Audio Playlist Preview Clips With Song Info on One Interface

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing music applications require users to click on individual songs to preview them one by one, making it difficult to determine if a song list meets their tastes, and they cannot acquire specific information about the songs during preview, which is time-consuming and inconvenient.

Innovation Solution

An audio previewing method that plays an audio preview clip of multiple audio files simultaneously on a target audio file set interface and displays information such as the song name and singer, allowing users to quickly preview and confirm if the song list is favorite.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If users click on individual songs to preview them one by one, then they can hear the audio quality and content, but it takes a lot of time and is inconvenient to operate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaudio preview accuracyVSAvoidpreview time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the audio file set into multiple previewable portions and enables parallel previewing of multiple audio files simultaneously. Instead of sequentially previewing each song individually, the system divides the audio set into manageable segments that can be previewed concurrently, significantly reducing the total preview time while maintaining audio quality assessment capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges multiple audio preview operations into a single unified interface. By combining the preview functionality with the audio file set display interface, users can preview multiple songs at once without navigating to separate preview screens, thus reducing operational steps and time while maintaining reliable audio assessment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Reliability

If users preview songs by clicking individual songs, then they can hear the audio, but they cannot acquire specific information such as song title and singer during preview

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaudio preview capabilityVSAvoidsong information visibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the audio preview function with the information display function into a single integrated interface. While audio files are being previewed, the corresponding metadata (song titles, singers, album information) is displayed alongside the audio player controls. This allows users to simultaneously assess audio quality and view song information without switching between different screens or interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The audio file set display interface is enhanced to serve multiple functions simultaneously: displaying audio file lists, playing preview clips, showing metadata information, and providing playback controls. This multi-functional interface eliminates the need for separate preview interfaces and ensures that both audio assessment and information acquisition occur in the same view.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Measurement precision

If users preview one song at a time, then they can assess each song, but it is impossible to confirm whether the entire song list is favorite, making the process complicated

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesong quality assessmentVSAvoidpreview process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the song list evaluation process into parallel preview operations. Multiple songs are previewed simultaneously in the same interface, allowing users to assess the overall song list quality and style in one go rather than sequentially. This segmented parallel approach reduces the complexity of the evaluation process while maintaining precise quality assessment capability for each individual song.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12596746B2Audio previewing method, apparatus and storage medium
Publication Date: 2026.04.07 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present application provides an audio previewing method, an apparatus and a storage medium. The method plays, on a target audio file set interface, an audio preview clip of at least one audio file in a target audio file set in response to a previewing request of previewing the target audio file set without entering a target audio file set detailed interface, so that a user can quickly preview the target audio file set through auditory sense, and the user can preview the at least one audio file in the target audio file set at a time, which is simple in operation. In addition, embodiments of the present application further display, on the target audio file set interface, information of an audio file corresponding to the audio preview clip that is currently played during previewing, such as name and/or singer.