating the synthesized media comprises identifying constitution of sound units using one of syllables, demi-syllables, and pairs of half syllables, and using least one exclusion rule to reject accented syllables;

storing the synthesized and the received media assets in the pool of assets;

generating a creative using the synthesized media asset and the received media asset; and

delivering the creative to a second device.