DIGITAL AUDIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Embodiments of the present invention allow users to post or publish audio information to a destination on a digital network. A particular embodiment provides a user interface for recording and uploading a short comment, remark, song segment, sound effect or any other audio portion. The comment can be sent directly to another user's device or can be published or uploaded to a network site, web page, user group or other location. A user interface allows organizing, reviewing, editing, tagging, transferring and other types of processing or manipulation in association with the audio portion to be transferred, or which has been received.
1 . A method for transferring an audio portion via a digital network, the method comprising:
displaying a control;
accepting a signal from a user input device to indicate user activation of the control;
entering a recording mode for recording audio; and
transferring the audio recording to a destination via the digital network;
wherein the audio recording is a group of audio recordings.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a name of a recipient to receive the audio recording;
providing a tag associated with the recording; and
transferring an indication of the audio recording and tag to the recipient.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
automatically determining location information for the recording; and
transferring the location information to the destination in association with the audio recording.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
associating an image with the audio recording.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
predefining a fixed amount of time in which to record audio for the audio recording.
6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
automatically exiting the recording mode at the end of the fixed amount of time.
7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
displaying a RECORD button at the end of the fixed amount of time, wherein the RECORD button can be selected by the user to re-enter the recording mode to re-record the audio recording.
8 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
displaying one or more buttons upon exiting the recording mode.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein a button includes a content button for adding a photo.
10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein a button includes a DONE button to indicate that recording is completed.
11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
accepting signals from the user input device to determine one or more recipients for the audio recording.
12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of completed audio recordings are shown on a timeline view.
13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the audio recording can not be uploaded at the present time;
associating a time stamp of the present time with the audio recording;
uploading the audio recording, movement information and time stamp at a later time so that the location of the recording at the time it was made can be estimated.
14 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a map with indicators to show where prior audio recordings were recorded.
15 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a mood of speech in the audio recording.
16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
filtering a plurality of audio recordings according, at least in part, to the mood.
17 . A method as defined in claim 1 , wherein the group of audio recordings includes one or more stems.
18 . A method for transferring an audio portion via a digital network, the method comprising:
displaying a control;
accepting a signal from a user input device to indicate user activation of the control;
by user activation of the control, selecting an audio recording for transfer; and
transferring the audio recording to a destination via the digital network.
19 . A method as defined in claim 18 , wherein the audio recording selected for transfer is stored on the device.
20 . A method as defined in claim 18 , wherein the audio recording selected for transfer is not stored on the device.
21 . A method as defined in claim 20 , wherein the audio recording selected for transfer is stored on another such device.
22 . A method as defined in claim 20 , wherein the audio recording selected for transfer is stored at a location accessible via the digital network.
23 . A method for transferring an audio portion via a digital network, the method comprising:
displaying a control;
accepting a signal from a user input device to indicate user activation of the control;
entering a recording mode for recording audio; and
transferring the audio recording to a destination via the digital network, where the destination is a shared entity, accessible by other users.