Remote Server System for Combining Audio Files and for Managing Combined Audio Files for Downloading by Local Systems

摘要

A web-based method of combining time coded audio files, having the following steps: (a) a local operator using a web-based interface displayed on a local computer system to access a library of audio files stored on a remote system; (b) the local operator using the web-based interface to select a plurality of the audio files from the library; (c) the local operator using the web-based interface to request the remote system to combine the selected audio files into a single combined audio segment comprising the selected audio files commencing play at audio cue markers; (d) the remote system generating the single combined audio segment by combining the plurality of selected audio files; and (e) the local operator using the web-based interface to download or stream the single combined audio segment.

主权项

1. A web-based method of mass customization of radio station audio files, comprising the steps of:
(a) a remote system operator organizing a library of audio files into categories on the basis of audio genres; (b) the remote system operator organizing the library of audio files on the basis of popularity; (c) a plurality of local operators at a plurality of radio stations each using a web-based interface to contact the remote system to access and select audio files corresponding to the audio genre played at the local radio station; (d) each of the plurality of local operators requesting the remote system to combine the selected audio files into a single combined audio segment commencing play at audio cue markers; (e) the remote system generating each of the single combined audio segments by combining the locally selected audio files into the single combined audio segments corresponding to each of the local operators request; and (f) each of the local operators using the web-based interface to download or stream the single combined audio segment to the radio station corresponding thereto.