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7257536 |
Audio request interaction system
A person can use a portable electronic device to electronically purchase or otherwise request a product, service or other deliverable related to audio programming to which the person is listening...
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7076035 |
Methods for providing on-hold music using auto-composition
Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing music are provided, particularly systems and methods employing a top-down process, where the user is provided with a...
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6990312 |
Method and system for interactive digital radio broadcasting and music distribution
A method and system for providing easier listener access to information about musical works and other audio programming broadcast by a digital radio station includes broadcasting contextual...
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6983145 |
Method for handling a call when destined subscriber is unable to answer
The present invention relates to a telephone system including at least a terminal used by subscriber A, a terminal used by subscriber B, a switching center for setting up a call between subscribers...
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6937704 |
Connection controller for setting-up a media path between a terminal and an audio source
A connection controller suitable for use in a PBX. The connection controller can set up a media path to allow a user at a known terminal to receive audio information from an audio source. The...
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6873877 |
Distributed production system for digitally encoding information
A method and system for encoding digital information is disclosed. According to the method, media program information is captured and used to produce a media program file. An encoding request is...
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6870925 |
Method and apparatus for providing music to an agent during non-voice dialog communication in an automatic call distributor system
A method and apparatus for directing music to agents of an automatic call distributor (ACD) during non-voice dialog communication between the agent and a caller includes a communication processor...
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6870907 |
Data distribution system, distribution equipment, terminal equipment and data distribution method
In a data distribution system for distribution of music data from an information service center to remote user terminal equipment, the music data distributed to the user's terminal is divided into...
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6826283 |
Method and system for allowing multiple nodes in a small environment to play audio signals independent of other nodes
A method and system capable of playing different audio signals in different nodes of a small environment. The system is comprised of a number of nodes, which may be rooms of a house or hotel, or...
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6788982 |
Audio player with code sensor
An audio player ( 10 ) is provided with an image sensor ( 16 ) capable of imaging invisible infrared tags ( 78 ) on a substrate ( 70 ). The tags ( 78 ) encode identity data which is directly or...
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6741683 |
On-hold message updating system and method
A local protractive message on hold device, which contacts and interacts with a server, in order to receive from the server the audio programming and to install and alter the audio programming on...
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6721403 |
Global delivery of radio broadcasts via public telephone networks
In accordance with the invention, the public switched telephone network (PSTN) is provided with a system for enabling radio broadcast service providers operating over public data networks like the...
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6683938 |
Method and system for transmitting background audio during a telephone call
A voice processing system provides background audio during a telephone call between a caller and a callee telephony device. A storage system contains digital audio data and a database includes a...
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6643372 |
Apparatus and method for music production by at least two remotely located music sources
An apparatus and method for joint music production wherein a remotely separated plurality of musicians are joined by phone lines of a public telephone system. The public telephone system has a...
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6577716 |
Internet radio system with selective replacement capability
The present invention is directed to distributing content over the Internet that is comprised of a portion of the content of a radio station broadcast and content that has replaced a portion of the...
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6529584 |
Audio program delivery system
A navigable audio delivery system includes an audio application and content. The application includes control data relating to the delivery of audio content to a user replay device. The delivery...
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6493436 |
System for correcting failures of music on transfer
A plurality of audio sources are provided in a Private Branch Exchange (PBX) and monitored to determine if audio is available from any of the sources. Once an audio source with an audio presence...
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6445777 |
Mobile tele-computer network
A telecomputer network is described. The network comprises a satellite communication system, at least one mobile vehicle, and a wireless local area network (LAN). In one embodiment, the satellite...
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6381314 |
Internet audio channel selection system
An Internet audio channel selection system includes an audio channel selection device. The device includes a housing accommodating an electronic display for displaying audio channel selection...
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6353662 |
Method and apparatus for eliminating nuisance signals in multi-party calls
A method and apparatus for selectively eliminating nuisance signals during communications connections as during conference calling in which the signals are eliminated when a call path is placed on...
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6278976 |
System for the delivery of audio recordings
Audio information is distributed from a service center to a large group of subscribers on a regular basis, depending on the desires of the individual subscribers. The audio information can be...
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6226285 |
Method and system to deliver an audiovisual presentation to a workstation using the telephone
A method and system for delivering multimedia data to a user. The multimedia data is stored on a computer network which can consist of a private network or intranet or a public network like the...
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5991737 |
Automated consumer response to publicly broadcast information
An automated system for enabling consumers to respond to publicly broadcast information includes a content identification processor and an order processor. The content identification processor is...
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5991374 |
Programmable messaging system for controlling playback of messages on remote music on-hold- compatible telephone systems and other message output devices
A remotely programmable message delivery system comprises a number of client computers which communicate with a server to send control signals to one or more remote message playback devices. The...
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5970124 |
Sponsored information distribution method and apparatus
A database having information which the consumer desires to know, a database containing attributes of the consumer, and a database of advertising messages that an interactive voice response system...
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5852610 |
Remote broadcast listening system which receives radio/broadcast signals using receivers which includes antennas and interconnects receivers to customer telephones/interface means
A remote broadcast listening apparatus includes a conventional telephone communication system and a plurality of receivers for receiving broadcasts of electromagnetic waves and for converting the...
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5835126 |
Interactive system for a closed cable network which includes facsimiles and voice mail on a display
A system is provided that enhances the interactivity of multimedia information in a closed cable network such as a hotel system or the like. The system includes a multimedia processing plurality of...
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5809246 |
Selection and retrieval of music from a digital database
A digital radio broadcast station which includes a common digital database having stored therein a plurality of at least several hundred (preferably at least 1800) different selections of music to...
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5761320 |
Audio distribution system having programmable zoning features
A signal distribution and communication arrangement includes an electronic processor-based master control unit which controls the broadcast of different types of signals through speakers located in...
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5754784 |
Multimedia system
The provisioning of a multimedia application is enhanced by using a communications protocol which defines a number of different functions and which allows a multimedia application to be segmented...
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5734961 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting information recorded on information storage means from a central server to subscribers via a high data rate digital telecommunications network
The invention provides a method and apparatus for transmitting information recorded on information storage from a central server via a high data rate digital telecommunications network to...
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5668859 |
Apparatus and method for connecting remote callers to loudspeakers or other projecting means in an event facility
Connection of a communication initiated by a user over a telephone, computer or cable network to a projector in arena or other event facility during an event. A user terminal is connected to the...
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5661787 |
System for on-demand remote access to a self-generating audio recording, storage, indexing and transaction system
The system allows radio broadcast listeners to use a telephone to connect to a database that contains prerecorded audio descriptions (e.g. spoken text and/or music) of material played by the radio...
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5544228 |
Method and apparatus for transmission of full frequency digital audio
The present invention is a method for transmitting full frequency digital audio signals over a network in real time and for providing access to a remote sound server. The present invention is...
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5539808 |
Method and system for enhanced processing of audio messages with a data processing system
The method and system of the present invention are provided for enhancing the processing of audio messages. A user first creates a plurality of selectable audio messages including standard format...
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5539635 |
Radio station program identifier and distribution system
A radio program distribution system for creating custom recordings containing a requested plurality of musical programs. The system stores digital copies of musical programs and can selectively...
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5519764 |
Circuit and method for detecting error causing tones in a voice messaging system
A computer scans the voice messages for phrases that will be detected as DTMF digits and creates a record of where, when and for how long the possible problem maybe occurring. This allows...
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5481599 |
Automated audio output device for a telephone set
A circuit for use with or built into a telephone set, that detects and intercepts the telephone company's ring signal, supressing the telephone set's existing ringer, and substituting instead, a...
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5457739 |
Method and system of interactive access to radio broadcast information elements
A method and a system of interactive access on the telephone to information elements that have already been broadcast or are being broadcast from a set of sources. For this purpose, the system has...
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5398278 |
Digital musicians telephone interface
A telephone interface system to interconnect the output of two or more musicians, one at an instant location and the other at a remote location, over communication lines such system converting the...
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5390237 |
Weather information interface system
A real time weather information access and distribution system having a central switching and interface unit accessed at least in part via a commercial telephone network. A remote weather station...
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5351276 |
Digital/audio interactive communication network
A communication system includes a digital network and an audio network such as a telephone system. An audio network server communicates with client work stations in the digital network and with the...
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5252775 |
Automatically up-dated apparatus for generating music
The invention provides an improved music-generating system for efficiently supplying newly available music data to a plurality of music-generating terminal units. The music-generating system...
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5172111 |
Stored media screening device
A program material screening device is provided whereby the owner/operator of a program material playback device such as a videocassette player, television, laser disc player, motion picture...
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4961215 |
Continuous radio announcer
A continuous radio announcer device capable of transmitting a stored sound message in digitized format at predetermined time intervals. The radio announcer device includes a central unit and a...
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4920556 |
Telephone with built-in emergency panic switch, long distance toll timer and music on hold cards
An improved telephone with three built in features that provide added conveniences and additional benefits for the user. These features are: Money Saver Timer, which tells the caller the amount of...
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4899369 |
Radio-analogue method of audio presentation and control for audiotex services
A method for controlling audiotex services which is analogous to the method by which users operate conventional commercial radios is disclosed. In accordance with the inventive method, upon dialing...
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4888796 |
Program material screening device
A program material screening device is provided whereby the owner of a program signal receiving device such as a telephone, television, radio, VCR, or the like may automatically and selectively...
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4789863 |
Pay per view entertainment system
In a pay per view entertainment system, prerecorded entertainment such as musical works are distributed to subscribers over a cable network. The subscribers are able to listen to edited versions or...
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4588865 |
Music on hold for key systems
A music on hold system is provided for key telephone systems having key stations, central office lines, and a muting relay for load resistance termination of the central office lines when they are...
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