Using recognition-segments to find and play a composition containing sound
OwnerJames W. Wiederinventor
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and system to enable a user to find and act-upon an audio-containing composition in a group of compositions. A sound-segment (recognition-segment) intended to prompt a user's memory, may be associated with each composition in a group of compositions. A recognition-segment may contain one or more highly recognizable portion(s) of a composition. When the user is trying to locate or select a particular composition, the recognition-segments are navigated and played-back to the user, based upon a user-device context/mode. When a user recognizes the desired composition from its recognition-segment, the user may initiate a control action to playback; arrange; and/or act-upon, the composition that is associated with the currently playing recognition-segment.
Claims34
An apparatus-implemented method to help a user to find and play a composition that contains a sound component, the method comprising:
- utilizing or providing, by a processor or processors, an ordering of compositions, and a current-location, that designates one of said compositions as the current-location in said ordering;
- associating, by a processor or processors, a recognition sound-segment with each composition in said ordering of compositions;
- wherein at least one recognition sound-segment includes a portion of its associated composition that is more recognizable to the user than a beginning playback of its associated composition;
- in response to user-action(s) to navigate to each new current-location in said ordering:
- playing, by a processor or processors, the recognition sound-segment that is associated with the composition at each new current-location in said ordering;
- while said recognition sound-segment at said current-location, is active or playing:
- detecting, by a processor or processors, that said user initiated a playback;
- and responsive to said detecting by circuitry:
- initiating by a processor or processors, a substantially complete playback of the composition designated by the current-location.
One or more computer-readable memories or media, not including carrier-waves, having computer-readable instructions thereon which help a user find and play a composition containing a sound component which, when executed by one or more processing devices, implement a method of:
- utilizing or providing, by a processor or processors, an ordering of compositions, and a current-location, that designates one of said compositions as the current-location in said ordering;
- associating, by a processor or processors, a recognition sound-segment with each composition in said ordering of compositions;
- wherein at least one recognition sound-segment includes a portion of its associated composition that is more recognizable to a user than a beginning playback of its associated composition;
- in response to user-action(s) to navigate to each new current-location in said ordering:
- playing, by a processor or processors, the recognition sound-segment that is associated with the composition at each new current-location in said ordering;
- while said recognition sound-segment at said current-location, is active or playing:
- detecting that said user initiated a playback;
- and responsive to said detecting:
- initiating by a processor or processors, a substantially complete playback of the composition designated by the current-location.
Apparatus to help a user find and play a composition containing a sound component, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory or memories that store:
- an ordering of compositions, and a current-location that designates one of said compositions as the current-location in said ordering;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- associate a recognition sound-segment with each composition in said ordering of compositions;
- wherein at least one recognition sound-segment includes a portion of its associated composition that is more recognizable to a user than a beginning playback of its associated composition;
- wherein in response to user-action(s) to navigate to each new current-location in said ordering, play the recognition sound-segment that is associated with the composition at each new current-location in said ordering;
- and
- while said recognition sound-segment at said current-location, is active or playing:
- detect that said user initiated a playback;
- and responsive to said detect:
- initiate a substantially complete playback of the composition designated by the current-location.
Apparatus to help a user find and play a composition containing a sound component, the apparatus comprising:
- a memory or memories that store:
- an ordering of compositions, and a current-location, that designates one of said compositions as the current-location in said ordering;
- one or more processors configured to:
- associate a recognition sound-segment with each composition in said ordering of compositions;
- wherein at least one recognition sound-segment includes a portion of its associated composition that is more recognizable to a user than a beginning playback of its associated composition;
- and play the recognition sound-segment that is associated with the composition at each new current-location in said ordering, in response to user-action(s) to navigate to each new current-location in said ordering;
- detection circuitry to detect that said user initiated a playback, while said recognition sound-segment at said current-location, was active or playing;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- in response to a detection by said detection circuitry:
- initiate a substantially complete playback of the composition designated by the current-location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.