Abstract:
Spatial auditory cues are produced while a user searches a database for stored information. The spatial auditory cues assist the user in quickly locating stored information by producing sounds that are perceived at specific physical locations in space around the user as the search proceeds. Each location may be associated with different information. Thus, using the techniques disclosed herein, a user can more easily recall stored information by remembering the locations of sound produced by particular spatial auditory cues. The spatial auditory cues may be used in conjunction with a visual search interface. A method of producing auditory cues includes receiving a search action at a user interface included in a device, translating the search action into a spatial auditory cue corresponding to a specific location within a space, and rendering the spatial auditory cue as an audio output signal.
Abstract:
A graphical user interface made up of icons representing individual files and collectively forming the shape of a spiral is described along with methods of using and creating the graphical user interface. The spiral interface is useful to display detailed information about many of the items in a list and facilitates manipulation of list order and selection of the active file in the list. The interface further permits the use of a representative icon associated with the list as a whole.
Abstract:
A method including presenting one or more tabs on a display of a device corresponding to media content screens, presenting one or more media content items in a media content screen upon selection of a corresponding one of the one or more tabs, the one or more media content items being presented in at least one of scrollable rows and columns, including minimized content information with some of the media content items and including intermediate content information with other media content items and changing at least the intermediate content information to detailed content information corresponding to a selected one of the content items.
Abstract:
Provided are, among other things, systems, methods, software programs and techniques for generating an audio thumbnail for a musical piece, in which locations of different repeating segments (72, 73) within an input musical piece (70) are identified (13). In addition, a singing segment within the musical piece (70) is detected (15) based on a calculated singing metric (110, 120, 130) that indicates when singing is present. A thumbnail criterion that defines a location of an audio thumbnail by reference to generic musical structure is obtained (17), and a segment of the musical piece is selected (18) as the audio thumbnail (201) based on the thumbnail criterion, together with the location of at least one of the plural different repeating segments (72, 73) and a location of at least a portion of the singing segment. The audio thumbnail is then played and/or stored for future playing (19).
Abstract:
A system (29, 39, 59) generate s spoiled audio thumbnails representing corresponding audio content items for a user to browse, such that during audio presentation of a given thumbnail the audio presentation is spoiled by a voice over or similar, but still enables recognition of the corresponding audio content item. This can encourage users to access the original item, and avoid the original items being regenerated from the thumbnails, or being enjoyed instead of the original. This is particularly useful where the audio thumbnail has some value itself, such as for u se as a ringtone by mobile users. It can be useful for music libraries and search engines.
Abstract:
A system is described for enabling a user to listen to songs on a network- enabled device, including an embedded receiver for receiving at least one song list, and for receiving music streamed over a wireless network, list navigation software, for navigating the at least one song list and selecting a desired song therefrom, using a keypad communicatively coupled with the network-enabled device, an embedded transmitter for transmitting a song selection to a tracking server, and an embedded audio player, for playing the music streamed to the network-enabled device over the wireless network, a tracking server, including a data store including at least one song list, a receiver for receiving a song selection from said network- enabled device, the song selection comprising an ID for a selected song, and a transmitter for transmitting the at least one song list to the network-enabled device, and for transmitting the received song selection to a media server, and a media server, including a data store including audio files for the songs listed in the song list, an audio streamer, a receiver for receiving an instruction from said tracking server to transmit the selected song to the network-enabled device, and a transmitter for streaming the selected song to the network-enabled device. A method and a computer-readable storage medium are also described.
Abstract:
A user interface distinguishes between individual songs and collections of songs. A listener might review or manipulate individual songs, collections thereof, or individual songs within those collections. Review and manipulation includes visualizing those songs and collections queued for play, selecting either individual songs or collections thereof for listening, and selecting individual songs within collections thereof without having to manipulate the entire collection thereof. The user interface includes a visualization of songs queued for play, the visualization including a single block for each individual song and a single block for each collection of songs.