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US 2012/0239405 A1Published application
System and method for generating audio content
OwnerWilliam C. O'Conor, Nathan T. Bradleyinventors
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Abstract
A system and method for generating audio content. Content is automatically retrieved from a website. The content is converted to audio files. The audio files are associated with a hierarchy. The hierarchy is determined from the website. One or more audio files are communicated to an electronic device utilized by a user in response to a request from the user.
Claims20
A method for generating audio content, comprising:
- automatically retrieving content from a website;
- converting the content to audio files;
- associating the audio files with a hierarchy, wherein the hierarchy is determined from the website;
- and
- communicating one or more of the audio files to an electronic device utilized by a user in response to a request from the user.
2 more elements
A server for generating audio content, the server comprising:
- a network interface operable to communicate with one or more electronic devices utilized by one or more users, wherein the network interface receives selections of a website from the one or more electronic devices;
- and
- logic including:
- a scraping engine for retrieving content from the website, wherein the reading engine retrieves the content utilizing a hierarchy from the website and according to a predetermined schedule;
- a conversion engine for converting the content to an audible website including one or more audio files, wherein the one or more audio files are organized within the audible website utilizing the hierarchy;
- and
- a database for storing the audible website for access by the one or more users through the one or more electronic devices.
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A computing device for generating an audible website, comprising:
- a processor for executing a set of instructions;
- and
- a memory for storing the set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions are executed to:
- automatically retrieve content from a website;
- convert the content to audio files;
- associate the audio files with a hierarchy, wherein the hierarchy is associated with the website;
- and
- communicate one or more of the audio files to an electronic device utilized by a user in response to a request from the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.