# US 2014/0156045 A1 · Digital audio communication system

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- Number: US 2014/0156045 A1
- Document ID: US20140156045A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/904,484
- Filed: 2013-05-29
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2008-09-10
- Assignees: Miselu, Inc.
- Applicants: Miselu, Inc.
- Inventors: Yoshinari Yoshikawa; Kaoru Zeren; Justin Mayer; Toshiaki Takada; Noriyuki Okada
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140156045A1

## CPC

- G06F 16/48: Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
- G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34)
- G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence)
- G06F 16/435: Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
- G06F 16/60: of audio data
- G06F 16/65: Clustering; Classification
- H04M 1/72433: for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones (for answering incoming calls H04M1/64)
- H04M 1/64: Automatic arrangements for answering calls; Automatic arrangements for recording messages for absent subscribers; Arrangements for recording conversations (centralised dictation systems H04M11/10)
- H04M 1/72469: for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

## Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention allow users to post or publish audio information to a destination on a digital network. A particular embodiment provides a user interface for recording and uploading a short comment, remark, song segment, sound effect or any other audio portion. The comment can be sent directly to another user's device or can be published or uploaded to a network site, web page, user group or other location. A user interface allows organizing, reviewing, editing, tagging, transferring and other types of processing or manipulation in association with the audio portion to be transferred, or which has been received.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-18. (canceled)

### Claim 19

A method for sorting transmissions received by an electronic device, comprising:
providing an electronic device;
receiving with the electronic device a plurality of transmissions, each transmission having metadata associated therewith, wherein the metadata for each of the plurality of transmissions includes a user's relationship with an originator of the transmission; and
accessing the plurality of transmissions in an order based on the metadata, wherein the accessing includes displaying information about at least a portion of the transmissions;
wherein the transmissions can be accessed in groups based on the metadata and wherein the groups are based on a user's relationship with an originator of the transmission.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

A method as defined in claim 19, wherein the accessing includes displaying information about at least a portion of the transmissions in a list.

### Claim 21 (depends on 19)

A method as defined in claim 19, wherein the user's relationship includes the user's family relationship.

### Claim 22 (depends on 19)

A method as defined in claim 19, wherein the plurality of transmissions are each audio recordings.

### Claim 23 (depends on 19)

A method as defined in claim 19, wherein the accessing includes selecting a group of the transmissions based on the metadata.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

A method as defined in claim 23, wherein the selecting includes selecting a button or icon associated with the group.

### Claim 25 (depends on 19)

A method as defined in claim 19, wherein the accessing includes accessing transmissions not yet accessed by a user of the electronic device.

### Claim 26 (depends on 25)

A method as defined in claim 25, wherein the accessing of transmissions not yet accessed by a user of the electronic device includes accessing the transmissions in an order based on the time each transmission was received.

### Claim 27 (depends on 25)

A method as defined in claim 25, wherein the accessing of transmissions not yet accessed by a user of the electronic device includes accessing the transmissions in a reverse chronological order.

### Claim 28 (depends on 19)

A method as defined in claim 19, wherein the accessing includes accessing all the transmissions from one transmission originator, followed by accessing all the transmissions from another transmission originator.