Remote Server System for Combining Audio Files and for Managing Combined Audio Files for Downloading by Local Systems

Abstract

A web-based method of combining time coded audio files, having the following steps: (a) a local operator using a web-based interface displayed on a local computer system to access a library of audio files stored on a remote system; (b) the local operator using the web-based interface to select a plurality of the audio files from the library; (c) the local operator using the web-based interface to request the remote system to combine the selected audio files into a single combined audio segment comprising the selected audio files commencing play at audio cue markers; (d) the remote system generating the single combined audio segment by combining the plurality of selected audio files; and (e) the local operator using the web-based interface to download or stream the single combined audio segment.

1 . A web-based method of mass customization of radio station audio files, comprising the steps of:
 (a) a remote system operator organizing a library of audio files into categories on the basis of audio genres;   (b) the remote system operator organizing the library of audio files on the basis of popularity;   (c) a plurality of local operators at a plurality of radio stations each using a web-based interface to contact the remote system to access and select audio files corresponding to the audio genre played at the local radio station;   (d) each of the plurality of local operators requesting the remote system to combine the selected audio files into a single combined audio segment commencing play at audio cue markers;   (e) the remote system generating each of the single combined audio segments by combining the locally selected audio files into the single combined audio segments corresponding to each of the local operators request; and   (f) each of the local operators using the web-based interface to download or stream the single combined audio segment to the radio station corresponding thereto.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the remote system operator assigns sequence and cue markers to the organized audio files. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the local system operator assigns sequence and cue markers to the organized audio files. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the local operators simultaneously contact the remote system to access and select the audio files. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the remote system comprises a communication system, a library system and a processing system. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the processing system comprises a computer program for combining the plurality of audio files into the single combined audio segment. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the selected audio files in the single combined audio segment overlap one another in sequence. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the regions where the selected audio files overlap one another have been predefined by the remote system. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the regions where the selected audio files overlap one another cannot be edited by the plurality of local operators. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein steps (a) and (b) are performed repeatedly, thereby regularly updating organization of the audio files by the remote system. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the local operators can select specific audio files within the audio genre organized by the remote system. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the local operators cannot select specific audio files within the audio genre organized by the remote system. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the audio cue markers for one audio file are defined by the audio que markers for another audio file. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of local operators can instruct the remote system to add their own station unique content to the combined audio segment. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the audio genres are music genres. 
     
     
         16 . A computer system for mass customization of radio station audio files, comprising:
 a remote system hosted on a remote server, the remote system comprising:
 (a) a library computer system accessing a library of audio files; 
 (b) a processing computer system:
 (1) operating a program for organizing the audio files into audio genres, and 
 (2) operating a program for combining the organized audio files stored in the library of audio files into audio segments; and 
 
 (c) a communication computer system for receiving instructions from a plurality of local operators at a plurality of radio stations, wherein each of the local operators operates the communication system to select audio files corresponding to the audio genre played at the radio station and request the remote system to combine the selected audio files into a single combined audio segment commencing play at audio cue markers. 
   
     
     
         17 . The computer system of  claim 16 , wherein the processing computer system assigns sequence and cue markers to the organized audio files. 
     
     
         18 . The computer system of  claim 16 , wherein the processing computer system combines the plurality of audio files into the single combined audio segment. 
     
     
         19 . The computer system of  claim 18 , wherein the selected audio files in the single combined audio segment overlap one another in sequence. 
     
     
         20 . The computer system of  claim 19 , wherein the regions where the selected audio files overlap one another have been predefined by the remote system. 
     
     
         21 . The computer system of  claim 16 , wherein the processing computer system repeatedly organizes the audio files into audio genres, thereby regularly updating organization of the audio files by the remote system. 
     
     
         22 . The computer system of  claim 16 , wherein the audio genres are music genres.