University of California

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Todd Hodes

John Reid Hauser

Adrian Freed

Chris J Goebel

Scott Witherell

W Temple Fennell, Jr

Rajesh P Thakkar

Thomas Schwenk

A method of performing additive synthesis of digital audio signals using a novel recursive digital oscillator includes the step of receiving digital audio signal frames wherein each digital audio signal frame includes a set of frequency, amplitude, and phase components represented as coefficients of variables in a mathematical expression. Each digital audio signal frame thereby includes a frequency coefficient representation. Converted frequency coefficients are formed by linearly re-mapping the bits of the frequency coefficient representation and adding range extension via a shift amount in order to bias audio reproduction accuracy toward low frequency signals. Additive synthesis is then performed with the converted frequency coefficients.

Apparatus and method of additive synthesis of digital audio signals using a recursive digital oscillator

A method of managing user inputs and displaying outputs in a multi-player game that is played on a plurality of terminals on a network in a manner that compensates for differences in network latency among different terminals. The method includes: (a) transmitting a representation of a game challenge such as a trivia question to the terminals via the network; (b) receiving a game response signal such as a 'buzz-in' from two or more of the terminals; (c) assigning each responding terminal a priority rank according to a characteristic of their respective game response signal, e.g., elapsed time since receipt of the game challenge; (d) determining which responding terminal has the highest rank; and (e) sending signals to the responding terminals assigning them respective degrees of control of the game, e.g., the right to take a turn, in accordance with their respective ranks.

Method of managing multi-player game playing over a network

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Todd Hodes