Creating audio-based annotations for audiobooks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8973153-B2
Application number	US-41389009-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2009
Priority date	Mar 30, 2009
Publication date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015

Abstract

A computer implemented method, a data processing system, and a computer program publish an audio annotation of a media signal. A media player plays a media signal. The media player then records an audio annotation to the media signal. Responsive to recording the audio annotation to the media signal, the media player records an identifier to be associated with the media signal. The audio annotation is then published to a social networking host.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for publishing an audible annotation to an audio signal, the method comprising the steps of:
a computer audibly rendering the audio signal;
the computer recording a human's audible annotation to the audio signal and electronically storing the audible annotation for access by a social networking host computer;
subsequently, the social networking host computer receiving a request from another human at another computer to audibly render the audio s…

Assignees

• Gilzean Candice B
• Gregory Gahlya J
• Morgan Fabian F
• Rhodes Michael Eric
• IBM

Inventors

• Gilzean Candice B
• Gregory Gahlya J
• Morgan Fabian F
• Rhodes Michael Eric

Classifications

• Y10S705/904

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y10S705/902

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• G06F21/10 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic