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Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2002
Applicants:

Mei L. Wilson, Redmond, WA (US);

Shafiq Ur Rahman, Redmond, WA (US);

Rebecca C. Weiss, Kirkland, WA (US);

Brian Crites, Sammamish, WA (US);

Sohail Baig Mohammed, Redmond, WA (US);

Michael A. Wall, Kirkland, WA (US);

Inventors:

Mei L. Wilson, Redmond, WA (US);

Shafiq ur Rahman, Redmond, WA (US);

Rebecca C. Weiss, Kirkland, WA (US);

Brian Crites, Sammamish, WA (US);

Sohail Baig Mohammed, Redmond, WA (US);

Michael A. Wall, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Audio data having M channels includes a header with metadata specifying a conversion function for converting the M channels of digital audio data into N channels of data. The metadata is a string of coefficients, which may be specified by the content author, to define to conversion of the M channels of digital audio data into N channels.


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