Method of navigating in a sound content

US8942980B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8942980-B2
Application numberUS-201113025372-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 11, 2011
Priority dateFeb 15, 2010
Publication dateJan 27, 2015
Grant dateJan 27, 2015

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A method of navigating in a sound content wherein at least one key word is stored in association with at least two positions representative of said key word in the sound content, and wherein the method comprises: a step of displaying a representation of the sound content; during playback of the sound content, a step of detecting a current extract representative of a key word stored at a first position; a step of determining at least one second extract representative of said key word and a second position as a function of the stored positions; and a step of highlighting the position of the extracts in the representation of the sound content. The invention also relates to a system adapted to implement the navigation method.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of navigating in a given sound content, wherein at least one key word is stored in association with at least two positions representative of said key word in the sound content, and wherein the method comprises the steps: displaying a representation of the sound content; during playback of the sound content, detecting that the current playback position corresponds to one of the positions previously stored; obtaining a keyword stored in associatio…

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What does patent US8942980B2 cover?
A method of navigating in a sound content wherein at least one key word is stored in association with at least two positions representative of said key word in the sound content, and wherein the method comprises: a step of displaying a representation of the sound content; during playback of the sound content, a step of detecting a current extract representative of a key word stored at a first p…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Le Mer Pascal, Charlet Delphine, Denjean Marc, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G11B27/105. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 27 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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