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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Universal Music Group, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Inventors:
Howard Soroka, Topanga, CA (US);
Christopher Horton, Culver City, CA (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, INC., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 19/008 (2013.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); G11B 27/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 19/008 (2013.01); G11B 27/105 (2013.01); G11B 27/3027 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for the playback of content files includes a memory storing a content file including a plurality of stems, each stem encoding a portion of the audio of a sound recording, multiple stems in the plurality of stems representing different portions of the sound recording for the same time period, the content file also including a set of instructions controlling playback of the stems. A decoder is configured to decode the stems according to the set of instructions to create an audio output signal.