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App. No. 15/154,953

Method and Apparatus to Prepare Listener-Interest-Filtered Works

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App. No.
15/154,953
Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention is a method of presenting an audio or audio-visual work including: (a) a user selecting a speed contour from one or more speed contours stored in a database apparatus; (b) presenting the audio or audio-visual work at a playback device using the user selected speed contour to provide presentation rates; (c) during presenting, the user selecting another speed contour from the one or more speed contours stored in the database apparatus; and (d) continuing to present the audio or audio-visual work at the playback device using the user selected another speed contour to provide presentation rates.

Claims (9)

1 . A method of presenting an audio or audio-visual work comprises:

a user selecting a speed contour from one or more speed contours stored in a database apparatus;

presenting the audio or audio-visual work at a playback device using the user selected speed contour to provide presentation rates;

during presenting, the user selecting another speed contour from the one or more speed contours stored in the database apparatus; and

continuing to present the audio or audio-visual work at the playback device using the user selected another speed contour to provide presentation rates.

2 . A method of presenting an audio or audio-visual work comprises:

retrieving a speed contour from a database apparatus, which speed contour provides a predetermined playback time for the work; and

presenting the work at a playback apparatus using the retrieved speed contour to provide presentation rates.

3 . The method of claim 2 wherein the step of retrieving is based on user familiarity with the subject matter of the work.