Patent ID: 7509593
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling a user to discover, from within a content page, audio files that are not indicated or visually evident to a user who opens the content page, and to control play of the audio files that are associated with portions of the content page, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a content page, the content page having a layout designed by a designer and including audio-related content and non-audio related content from the designer, wherein the audio-related content includes a plurality of content portions that the designer has associated with a respective audio file, and the non-audio related content including content portions which are not associated by the designer with a respective audio file, the audio-related content being positioned in locations which are unknown by the user as being associated with audio; (b) receiving information identifying the plurality of content portions making up the audio-related content, the information being provided by the designer; (c) displaying the content page, including all audio-related content and all non-audio related content; (d) determining a distance between a cursor on the displayed content page and each of the plurality of content portions of the audio-related content according to the layout of the designer; (e) ordering the plurality of content portions of the audio-related content according to distance from the cursor; (f) determining which audio files to play, which comprises, for each of the ordered content portions, and beginning with the content portion having the shortest distance;