International Business Machines Corporation

Jesse W Redman

William Kress Bodin

Derral Charles Thorson

David Jaramillo

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for supplementing audio recorded in a media file. Embodiments include receiving a media file; identifying the subject matter of audio portion of the media file; identifying supplemental content for supplementing the subject matter recorded in the audio portion of the media file; and inserting in the media file markup for rendering the supplemental content.

Supplementing audio recorded in a media file

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for asynchronous communications. Embodiments include receiving a recorded message, the message recorded on a handheld device; converting the recorded message to text; identifying a recipient of the message in dependence upon the text; associating the message with content under management by a library management system in dependence upon the text; and storing the message for transmission to another handheld device for the recipient. Embodiments also typically include recording a message on handheld device and transferring a media file containing the recorded message to a library management system. Embodiments also typically include transmitting message to another handheld device.

Asynchronous communications using messages recorded on handheld devices

A computer identifies audio objects in a web page and video objects in the web page based, at least in part, on markups in the web page. Layout locations of the video objects and the audio objects are determined. The layout locations correspond to display locations in a web browser. One or more of the video objects is associated with one or more of the audio objects based, at least in part, on the layout locations. Playback times are determined for the video objects and the audio objects based, at least in part, on association between the one or more of the video object with one or more of the audio objects. Content of each of the video objects is rendered with content of associated ones of the audio objects in accordance with the playback times. Recording, as the motion picture with audio, the rendering of the content.

Recasting a legacy web page as a motion picture with audio

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for token-based content subscription. Embodiments include receiving a request for content subscription; receiving from a user a subscription token; and delivering content to a device associated with the subscription token.

Token-based content subscription

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for asynchronous receipt of information from a user. Embodiments include receiving in a library management system a media file containing a speech response recorded on a hand held device in response to the playing of a media file containing one or more audio prompts for information; converting the speech response stored in the media file to text; and storing the text in association with an identification of the user.

Asynchronous receipt of information from a user

Computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for recasting a legacy web page as a motion picture with audio. Embodiments include retrieving a legacy web page; identifying audio objects in the legacy web page for audio rendering; identifying video objects in the legacy web page for motion picture rendering; associating one or more of the video objects for motion picture rendering with one or more of the audio objects for audio rendering; determining in dependence upon the selected audio objects and video objects a duration for the motion picture; selecting audio events for rendering the audio objects identified for audio rendering; selecting motion picture video events for rendering the video objects identified for motion picture rendering; assigning the selected audio events and the selected video events to playback times for the motion picture; rendering, with the selected audio events at their assigned playback times, the audio content of the each of the audio objects identified for audio rendering; rendering, with the selected motion picture video events at their assigned playback times, the video content of the video objects identified for motion picture rendering; and recording in a multimedia file the rendered audio content and motion picture video content.

Computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for recasting search engine results as a motion picture with audio. Embodiments include identifying a search engine query; providing to a search engine the query; receiving from the search engine the results of the query; retrieving a plurality of legacy web pages in dependence upon the results; identifying audio objects in the plurality of legacy web pages for audio rendering; identifying video objects in the plurality of legacy web pages for motion picture rendering; associating one or more of the video objects for motion picture rendering with one or more of the audio objects for audio rendering; determining in dependence upon the selected audio objects and video objects a duration for the motion picture; selecting audio events for rendering the audio objects identified for audio rendering; selecting motion picture video events for rendering the video objects identified for motion picture rendering; assigning the selected audio events and the selected motion picture video events to playback times for the motion picture; rendering, with the selected audio events at their assigned playback times, the audio content of the each of the audio objects identified for audio rendering; rendering, with the selected motion picture video events at their assigned playback times, the video content of the video objects identified for motion picture rendering; and recording in a multimedia file the rendered audio content and motion picture video content.

Recasting search engine results as a motion picture with audio

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for providing disparate content as a playlist of media files for rendering on a portable media player. Embodiments include aggregating content of disparate data formats from disparate data sources, wherein the aggregated content is in a data format incompatible with the portable media player; assigning a portion of the aggregated content to a channel; creating a plurality of media files including the portion of the aggregated content assigned to the channel, the media files being in a data format compatible with the portable media player; and storing the plurality of media files as a playlist.

Providing disparate content as a playlist of media files

Methods, systems, and products are provided for enabling services on a UAV. Embodiments include determining a current position of the UAV, selecting a service module for the UAV in dependence upon the current position of the UAV, uploading the service module to the UAV, and executing the service module on the UAV. Selecting a service module for the UAV in dependence upon the current position of the UAV may include retrieving from a module database a module record in dependence upon the current position of the UAV. Typical embodiments also include selecting a flying pattern algorithm in dependence upon the selected service module and piloting the UAV in accordance with the flying pattern algorithm. Many embodiments also include selecting a navigational algorithm in dependence upon the selected service module and navigating the UAV in accordance with the navigational algorithm.

Enabling services on a UAV

Navigating UAVs in formation, including assigning pattern positions to each of a multiplicity of UAVs flying together in a pattern; identifying a waypoint for each UAV in dependence upon the UAV's pattern position; piloting the UAVs in the pattern toward their waypoints in dependence upon a navigation algorithm, where the navigation algorithm includes repeatedly comparing the UAV's intended position and the UAV's actual position and calculating a corrective flight vector when the distance between the UAV's actual and intended positions exceeds an error threshold. The actual position of the UAV may be taken from a GPS receiver on board the UAV.

Navigating UAVs in formation

Methods, systems, and products for navigating a UAV having an on-board digital camera are provided. Embodiments include identifying a geographic area not captured by the digital camera while the UAV is flying in a current flying pattern, and modifying the current flying pattern to capture an image of the identified geographic area. Identifying a geographic area not captured by the digital camera while the UAV is flying in a current flying pattern may be carried out by determining an area captured by the onboard camera, extrapolating the area captured by the onboard camera along the flying pattern to determine a perimeter of uncaptured geographic area, and determining the area of the uncaptured geographic area in dependence upon the perimeter.

Navigating a UAV having an on-board digital camera to capture desired geographic area

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for navigating a UAV that include piloting the UAV, under control of a navigation computer, in accordance with a navigation algorithm. While piloting the UAV, embodiments include reading from the GPS receiver a sequence of GPS data, anticipating a future position of the UAV, identifying an obstacle in dependence upon the future position, selecting an obstacle avoidance algorithm, and piloting the UAV in accordance with an obstacle avoidance algorithm. Identifying an obstacle in dependence upon the future position may include comprises retrieving obstacle data from a database in dependence the future position. Identifying an obstacle in dependence upon the future position may also include depicting an anticipated flight of the UAV with 3D computer graphics in dependence upon the future position and identifying an obstacle in dependence upon the depiction of the anticipated flight.

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Jesse W Redman