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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith Preston Loring, Coral Springs, FL (US);
William Shaouy, Marietta, GA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395500 ; 395701 ;
Abstract
A tool for providing user-configurable earcons, i.e. auditory cues, includes an earcon event engine responsive to command messages issued by tasks executing on a computer system. The command messages include an index to an earcon data file, which, in turn includes a reference to an audio file and audio parameter data for manipulating the acoustic parameters of the audio wave. A file interpreter provides the audio parameters to an audio processor for generation of the earcon. In one embodiment, the invention can be utilized with MIDI compatible instruments or sound cards.