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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Hallmark Cards, Incorporated, Kansas City, MO (US);
Anne Catherine Bates, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Jason Paul Gahr, Kansas City, MO (US);
Adam Samuel Scheff, Overland Park, KS (US);
Jason Blake Penrod, Shawnee, KS (US);
Stephane Farris Young, Overland Park, KS (US);
Timothy Jay Lien, Lenexa, KS (US);
Michael Anthony Monaco, Jr., Overland Park, KS (US);
Hallmark Cards, Incorporated, Kansas City, MO (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to an Audio-Story Engine that includes a repository of prerecorded audio files that, when played in a certain sequence, with user provided recordings placed throughout, tell a story. To obtain the user provided recordings, the Audio-Story Engine asks the user to make audio recordings of various words or phrases. For example, the Audio-Story Engine may ask the user a series of questions in order to record and store the user's audible responses. Upon completion, the Audio-Story Engine plays back a completed story that incorporates the user's audio recordings by playing an appropriate user recording after playing a prerecorded audio file. This is repeated several times in sequence to form a seamless, customized, audio story. In addition, the Audio-Story Engine may alter the pitch or sound of the user's recorded words to match the pitch of the prerecorded story.