Creating audio-based annotations for audiobooks

摘要

A computer implemented method, a data processing system, and a computer program publish an audio annotation of a media signal. A media player plays a media signal. The media player then records an audio annotation to the media signal. Responsive to recording the audio annotation to the media signal, the media player records an identifier to be associated with the media signal. The audio annotation is then published to a social networking host.

主权项

1. A method for publishing an audible annotation to an audio signal, the method comprising the steps of:
a computer audibly rendering the audio signal; the computer recording a human's audible annotation to the audio signal and electronically storing the audible annotation for access by a social networking host computer; subsequently, the social networking host computer receiving a request from another human at another computer to audibly render the audio signal with the audible annotation, and in response, audibly rendering the audible annotation in association with audible rendering of the audio signal at the another computer; responsive to receiving the request to audibly render the audio signal with the audible annotation, identifying whether the another human at the another computer has a license to view audio signal; and responsive to identifying that the another human at the another computer does not have a license to view the audio signal, presenting the audible annotation without the audio signal and redirecting the another computer to an audio media provider, so that the another human can obtain the license to audibly render the audio signal.