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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:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2003
Applicants:
Glenn Reid, Woodside, CA (US);
James Brasure, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Glenn Reid, Woodside, CA (US);
James Brasure, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/00 (2006.01); H03G 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G10L 11/00 (2006.01); G09B 15/00 (2006.01); G10H 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for controlling the volume of an audio track. This method represents the volume of an audio track with a graph. This graph is defined along two axes, with one axis representing time and the other representing the volume level. A user can adjust the graph at different instances in time in order to change the volume level in the audio track at these instances. Different embodiments use different types of graphs to represent volume. For instance, some embodiments use a deformable line bar.