ENOUNCE, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140020035 | Method and Apparatus for Presenting Media Works - One embodiment of the present invention is a method of presenting a media work that includes one or more media works at a client device, which method includes: receiving presentation rate guidance information from a remote source; determining whether the presentation rate guidance information indicates that it is mandatory to present a portion of the media work, and if so; presenting the portion. | 01-16-2014 |
20140020016 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Time-Scale Modification During Multi-Media Broadcasts - One embodiment of the present invention is a method for broadcasting information to one or more client devices from a broadcaster that is not a client device, which one or more client devices utilize presentation rates to present audio in broadcast information at various presentation rates using time-scale modification, and which method includes: (a) the broadcaster broadcasting the information; and (b) the broadcaster broadcasting guidance information used to determine presentation rates for use by the one or more client devices in presentation of audio in the broadcast information using time-scale modification; wherein the guidance information is transmitted at or not at a time of broadcast of the broadcast information. | 01-16-2014 |
20140003787 | Method and Apparatus to Determine and Use Audience Affinity and Aptitude | 01-02-2014 |
20100192174 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Time-Scale Modification During Multi-Media Broadcasts - One embodiment of the present invention is a method for broadcasting information to a client device, which device utilizes presentation rates to present information at various presentation rates, and which method includes: (a) broadcasting information; and (b) broadcasting guidance information used to determine presentation rates for use by the client device in presentation of the information; wherein the guidance information is transmitted at or not at a time of broadcast of the broadcast information. | 07-29-2010 |
20090306966 | Method and apparatus to determine and use audience affinity and aptitude - An embodiment of the present invention is a method of presenting a media work which includes: detecting media work content properties in a portion of the media work; associating a presentation rate of the portion with the detected media work content properties; and presenting the portion at the presentation rate; wherein the media work content properties include one or more of: (a) indicia of a number of syllables in utterances; (b) indicia of a number of letters in a word; (c) indicia of the complexity of grammatical structures in portions of the media work; (d) indicia of arrival rate of newly presented objects; (e) indicia of temporal proximity of between events in portions of the media work or (f) indicia of number of phonemes per unit of time in portions of the media work. | 12-10-2009 |