Method and Apparatus to Prepare Listener-Interest-Filtered Works
AssigneeVirentem Ventures, LLC
InventorDonald J. Hejna, JR.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention is a method of presenting an audio or audio-visual work including: (a) a user selecting a speed contour from one or more speed contours stored in a database apparatus; (b) presenting the audio or audio-visual work at a playback device using the user selected speed contour to provide presentation rates; (c) during presenting, the user selecting another speed contour from the one or more speed contours stored in the database apparatus; and (d) continuing to present the audio or audio-visual work at the playback device using the user selected another speed contour to provide presentation rates.
Claims3
A method of presenting an audio or audio-visual work comprises:
- a user selecting a speed contour from one or more speed contours stored in a database apparatus;
- presenting the audio or audio-visual work at a playback device using the user selected speed contour to provide presentation rates;
- during presenting, the user selecting another speed contour from the one or more speed contours stored in the database apparatus;
- and
- continuing to present the audio or audio-visual work at the playback device using the user selected another speed contour to provide presentation rates.
A method of presenting an audio or audio-visual work comprises:
- retrieving a speed contour from a database apparatus, which speed contour provides a predetermined playback time for the work;
- and
- presenting the work at a playback apparatus using the retrieved speed contour to provide presentation rates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.