Data preparation for media browsing
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsBruce Alan Johnson, W. Michael Anderson, William David Sproule
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Abstract
A media browsing system prepares various media content and synchronizes the content with a media player for playback. A user can specify the content and preconfigure the manner in which the content will be subsequently accessible through a common user interface on the media player. A variety of media players having configurable, common user interfaces promote a consistent media browsing experience across media players for users accessing a variety of preconfigured media content.
Claims37
A data formatting system comprising:
- a content retriever to retrieve and format data;
- a media file playlist generated by the content retriever from the data, the media file playlist including a playlist entry title identifying a title for a media file, a filename identifying the media file, and a metadata tag containing data for performing an action associated with the media file;
- and
- a configuration module associated with the content retriever configured to accept user input instructions that identify the data.
A data formatting system comprising:
- a content retriever to retrieve data and to generate a text file playlist from the data;
- a configuration module associated with the content retriever to accept user input instructions that identify the data;
- and
- a text-to-speech converter to generate one or more audio file playlists from the text file playlist.
A processor-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured for:
- retrieving data from a content source;
- generating a text file playlist from the data;
- converting text segments from the text file playlist into audio files;
- and
- generating an audio file playlist that includes the audio files.
A processor-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured for:
- retrieving data from a content source;
- and
- generating a playlist from the data, the playlist including a playlist entry title identifying a title for a media file, a filename identifying the media file, and a metadata tag containing data for performing an action associated with the media file.
A method of preparing data comprising:
- retrieving data from a content source;
- generating a text file playlist from the data;
- converting text segments from the text file playlist into audio files;
- and
- generating an audio file playlist that includes the audio files.
A method of preparing data comprising:
- retrieving data from a content source;
- and
- generating a playlist from the data, the playlist including a playlist entry title identifying a title for a media file, a filename identifying the media file, and a metadata tag containing data for performing an action associated with the media file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.