US 2013/0006627 A1Published application

Method and System for Communicating Between a Sender and a Recipient Via a Personalized Message Including an Audio Clip Extracted from a Pre-Existing Recording

AssigneeRednote LLC

InventorsScott Guthery, Richard van den Bosch

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Abstract

A method of communicating between a sender and a recipient via a personalized message is disclosed comprising: (a) identifying text, via the user interface of a communication device, of a desired lyric phrase from within a pre-existing audio recording; (b) extracting audio substantially associated with the desired lyric phrase from the pre-existing recording into a desired audio clip; (c) inputting personalized text via the user interface; (d) creating the personalized message with the sender identification, the personalized text and access to the desired audio clip; (e) sending an electronic message to the electronic address of the recipient, wherein the electronic message may be an SMS/EMS/MMS message, instant message or email message including a link to the personalized message or an EMS/MMS or email message including the personalized message. An associated method of earning money from the communication along with associated systems are also disclosed.

Claims28

Dependent claims

A method of communicating between a sender and a recipient via a personalized message created by the sender on a communication device, the sender having a sender identification, the communication device having a user interface, the method comprising:

identifying text, via the user interface, of a desired lyric phrase from within a pre-existing recording;
extracting audio substantially associated with the desired lyric phrase from the pre-existing recording into a desired audio clip via a substantially automated process;
providing an electronic address for the recipient;
inputting personalized text via the user interface;
creating the personalized message with the sender identification, the personalized text and access to the desired audio clip;
sending an electronic message to the electronic address of the recipient, wherein the message is selected from the group consisting essentially of (a) an SMS message including a link to the personalized message;
(b) an EMS message including a link to the personalized message;
(c) an MMS message including a link to the personalized message;
(d) an instant message including a link to the personalized message;
(e) an email message including a link to the personalized message;
(f) an EMS message comprised of the personalized message;
(g) an MMS message comprised of the personalized message;
and (h) an email comprised of the personalized message.

10 more elements

A system for communicating between a sender and a recipient via a personalized message created by the sender via a communication device, the sender having a sender identification, the system comprising:

a music database containing a plurality of pre-existing recordings;
a sender user interface in operable communication with the communication device, capable of displaying the plurality of pre-existing recordings in the music database and lyrics associated with each of the plurality of pre-existing recordings, the sender user interface supporting (a) identification by the sender of a desired lyric phrase found within one of the plurality of pre-existing recordings, (b) entry of an electronic address of the recipient and (c) entry of a personalized text;
an audio extraction engine operably associated with the music database and the sender user interface to extract audio substantially associated with the desired lyric phrase found within one of the plurality of pre-existing recordings into a desired audio clip;
and
a message generator for generating the personalized message including the sender identification, the personalized text and access to the desired audio clip and for saving the personalized message in a message database.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/356,387Filed 23 Jan 2012
Priority: 30 Jun 2011
Published: 3 Jan 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

H04L 51/10
Characterised by the inclusion of specific contents: multimedia information
G06F 3/04842
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
G06F 16/68
Of audio data: retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
G06F 16/685
Using metadata automatically derived from the content: using automatically derived transcript of audio data, e.g. lyrics