AUDIO PREVIEW OF MUSIC

Patent №

US 9,749,709

Granted

2017-08-29

Filed 2010

Owner

APPLE INC.

Lab

AI components

1

nlp

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12729717

Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed for providing an audio preview of songs and other audio elements. In some embodiments, an electronic device may operate in either a “play mode,” which allows a user to listen to songs in a normal fashion, or in a “preview mode,” which may be used to provide previews of songs to a user in succession. In some embodiments, the electronic device may seamlessly transition between play mode and preview mode. For example, the electronic device may pause a currently-playing song when the mode of operation switches from play mode to preview mode so that, if the user exits out of preview mode, the original song may be resumed from the pause point. In some embodiments, the electronic device may provide a multi-directional visual interface that allows a user to control the succession of previews provided in preview mode.

Natural languageH04N 21/8113F01N 3/0218G11B 27/005G11B 27/105G11B 27/34H04N 21/41422H04N 21/458H04N 21/47217+2 more

AI classification

Natural language0.98
Speech0.04
Knowledge representation0.04
Evolutionary computation0.02
Vision0.00
AI hardware0.00
Machine learning0.00
Planning0.00

Ownership

APPLE INC.

assignment · 241250207

Assignors

FINO, JORGE, ROTTLER, BENJAMIN A.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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