US 5,293,358 A · Apparatus and method for generation of integrated composite audio-visual works

Abstract

A delivery apparatus and method for the arrangement, generation and delivery of an integrated composite work having one of audio and visual content. The system includes a playback device (14) having a plurality of the audio or visual works stored therein, preferably on storage media (55), with distinctive identification means. Each of the stored works has a predetermined fixed content and the content of each work is one of simultaneous and sequentially related to at least one other of the works. A controller (42) is connected to the playback apparatus (41) and generates a playback of a selected first work. After the first work is selected, the controller (42) selects an additional work. If playback of the two works is to be simultaneous, the selection of the additional work will be made only from works which are simultaneously related. If the playback of the two works is to be sequential, the selection of the additional work will be made only from works which are sequentially related.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for the arrangement and delivery of an integrated composite work having at least one of audio and visual content, said apparatus comprising:

(a) playback means for generation of at least one of audio and visual output;
(b) storage means;
(c) a plurality of works of predetermined fixed content contained in said storage means, each of said plurality of works containing one of sequentially related content and simultaneously related content to at least one other of said plurality of works, and distinctive identification means in said storage means associated with each of said plurality of works identifying the content of each of said works;
and
(d) control means connected to said playback means and said storage means and generating playback through said playback means of selected works stored in said storage means, said control means selecting a first work of predetermined fixed content using said identification means and to producing playback of said first work through said playback means, and said control means further randomly selecting from a remainder of said plurality of works in said storage means at least one second work having one of sequentially related and simultaneously related content and producing playback of said second work by one of sequential and simultaneous playback with said first work to produce an integrated composite work.

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In an audio deliver system including audio playback means having at least one audio recording storage medium mounted in said playback means and having a plurality of pre-recorded audio tracks thereon, said audio track each being identified by distinctive identification means, and playback control means electrically connected to control operation of said audio playback means and to control selective play of said audio tracks by use of said identification means, wherein the improvement in said audio delivery system comprises:

said audio tracks on said storage medium includes at least one primary audio track having a fixed predetermined audio content and a plurality of secondary audio tracks each having a fixed predetermined audio content which is one of sequentially related and simultaneously related to said audio content of said primary audio track;
and
said playback control means controls playback of said audio tracks by causing playback of said primary audio track and causing one of simultaneous and sequential playback of a random sequence of said secondary audio tracks.

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Apparatus and method for generation of integrated composite audio-visual works

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