141 results about "Audio Media" patented technology

A media organizer and entertainment center includes an importer for importing individual media/data selections and automatically assigning each selection at least one associated category flag pursuant to predetermined or user defined criteria. The center also includes a storage device for storing compressed data corresponding to the plurality of individual media/data selections and the associated category flags and a retriever for retrieving selections from the storage device based upon user selection of one or more of the associated category flags, and a data decompresser that translates the compressed data into playable digital or audio media data. With the center, playable digital or audio media data can be advantageously transported, organized, played or recorded through or on a variety of products or devices.

The invention is an audio-video communication and answering system, where system's properties make it particularly suitable as a Digital Video Messaging System for, amongst other things, answering the door. The elements of the system are a DVMS outside module that is a wireless pocket PC with a proximity sensing, a video camera, a microphone, a speaker, a digital transmitter, a digital receiver, and a keypad; a computerized controller that is a personal computer with components for plaving and recording video and audio media; a DVMS inside module having a screen, a microphone, a speaker, a digital transmitter, a digital receiver, and a keypad; a wireless mode; and a DVMS database application with a graphic user interface. The computerized controller is in communication with a public switching telephone network enabling communication with remote peripheral devices, such as a cell phone, PDA, or computer. The system is based on the Microsoft Windows® Mobile 802.11b to coordinate communication between elements. The database application coordinates responses to prompts and events. The proximity sensor activates the system when the sensor detects the visitor's presence. This then starts a series of prompts and interaction prescribed by the application. The system includes an electrically actuated lock that can be actuated through a code entry or remotely. The system enables a visitor to communicate with an occupant either offsite or onsite, where the visitor never knows the occupant's location, unless the occupant discloses his location.

A method and system in a multimedia computer system for automatically retrieving and presenting data associated with an audio recording having unique identifying indicia therein. In response to playing an audio recording in a multimedia computer system, a unique identifying indicia associated with the audio recording is identified. A listing of codes within the multimedia computer system is automatically searched to find a code corresponding to the unique identifying indicia. In response to finding the code corresponding to the unique identifying indicia, multimedia data is retrieved which corresponds to the unique identifying indicia. The multimedia data can be retrieved from local storage or from a remote network site. The multimedia data corresponding to the unique identifying indicia is then presented in the multimedia computer system, while playing the audio recording in the multimedia computer system.

A method and system for reliably detecting encoded messages included in audio media data in varying acoustic environments, where only a portion of the predetermined message may have been received or detected.

An interaction competition provides an entertaining enjoyable environment for a player to compete against a celebrity in a head-to-head trivia game. The questions may be associated with the celebrity rather than random general information or general trivia. The celebrity can participate via stored audio media, stored audio-visual media, or in a live real-time format. A goal of the competition is for a player to gain more points than the celebrity. Another goal of the competition is for the player to answer more questions correctly than the celebrity. At least one or more game episodes can be provided on computer-readable media. A game episode may be implemented with a product featuring a celebrity. The competition can be provided in many different gaming environments. The competition can be provided online via a web-based format; a television game show format; telephone call-in radio talk show format; or a cellular phone game format.

A technique for digital video processing in a predictive manner is provided. In one embodiment, a method for processing digital video signals for live video applications comprises providing video data that comprise a plurality of frames, identifying a first frame and a second frame in the frame sequences, and processing the information of the first frame and the information of the second frame to determine a quantization step for the second frame. The step of processing the information of the first frame and the information of the second frame further comprises calculating a sigmaSAD value for the second frame, calculating a divisor value for the second frame, and calculating the quantization step for the second frame. In another embodiment, a system for processing digital video signals for live video applications comprises a memory unit within which a computer program is stored. The computer program instructs the system to process digital video in a predicative manner. In yet another embodiment, a system for processing digital video signals for live video applications comprises various subsystems that together process digital video in a predictive manner.

An IP/PSTN hybrid multimedia conferencing system in which standard telephone and user station participants establish voice communications over the PSTN, and then exchange IP addresses in-band over the PSTN. User stations then negotiate capabilities over the IP network. All users can participate at a base voice level over the PSTN while user stations can also establish extra-audio media streams over an IP network.

A system and methods of providing a globally accessible media exchange, whereby media creators, media rights holders, and agents can offer media and media rights to a world-wide market. Media users and publishers can find and preview the media that they need or want and purchase media ownership or license media rights through the media exchange. The media exchange can store digital graphics, audio, and video. The media exchange can also manage the transfer of media and media rights for physical media. In some embodiments, the media exchange can establish a dynamic fair market value based on matching asking prices and bids. Some embodiments could be limited to a single media type such as just audio media.

A system and method for serving contextually relevant advertisements is provided, including monitoring a media stream to indentify an audio or video asset, extracting and storing corresponding text from the asset, retrieving stored text when the asset is selected by a user, analyzing the text and identifying relevant advertisements that are then displayed to a user as a clickable text next to the playing video or audio asset. In further embodiments, the method may include the steps of retrieving a variable length portion of the text corresponding to the portion of the asset being played by the user, analyzing the portion of the text to identify advertisements relevant to the corresponding portion of the asset, displaying the advertisements during the playback of the portion of the asset, and then repeating the steps until the playback of the whole asset is completed.

A system and methods of providing a globally accessible media exchange, whereby media creators, media rights holders, and agents can offer media and media rights to a world-wide market. Media users and publishers can find and preview the media that they need or want and purchase media ownership or license media rights through the media exchange. The media exchange can store digital graphics, audio, and video. The media exchange can also manage the transfer of media and media rights for physical media. In some embodiments, the media exchange can establish a dynamic fair market value based on matching asking prices and bids. Some embodiments could be limited to a single media type such as just audio media. A handheld, wireless video receiver that receives compressed video, decompresses the compressed video, displays the decompressed video. The receiver is part of a system comprising methods, medium, and handheld, wireless devices that compress, transmit, decompress and display digital video images. Real time wireless videoconferences connect multiple handheld video devices. The receiver can alter various setting including but not limited to the format for the compression, image size, frame rate, brightness and contrast. A zoom control can be used select a portion of interest of video being transmitted or being played back. The receiver may also have a touch sensitive display screen providing controls for video display and mobile telephone operation.

A system and method for providing a real-time content distribution network. The system includes a player device at a host location. The player device includes a network interface for communicating with a content provider server device via a network, one or more speakers, and a computer processor in communication with the network interface and the one or more speakers. The computer processor includes instructions for facilitating receiving a playlist from the content provider server device in response to a request from the player device for an updated playlist. The instructions further facilitate accessing the audio media files specified by the playlist. In addition a play queue including all or a subset of the audio content included in the audio media files is built, with the building being responsive to local play sequence rules and to the attributes. Further, the audio content of the play queue is broadcast at the speakers.

A method for creating content and accessing content for publication of the content over a communication media selected from the group consisting of audio media, video media and audio-video media. A graphical user interface is provided allowing a plurality of users to create content or access assembled content through a common web site. The created content and assembled content is stored in a library located at a web server. A user, associated with a channel, selects content from the library and schedules the content for broadcast over a channel. The content is broadcast as a video signal over a channel, displayed on a web site, affiliated with the channel, as a web page and/or broadcast as an audio signal over a radio channel.

The invention provides a video and audio synchronizing method based on an SVC (scalable video coding) P2PVoD (peer-to-peer video on demand) system, belonging to the field of multimedia internet application. The video and audio synchronizing method comprises the following steps of: compositing an audio stream into an SVC video stream, combining an SVC video coding feature with a Bittorrent protocol, and improving a package formate of a Torrent file, thus ensuring SVC-based video and audio data transmission synchronization; utilizing a manner combining cache-based quality self adapting with sequential downloading to ensure the video and audio play smoothness and improve the video and audio play quality, and realizing scheduling synchronization of an SVC video and audio segment; and taking an SVC video as a main media stream and an audio as a secondary media stream, updating and synchronizing a clock according to playing time information of the video segment during playing, and synchronously decoding and playing corresponding audio segments by the clock, thus realizing play synchronization of video and audio medias.

A system and method of providing a virtual shopping experience including virtual environment module over a computerized network; wherein a plurality of users are able to navigate an virtual environment each using an avatar by operation of a graphical user interface. The system includes a virtual object module that manages a plurality of virtual objects displayed in the virtual environment; wherein the plurality of virtual objects includes a plurality of user avatars and product avatars associated with a shopping cart module. The system includes a virtual location module that manages the location of the plurality of virtual objects displayed in the virtual environment. The system includes an audio control module that manages associated audio media with the plurality of virtual objects and the virtual locations; wherein the audio media module plays audio media associated with the plurality of virtual objects.

The invention provides a device for playing animations during startup of a computer and a method thereof. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring and decoding audio media data after starting up the computer to form an audio media stream, and playing the audio media stream by a called audio drive before the computer is controlled by an operating system. By adopting the technology, a user can synchronously operate a plurality of media streams of a startup interface such as animation video, audio and the like when the computer is started so as to realize synchronous play of a plurality of the media streams; and the user can customize startup animation contents at any time without help of the operating system, and designate a play mode.

According to the invention, a method for processing an audio media stream that originates from a packet communication network is disclosed. In one step, packets are received as they arrive from the packet communication network. The packets are part of the audio media stream. A playout buffer in a media playout device is monitored. It is determined that the playout buffer is filled below a threshold. A portion of the audio media stream is retrieved when the playout buffer is filled below the threshold. The portion is stored in the playout buffer of the media playout device.

A method includes displaying an audio media user interface having a predefined control layout that includes a first control location and a second control location. In accordance with the audio media user interface corresponding to a first audio media application, the first control location includes a first media control affordance that, when selected, performs a first audio control function, and the second control location includes a second media control affordance that, when selected, performs a second audio control function. In accordance with the audio media user interface corresponding to a second audio media application, the first control location includes a third media control affordance that, when selected, performs a third audio control function different from the first audio control function, and the second control location includes a fourth media control affordance that, when selected, performs a fourth audio control function different from the second audio control function.

The invention provides a mute indication method and device applied for a video conference. The method comprises: a multipoint conference unit (MCU) carries out sound activation detection for a voice frequency media flow sent by a terminal which participates in the video conference and is muted; the MCU obtains the detection result of the terminal, wherein the detection result comprises one of the following states: sound activation state and sound inactivation state; and when the detection result is the sound activation state, the MCU superposes the mute video indication to the video signal of the terminal. The invention can improve the communication experience of the video conference and makes the video conference simple and efficient.

The invention relates to a device and a method for detecting a video coding format of video and audio media files. The device comprises a detecting task acquisition unit connected with a file opening unit, the file opening unit is connected with a video and audio basic parameter detecting unit and an information output unit, the video and audio basic parameter detecting unit is connected with an Mpeg-2 (moving picture experts group-2) basic flow detecting unit and the information output unit, and the Mpeg-2 basic flow detecting unit is connected with the information output unit. By the method and the device, the video and audio media files to be detected can be subjected to grammar or semantic layering detection defined in each layered structure of Mpeg-2 video streaming, and detection is sequentially performed from a top layer, a sequence header, a picture group layer, a picture layer, a Slice layer and a macro block layer; and the execution state and the execution progress of coding format compliance detection can be visually obtained, and error level and output error information are displayed after the coding format compliance detection is completed. Besides, broadcasting accidents due to the fact that the video and audio media files cannot be decoded by a video server can be avoided, and safety of broadcasting is guaranteed.

The invention provides a method for smoothing the transmission bit rate of time division flow media and a device. The method comprises: the time division frame/sub frame period arrives, packaging the time division frame/sub frame; inputting video stream data into a buffer region, collecting the video stream data packed into the next sub frame, taking out the video stream data to be arranged into the buffer region; if at the system initial state, the last video data is not buffered, adopting the buffer region to directly replace the buffer region to start a next period; if the buffer region has the video data of last time, adopting its media time stamp interval to attain audio media data, packaging the video and audio media data into the frame/sub frame structure, and adopting said buffer region to replace the buffer region. The invention can effectively smooth the bit rate of time division flow media, thus is adaptive to the transmission channel demanding a limited bit rate.