Patent Publication Number: US-11640227-B2

Title: Voice driven dynamic menus

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/805,984, filed on Nov. 7, 2017, which claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/513,269, filed on May 31, 2017, each of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure generally relates to the technical field of user interface menuing systems. In some aspects, menus that control voice filtering on mobile devices are disclosed. 
     BACKGROUND 
     As the popularity of social networking grows, the number of digital images and videos generated and shared using social networks grows as well. These images and videos are frequently shared with friends or other associates to both inform and/or entertain. A social network&#39;s ability to facilitate these purposes can have a substantial effect on the adoption and continued use of the social network. Therefore, additional methods of facilitating communication between social network members are needed. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like numerals may describe similar components in different views. Like numerals having different letter suffixes may represent different instances of similar components. Some embodiments are illustrated by way of example, and not limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings. 
         FIG.  1    is a block diagram showing an example messaging system for exchanging data (e.g., messages and associated content) over a network, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG.  2    is block diagram illustrating further details regarding the messaging system, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG.  3    is a schematic diagram illustrating data which may be stored in a database of the messaging system, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG.  4    is a block diagram illustrating functional components of a video editing system that forms part of the messaging system, according to some example embodiments. 
         FIG.  5    is a data flow diagram of at least one exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG.  6    is a data flow diagram of at least one exemplary embodiment. 
         FIGS.  7 A,  7 B, and  7 C  are interface diagrams illustrating aspects of user interfaces provided by the messaging system, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG.  8    is an interface diagram illustrating aspects of a user interface provided by the messaging system, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG.  9    is a flow chart illustrating operations of the image processing system in performing an example method for video editing, according to some embodiments. 
         FIG.  10    is a block diagram illustrating a representative software architecture, which may be used in conjunction with various hardware architectures herein described. 
         FIG.  11    is a block diagram illustrating components of a machine, according to some exemplary embodiments, able to read instructions from a machine-readable medium (e.g., a machine-readable storage medium) and perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The description that follows includes systems, methods, techniques, instruction sequences, and computing machine program products that embody illustrative embodiments of the disclosure. In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide an understanding of various embodiments of the inventive subject matter. It will be evident, however, to those skilled in the art, that embodiments of the inventive subject matter may be practiced without these specific details. In general, well-known instruction instances, protocols, structures, and techniques are not necessarily shown in detail. 
     Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, methods, techniques, instruction sequences, and computing machine program products that dynamically analyze an audio portion of a video to determine whether a voice signal is present in an audio track of the video. If a voice signal is present, a first menu may be presented. If a voice signal is not present in the audio portion of the video, a second menu may be presented. The first menu may include options for modifying the audio track of the video. For example, a first menu option may increase a frequency of the audio track. A second menu option may lower a frequency of the audio track. The modified audio track may be stored with the video track. 
       FIG.  1    is a block diagram showing an example messaging system  100  for exchanging data (e.g., messages and associated content) over a network. The messaging system  100  includes multiple client devices  102 , each of which hosts a number of applications including a messaging client application  104 . Each messaging client application  104  is communicatively coupled to other instances of the messaging client application  104  and a messaging server system  108  via a network  106  (e.g., the Internet). As used herein, the term “client device” may refer to any machine that interfaces with a communications network (such as the network  106 ) to obtain resources from one or more server systems or other client devices. A client device may be, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, desktop computer, laptop, portable digital assistant (PDA), smart phone, tablet, ultra book, netbook, laptop, multi-processor system, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics system, game console, set-top box, or any other communication device that a user may use to access a network. 
     In the example shown in  FIG.  1   , each messaging client application  104  is able to communicate and exchange data with another messaging client application  104  and with the messaging server system  108  via the network  106 . The data exchanged between the messaging client applications  104 , and between a messaging client application  104  and the messaging server system  108 , includes functions (e.g., commands to invoke functions) as well as payload data (e.g., text, audio, video, or other multimedia data). 
     The network  106  may include, or operate in conjunction with, an ad hoc network, an intranet, an extranet, a virtual private network (VPN), a local area network (LAN), a wireless LAN (WLAN), a wide area network (WAN), a wireless WAN (WWAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), the Internet, a portion of the Internet, a portion of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a plain old telephone service (POTS) network, a cellular telephone network, a wireless network, a Wi-Fi® network, another type of network, or a combination of two or more such networks. For example, the network  106  or a portion of the network  106  may include a wireless or cellular network and the connection to the network  106  may be a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) connection, a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) connection, or another type of cellular or wireless coupling. In this example, the coupling may implement any of a variety of types of data transfer technology, such as Single Carrier Radio Transmission Technology (1×RTT), Evolution-Data Optimized (EVDO) technology, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology, Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) technology, third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) including 3G, fourth-generation wireless (4G) networks, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard, or others defined by various standard-setting organizations, other long-range protocols, or other data transfer technology. 
     The messaging server system  108  provides server-side functionality via the network  106  to a particular messaging client application  104 . While certain functions of the messaging system  100  are described herein as being performed by either a messaging client application  104  or by the messaging server system  108 , it will be appreciated that the location of certain functionality either within the messaging client application  104  or the messaging server system  108  is a design choice. For example, it may be technically preferable to initially deploy certain technology and functionality within the messaging server system  108 , but to later migrate this technology and functionality to the messaging client application  104  where a client device  102  has a sufficient processing capacity. 
     The messaging server system  108  supports various services and operations that are provided to the messaging client application  104 . Such operations include transmitting data to, receiving data from, and processing data generated by the messaging client application  104 . This data may include message content, client device information, geolocation information, media annotation and overlays, message content persistence conditions, social network information, and live event information, as examples. Data exchanges within the messaging system  100  are invoked and controlled through functions available via user interfaces (UIs) of the messaging client application  104 . 
     Turning now specifically to the messaging server system  108 , an Application Programming Interface (API) server  110  is coupled to, and provides a programmatic interface to, an application server  112 . The application server  112  is communicatively coupled to a database server  118 , which facilitates access to a database  120  in which is stored data associated with messages processed by the application server  112 . 
     The API server  110  receives and transmits message data (e.g., commands and message payloads) between the client device  102  and the application server  112 . Specifically, the API server  110  provides a set of interfaces (e.g., routines and protocols) that can be called or queried by the messaging client application  104  in order to invoke functionality of the application server  112 . The API server  110  exposes various functions supported by the application server  112 , including account registration; login functionality; the sending of messages, via the application server  112 , from a particular messaging client application  104  to another messaging client application  104 ; the sending of media files (e.g., images or video) from a messaging client application  104  to the application server  112 , for possible access by another messaging client application  104 ; the setting of a collection of media data (e.g., story); the retrieval of a list of friends of a user of a client device  102 ; the retrieval of such collections; the retrieval of messages and content; the adding and deletion of friends to and from a social graph; the location of friends within a social graph; and the detecting of an application event (e.g., relating to the messaging client application  104 ). 
     The application server  112  hosts a number of applications and subsystems, including a messaging server application  114  and a social network system  116 . The messaging server application  114  implements a number of message processing technologies and functions, particularly related to the aggregation and other processing of content (e.g., textual and multimedia content) included in messages received from multiple instances of the messaging client application  104 . As will be described in further detail, the text and media content from multiple sources may be aggregated into collections of content (e.g., called stories or galleries). These collections are then made available, by the messaging server application  114 , to the messaging client application  104 . Other processor- and memory-intensive processing of data may also be performed server-side by the messaging server application  114 , in view of the hardware requirements for such processing. 
     The social network system  116  supports various social networking functions and services, and makes these functions and services available to the messaging server application  114 . To this end, the social network system  116  maintains and accesses an entity graph within the database  120 . Examples of functions and services supported by the social network system  116  include the identification of other users of the messaging system  100  with whom a particular user has relationships or whom the user is “following,” and also the identification of other entities and interests of a particular user. 
       FIG.  2    is block diagram illustrating further details regarding the messaging system  100 , according to exemplary embodiments. Specifically, the messaging system  100  is shown to comprise the messaging client application  104  and the application server  112 , which in turn embody a number of subsystems, namely an ephemeral timer system  202 , a collection management system  204 , an annotation system  206 , and video editing system  208 . 
     The ephemeral timer system  202  is responsible for enforcing the temporary access to content permitted by the messaging client application  104  and the messaging server application  114 . To this end, the ephemeral timer system  202  incorporates a number of timers that, based on duration and display parameters associated with a message, or collection of messages (e.g., a SNAPCHAT story), selectively display and enable access to messages and associated content via the messaging client application  104 . Further details regarding the operation of the ephemeral timer system  202  are provided below. 
     The collection management system  204  is responsible for managing collections of media (e.g., collections of text, image, video, and audio data). In some examples, a collection of content (e.g., messages, including images, video, text, and audio) may be organized into an “event gallery” or an “event story.” Such a collection may be made available for a specified time period, such as the duration of an event to which the content relates. For example, content relating to a music concert may be made available as a “story” for the duration of that music concert. The collection management system  204  may also be responsible for publishing an icon that provides notification of the existence of a particular collection to the user interface of the messaging client application  104 . 
     The collection management system  204  furthermore includes a curation interface  210  that allows a collection manager to manage and curate a particular collection of content. For example, the curation interface  210  enables an event organizer to curate a collection of content relating to a specific event (e.g., delete inappropriate content or redundant messages). Additionally, the collection management system  204  employs machine vision (or image recognition technology) and content rules to automatically curate a content collection. In certain embodiments, compensation may be paid to a user for inclusion of user-generated content in a collection. In such cases, the curation interface  210  operates to automatically make payments to such users for the use of their content. 
     The annotation system  206  provides various functions that enable a user to annotate or otherwise modify or edit media content associated with a message. For example, the annotation system  206  provides functions related to the generation and publishing of media overlays for messages processed by the messaging system  100 . For example, the annotation system  206  operatively supplies a media overlay (e.g., a SNAPCHAT filter) to the messaging client application  104  based on a geolocation of the client device  102 . In another example, the annotation system  206  operatively supplies a media overlay to the messaging client application  104  based on other information, such as social network information of the user of the client device  102 . A media overlay may include audio and visual content and visual effects. Examples of audio and visual content include pictures, texts, logos, animations, and sound effects. An example of a visual effect includes color overlaying. The audio and visual content or the visual effects can be applied to a media content item (e.g., a photo) at the client device  102 . For example, the media overlay may include text that can be overlaid on top of a photograph generated by the client device  102 . In another example, the media overlay includes an identification of a location (e.g., Venice Beach), a name of a live event, or a name of a merchant (e.g., Beach Coffee House). In another example, the annotation system  206  uses the geolocation of the client device  102  to identify a media overlay that includes the name of a merchant at the geolocation of the client device  102 . The media overlay may include other indicia associated with the merchant. The media overlays may be stored in the database  120  and accessed through the database server  118 . 
     In one exemplary embodiment, the annotation system  206  provides a user-based publication platform that enables users to select a geolocation on a map, and upload content associated with the selected geolocation. The user may also specify circumstances under which a particular media overlay should be offered to other users. The annotation system  206  generates a media overlay that includes the uploaded content and associates the uploaded content with the selected geolocation. 
     In another exemplary embodiment, the annotation system  206  provides a merchant-based publication platform that enables merchants to select a particular media overlay associated with a geolocation via a bidding process. For example, the annotation system  206  associates the media overlay of a highest-bidding merchant with a corresponding geolocation for a predefined amount of time. 
     The video editing system  208  is dedicated to performing video editing operations, in some instances, with respect to images or video received within the payload of a message at the messaging server application  114 . As an example, the video editing system  208  provides functionality to allow a user to modify an audio track of a video, and in particular, to modify a voice signal within the audio track of the video. Further details regarding the video editing system  208  are discussed below in reference to  FIG.  4   . 
       FIG.  3    is a schematic diagram  300  illustrating data which may be stored in the database  120  of the messaging server system  108 , according to certain exemplary embodiments. While the content of the database  120  is shown to comprise a number of tables, it will be appreciated that the data could be stored in other types of data structures (e.g., as an object-oriented database). 
     The database  120  includes message data stored within a message table  314 . An entity table  302  stores entity data, including an entity graph  304 . Entities for which records are maintained within the entity table  302  may include individuals, corporate entities, organizations, objects, places, events, etc. Regardless of type, any entity regarding which the messaging server system  108  stores data may be a recognized entity. Each entity is provided with a unique identifier, as well as an entity type identifier (not shown). 
     The entity graph  304  furthermore stores information regarding relationships and associations between or among entities. Such relationships may be social, professional (e.g., work at a common corporation or organization), interested-based, or activity-based, merely for example. 
     The database  120  also stores annotation data, in the example form of filters, in an annotation table  312 . Filters for which data is stored within the annotation table  312  are associated with and applied to videos (for which data is stored in a video table  310 ) and/or images (for which data is stored in an image table  308 ). Filters, in one example, are overlays that are displayed as overlaid on an image or video during presentation to a recipient user. Filters may be of varies types, including user-selected filters from a gallery of filters presented to a sending user by the messaging client application  104  when the sending user is composing a message. Other types of filters include geolocation filters (also known as geo-filters), which may be presented to a sending user based on geographic location. For example, geolocation filters specific to a neighborhood or special location may be presented within a user interface by the messaging client application  104 , based on geolocation information determined by a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit of the client device  102 . Another type of filter is a data filter, which may be selectively presented to a sending user by the messaging client application  104 , based on other inputs or information gathered by the client device  102  during the message creation process. Examples of data filters include a current temperature at a specific location, a current speed at which a sending user is traveling, a battery life for a client device  102 , or the current time. 
     Other annotation data that may be stored within the image table  308  is so-called “lens” data. A “lens” may be a real-time special effect and sound that may be added to an image or a video. 
     As mentioned above, the video table  310  stores video data which, in one embodiment, is associated with messages for which records are maintained within the message table  314 . Similarly, the image table  308  stores image data associated with messages for which message data is stored in the entity table  302 . The entity table  302  may associate various annotations from the annotation table  312  with various images and videos stored in the image table  308  and the video table  310 . 
     A story table  306  stores data regarding collections of messages and associated image, video, or audio data, which are compiled into a collection (e.g., a SNAPCHAT story or a gallery). The creation of a particular collection may be initiated by a particular user (e.g., a user for whom a record is maintained in the entity table  302 ). A user may create a “personal story” in the form of a collection of content that has been created and sent/broadcast by that user. To this end, the user interface of the messaging client application  104  may include an icon that is user-selectable to enable a sending user to add specific content to his or her personal story. 
     A collection may also constitute a “live story,” which is a collection of content from multiple users that is created manually, automatically, or using a combination of manual and automatic techniques. For example, a “live story” may constitute a curated stream of user-submitted content from various locations and events. Users whose client devices have location services enabled and who are at a common location or event at a particular time may, for example, be presented with an option, via a user interface of the messaging client application  104 , to contribute content to a particular live story. The live story may be identified to the user by the messaging client application  104 , based on his or her location. The end result is a “live story” told from a community perspective. 
     A further type of content collection is known as a “location story,” which enables a user whose client device  102  is located within a specific geographic location (e.g., on a college or university campus) to contribute to a particular collection. In some embodiments, a contribution to a location story may require a second degree of authentication to verify that the end user belongs to a specific organization or other entity (e.g., is a student on the university campus). 
       FIG.  4    is a block diagram illustrating functional components of the video editing system  208  that forms part of the messaging system  100 , according to some example embodiments. To avoid obscuring the inventive subject matter with unnecessary detail, various functional components (e.g., modules, engines, and databases) that are not germane to conveying an understanding of the inventive subject matter have been omitted from  FIG.  4   . However, a skilled artisan will readily recognize that various additional functional components may be supported by the video editing system  208  to facilitate additional functionality that is not specifically described herein. As shown, the video editing system  208  includes a video display component  402 , a voice detection component  404 , a dynamic menuing component  406 , and a video updating component  408 . 
     The above referenced functional components of the video editing system  208  are configured to communicate with each other (e.g., via a bus, shared memory, a switch, or APIs). Collectively, these components facilitate voice driven dynamic menus for a video editor. In other words, the video display component  402 , a voice detection component  404 , a dynamic menuing component  406 , and a video updating component  408  work in conjunction to allow a user to easily modify a voice included in an audio track of the video, by adding one or more special effects to the voice signal, and or changing the voice signal in one or more different manners. 
     The video display component  402  is responsible for displaying a user generated video on a display screen of the client messaging application  104 . A video displayed by the video display component  402  may include a video track and an audio track. The video display component  402  may display the video track and may, in some aspects, generate an audio signal based on the audio track of the video. The video display component may provide for selective playback of the video track and/or audio track. For example, the video display component may provide for selection of a particular portion of the video for playback. The video display component may also include fast forward and rewind capabilities for the video. 
     The voice detection component  404  may analyze the audio track of the video displayed by the video display component  402 . The voice detection component  404  may apply one or more techniques to determine whether a portion of the audio track includes a voice signal or does not include a voice signal. In various aspects, the voice detection component  404  may perform noise reduction on the portion of the audio track, calculate features or quantities from the noise reduced portion, and classify the portion based on the features or quantities with respect to whether or not the portion includes a voice signal. 
     The dynamic menuing component  406  may determine one or more menus for display by the video display component  402 . The dynamic menuing system  406  may receive a signal from the voice detection component  404 , indicating whether the audio track of the video includes a voice signal or does not include a voice signal. The dynamic menuing component  406  may then determine a content of a menu based on the received signal. For example, if a voice signal is present in the video, a first set of menu options may be generated for display by the video display component  402 . If a voice signal is not present in the video, a second set of menu options may be generated for display by the video display component  402 . 
     The video updating component  408  may generate new video data based on selections made via a menu presented by the dynamic menuing component. For example, if a user of the video editing system selects application of a particular voice effect to the audio track of the video displayed by the video display component  402  from a menu presented by the dynamic menuing component  406 , the video updating component  408  may generate a second audio track by applying the selected effect to the existing audio track of the video. A new video file may then be written to a stable storage or network by the video updating component  408 , with the new video file including the video track and the second audio track. 
     As is understood by skilled artisans in the relevant computer and Internet-related arts, each functional component illustrated in  FIG.  4    may be implemented using hardware (e.g., a processor of a machine) or a combination of logic (e.g., executable software instructions) and hardware (e.g., memory and the processor of a machine) for executing the logic. For example, any component included as part of the video editing system  208  may physically include an arrangement of one or more processors  410  (e.g., a subset of or among one or more processors of a machine) configured to perform the operations described herein for that component. As another example, any component of the video editing system  208  may include software, hardware, or both, that configure an arrangement of the one or more processors  410  to perform the operations described herein for that component. Accordingly, different components of the video editing system  208  may include and configure different arrangements of such processors  410  or a single arrangement of such processors  410  at different points in time. 
     Furthermore, the various functional components depicted in  FIG.  4    may reside on a single machine (e.g., a client device or a server) or may be distributed across several machines in various arrangements such as cloud-based architectures. Moreover, any two or more of these components may be combined into a single component, and the functions described herein for a single component may be subdivided among multiple components. Functional details of these components are described below with respect to  FIGS.  5 - 9   . 
       FIG.  5    is an exemplary data flow diagram for the methods and systems disclosed herein.  FIG.  5    illustrates a video  502 , which may include at least an audio track  504  and a video track  506 . The audio track  504  may be provided to the voice detection component  404  and/or an audio filter  510 . The voice detection component  404  may detect whether there is a voice signal present in the audio track  504 . This information may be used to provide dynamic menus, discussed in more detail below. Depending on a selection of the dynamic menus, the audio track  504  may also be provided to an audio filter  510 . In some aspect, the audio filter  510  may be included in the video updating component  408 . The audio filter  510  may apply one or more effects to the audio track  504 . An output of the audio filter  510  may be stored as part of a video  550  which is stored in the database  120 . Alternatively, the video  550  may be stored as a separate file, such as a file conforming to any one of the MPEG file formats. The video track  506  may be included in the video  550  or stored in the separate file as discussed above. While  FIG.  5    shows the video updating component  408  writing data to a new video  550  from the video  502 , in some aspects, the video  502  may itself be modified by the video updating component  408 . 
       FIG.  6    is another exemplary data flow diagram for the disclosed methods and systems.  FIG.  6    demonstrates that a menu  602  may define audio settings  606  for a video  608 . The video  608  may be stored in the database  120  in some aspects, and include an audio track  610  and a video track  612 . The audio track  610  may also be provided to the voice detection component  404 . The voice detection component  404  sends a signal to the dynamic menuing component  406 , indicating whether the audio track  610  includes a voice signal or does not include a voice signal. The dynamic menuing component  406  may be configured to vary the menu  602  based on the signal from the voice detection component  404 . 
     Before playback of the video  608  via an audio/video player  620 , the audio track  610  of the video  608  may be processed and modified by an audio filter  625 . The audio filter  625  may be included in the video updating component  408  in some aspects. The audio filter  625  may determine which modifications to make to the audio track  610  based on the audio setting  606 . For example, if a first menu item included in the menu  602  was selected (resulting in a first audio setting  606 ), the audio filter  625  may apply a first filter to the audio track  610 . If a second menu item included in the menu  602  was selected by a user, the audio filter  625  may apply a second filter to the audio track  610 . The video/audio player  620  may then play a resulting audio track generated by the audio filter  625 . 
       FIGS.  7 A- 7 C  are screen shots showing exemplary embodiments of a voice driven dynamic menuing system for video editing.  FIG.  7 A  shows a first view of a video window  700 . The video window  700  is shown when a video (e.g. video  502  or video  608 ) has been loaded. When a video is not being played, a single frame  710  of the video may be displayed in the video window  700 . The video window  700  also includes a play icon  720  and an audio menu icon  730   a . When selected, the play icon  720  begins playback of the loaded video. Selection of the audio menu icon  730   a  displays an audio menu, one embodiment of which is shown in  FIG.  7 B  below. 
       FIG.  7 B  shows the video window  700  displaying one embodiment of an audio menu  740 . The audio menu  740  provides several dynamic menu items  742   a - c  for editing a voice signal included in an audio track of the video loaded into the video window  700  (such as audio track  506  or  610 , discussed above). A first selection  742   a  may modify a voice signal in the audio track so as to increase a frequency of the voice signal. A second selection  742   b  may modify the voice signal in the audio track so as to lower the frequency of the voice signal. A third selection  742   c  may modify the voice signal so as to give the signal a “robotic” sound. A fourth selection  742   d  modifies the voice signal to provide a variable pitch within the voice signal. A fifth selection  742   e  may turn off playback of or mute the audio signal. 
       FIG.  7 C  is another view of the video window  700 .  FIG.  7 C  shows the video window  700  when modifying a voice signal based on a selection of one of the dynamic menu items  742   a - e . To indicate the modification of the voice signal is in progress, the video window  700  displays an icon  745 . The icon  745  may have a visual appearance similar to that of the selected menu item  742   a - e , in the illustrated embodiment, menu item  742   a . In some aspects, the icon  745  may be a larger version of an icon for the selected menu item  742   a - e , but may otherwise be identical. After the modification of the voice signal is complete, the video window  700  may stop displaying the icon  745 . 
       FIG.  8    shows another exemplary view of the video window  700 .  FIG.  8    shows the video window  700  after the dynamic menu item  742   e , shown in  FIG.  7 B , has been selected. After selection of dynamic menu item  742   e , the audio menu icon  730   b  may change in appearance from that of audio menu icon  730   a  shown in  FIGS.  7 A-C  to that shown in  FIG.  8    to indicate the audio track for the video is muted. 
       FIG.  9    is a flowchart of an exemplary method of voice driven dynamic menuing. The method  900  may be embodied in computer-readable instructions for execution by one or more processors such that the operations of the method  900  may be performed in part or in whole by the functional components of the video editing system  208 ; accordingly, the method  900  is described below by way of example with reference thereto. However, it shall be appreciated that at least some of the operations of the method  900  may be deployed on various other hardware configurations and the method  900  is not intended to be limited to the video editing system  208 . In some aspects, one or more hardware processors may be configured to perform one or more functions of process  900 , discussed below with respect to  FIG.  9   . For example, the processors  410 , which may be equivalent to the processing unit  1054  and/or processor  1104 , may be configured, for example by instructions  1004  and/or  1110 , to perform one or more of the functions discussed below with respect to  FIG.  9   . 
     At operation  905 , the video editing system  208  receives video and audio data. In some aspects, the video and audio data may be included in a user generated video file. The file may include a video portion and an audio portion. 
     At operation  910 , a video window is displayed. For example, in some aspects, a video window similar to that of the video window  700  illustrated in  FIGS.  7 A-C  and  FIG.  8    may be displayed by operation  910 . In some aspects, a single frame of the video data received in block  905  may be displayed in the video window  700 . 
     Operation  920  determines whether the audio data includes a voice signal. In some aspects, operation  920  may include removing background noise from the audio data. In some aspects, operation  920  may determine a signal to noise ratio in one or more frequency bands of the audio data. Thresholds may be applied to one or more of these signal to noise ratios to determine whether the audio data includes a voice signal. In some other aspects, a channel power, voice metrics, and noise power may be determined. Thresholds for the voice metrics may be determined based on an estimated signal to noise ratio. 
     Decision block  930  determines whether a voice signal was detected in operation  920 . If a voice signal was not detected, process  900  moves from block  930  to block  940 , where a first menu may be displayed in the video window. In some aspects, the first menu may include the mute menu item  742   e , but may not include menu items  742   a - d  shown in  FIG.  7 B . 
     If decision block  930  determines a voice signal is present in the audio data, then process  900  moves to operation  950 , where a second menu is displayed in the video window. The second menu may include one or more of dynamic menu items  742   a - d . The second menu may also include menu item  742   e  in some aspects. 
     In block  960 , a selection of an item from the second menu is received. For example, in some aspects, a user of the client messaging application  104  may utilize a pointing device or other input device to select one of the menu items  742   a - d  (and in some aspects  742   e ). The selection may be received by process  900 . 
     In block  970 , the audio data is modified based on the selection. For example, in the exemplary embodiment shown in  FIG.  7 B , selection of dynamic menu item  742   a  may cause block  970  to increase a frequency of the audio data. In some aspects, block  970  may separate the detected voice signal from background noise, and increase the frequency of the voice signal but not of the background noise. The modified voice signal may be recombined with background noise, or may remain separated from the detected background noise. 
     To continue with the example, if the user selects dynamic menu item  742   b , the frequency of the voice signal may be reduced. If the user selects dynamic menu item  742   c , the voice signal may be modified to sound more robotic in nature. If the user selects dynamic menu item  742   d , the pitch of the voice signal may be varied over a time period. If the user selects dynamic menu item  742   e , any video playback performed by the video window  700  may be muted. In some aspects, the modified audio data is written to an output device. For example, in some aspects, the video data and modified audio data may be written to a video file, such as a file conforming to the MPEG-4 specifications. In some other aspects, the modified audio data may be written to a database, such as the database  112  discussed above with respect to at least  FIGS.  1  and  3   . 
     Software Architecture 
       FIG.  10    is a block diagram illustrating an example software architecture  1006 , which may be used in conjunction with various hardware architectures herein described.  FIG.  10    is a non-limiting example of a software architecture and it will be appreciated that many other architectures may be implemented to facilitate the functionality described herein. The software architecture  1006  may execute on hardware such as a machine  1100  of  FIG.  11    that includes, among other things, processors  1104 , memory/storage  1106 , and I/O components  1118 . A representative hardware layer  1052  is illustrated and can represent, for example, the machine  1100  of  FIG.  11   . The representative hardware layer  1052  includes a processing unit  1054  having associated executable instructions  1004 . The executable instructions  1004  represent the executable instructions of the software architecture  1006 , including implementation of the methods, components, and so forth described herein. The hardware layer  1052  also includes memory and/or storage  1056 , which also have the executable instructions  1004 . The hardware layer  1052  may also comprise other hardware  1058 . 
     As used herein, the term “component” may refer to a device, a physical entity, or logic having boundaries defined by function or subroutine calls, branch points, APIs, and/or other technologies that provide for the partitioning or modularization of particular processing or control functions. Components may be combined via their interfaces with other components to carry out a machine process. A component may be a packaged functional hardware unit designed for use with other components and a part of a program that usually performs a particular function of related functions. 
     Components may constitute either software components (e.g., code embodied on a machine-readable medium) or hardware components. A “hardware component” is a tangible unit capable of performing certain operations and may be configured or arranged in a certain physical manner. In various exemplary embodiments, one or more computer systems (e.g., a standalone computer system, a client computer system, or a server computer system) or one or more hardware components of a computer system (e.g., a processor or a group of processors) may be configured by software (e.g., an application or application portion) as a hardware component that operates to perform certain operations as described herein. A hardware component may also be implemented mechanically, electronically, or any suitable combination thereof. For example, a hardware component may include dedicated circuitry or logic that is permanently configured to perform certain operations. 
     A hardware component may be a special-purpose processor, such as a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). A hardware component may also include programmable logic or circuitry that is temporarily configured by software to perform certain operations. For example, a hardware component may include software executed by a general-purpose processor or other programmable processor. Once configured by such software, hardware components become specific machines (or specific components of a machine) uniquely tailored to perform the configured functions and are no longer general-purpose processors. It will be appreciated that the decision to implement a hardware component mechanically, in dedicated and permanently configured circuitry, or in temporarily configured circuitry (e.g., configured by software) may be driven by cost and time considerations. 
     A processor may be, or include, any circuit or virtual circuit (a physical circuit emulated by logic executing on an actual processor) that manipulates data values according to control signals (e.g., “commands,” “op codes,” “machine code,” etc.) and that produces corresponding output signals that are applied to operate a machine. A processor may, for example, be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) processor, a Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC) processor, a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an ASIC, a Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC), or any combination thereof. A processor may further be a multi-core processor having two or more independent processors (sometimes referred to as “cores”) that may execute instructions contemporaneously. 
     Accordingly, the phrase “hardware component” (or “hardware-implemented component”) should be understood to encompass a tangible entity, be that an entity that is physically constructed, permanently configured (e.g., hardwired), or temporarily configured (e.g., programmed) to operate in a certain manner or to perform certain operations described herein. Considering embodiments in which hardware components are temporarily configured (e.g., programmed), each of the hardware components need not be configured or instantiated at any one instance in time. For example, where a hardware component comprises a general-purpose processor configured by software to become a special-purpose processor, the general-purpose processor may be configured as respectively different special-purpose processors (e.g., comprising different hardware components) at different times. Software accordingly configures a particular processor or processors, for example, to constitute a particular hardware component at one instance of time and to constitute a different hardware component at a different instance of time. Hardware components can provide information to, and receive information from, other hardware components. Accordingly, the described hardware components may be regarded as being communicatively coupled. Where multiple hardware components exist contemporaneously, communications may be achieved through signal transmission (e.g., over appropriate circuits and buses) between or among two or more of the hardware components. In embodiments in which multiple hardware components are configured or instantiated at different times, communications between or among such hardware components may be achieved, for example, through the storage and retrieval of information in memory structures to which the multiple hardware components have access. 
     For example, one hardware component may perform an operation and store the output of that operation in a memory device to which it is communicatively coupled. A further hardware component may then, at a later time, access the memory device to retrieve and process the stored output. Hardware components may also initiate communications with input or output devices, and can operate on a resource (e.g., a collection of information). The various operations of example methods described herein may be performed, at least partially, by one or more processors that are temporarily configured (e.g., by software) or permanently configured to perform the relevant operations. Whether temporarily or permanently configured, such processors may constitute processor-implemented components that operate to perform one or more operations or functions described herein. As used herein, “processor-implemented component” refers to a hardware component implemented using one or more processors. Similarly, the methods described herein may be at least partially processor-implemented, with a particular processor or processors being an example of hardware. For example, at least some of the operations of a method may be performed by one or more processors or processor-implemented components. 
     Moreover, the one or more processors may also operate to support performance of the relevant operations in a “cloud computing” environment or as a “software as a service” (SaaS). For example, at least some of the operations may be performed by a group of computers (as examples of machines including processors), with these operations being accessible via a network (e.g., the Internet) and via one or more appropriate interfaces (e.g., an API). The performance of certain of the operations may be distributed among the processors, not only residing within a single machine, but deployed across a number of machines. In some exemplary embodiments, the processors or processor-implemented components may be located in a single geographic location (e.g., within a home environment, an office environment, or a server farm). In other exemplary embodiments, the processors or processor-implemented components may be distributed across a number of geographic locations. 
     In the exemplary architecture of  FIG.  10   , the software architecture  1006  may be conceptualized as a stack of layers where each layer provides particular functionality. For example, the software architecture  1006  may include layers such as an operating system  1002 , libraries  1020 , frameworks/middleware  1018 , applications  1016 , and a presentation layer  1014 . Operationally, the applications  1016  and/or other components within the layers may invoke API calls  1008  through the software stack and receive a response as messages  1010 . The layers illustrated are representative in nature and not all software architectures have all layers. For example, some mobile or special-purpose operating systems may not provide a frameworks/middleware  1018  layer, while others may provide such a layer. Other software architectures may include additional or different layers. 
     The operating system  1002  may manage hardware resources and provide common services. The operating system  1002  may include, for example, a kernel  1022 , services  1024 , and drivers  1026 . The kernel  1022  may act as an abstraction layer between the hardware and the other software layers. For example, the kernel  1022  may be responsible for memory management, processor management (e.g., scheduling), component management, networking, security settings, and so on. The services  1024  may provide other common services for the other software layers. The drivers  1026  are responsible for controlling or interfacing with the underlying hardware. For instance, the drivers  1026  include display drivers, camera drivers, Bluetooth® drivers, flash memory drivers, serial communication drivers (e.g., Universal Serial Bus (USB) drivers), Wi-Fi® drivers, audio drivers, power management drivers, and so forth depending on the hardware configuration. 
     The libraries  1020  provide a common infrastructure that is used by the applications  1016  and/or other components and/or layers. The libraries  1020  provide functionality that allows other software components to perform tasks in an easier fashion than by interfacing directly with the underlying operating system  1002  functionality (e.g., kernel  1022 , services  1024 , and/or drivers  1026 ). The libraries  1020  may include system libraries  1044  (e.g., C standard library) that may provide functions such as memory allocation functions, string manipulation functions, mathematical functions, and the like, in addition, the libraries  1020  may include API libraries  1046  such as media libraries (e.g., libraries to support presentation and manipulation of various media formats such as MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, and PNG), graphics libraries (e.g., an OpenGL framework that may be used to render 2D and 3D graphic content on a display), database libraries (e.g., SQLite that may provide various relational database functions), web libraries (e.g., WebKit that may provide web browsing functionality), and the like. The libraries  1020  may also include a wide variety of other libraries  1048  to provide many other APIs to the applications  1016  and other software components/modules. 
     The frameworks/middleware  1018  provide a higher-level common infrastructure that may be used by the applications  1016  and/or other software components/modules. For example, the frameworks/middleware  1018  may provide various graphic user interface (GUI) functions, high-level resource management, high-level location services, and so forth. The frameworks/middleware  1018  may provide a broad spectrum of other APIs that may be utilized by the applications  1016  and/or other software components/modules, some of which may be specific to a particular operating system  1002  or platform. 
     The applications  1016  include built-in applications  1038  and/or third-party applications  1040 . Examples of representative built-in applications  1038  may include, but are not limited to, a contacts application, a browser application, a book reader application, a location application, a media application, a messaging application, and/or a game application. The third-party applications  1040  may include an application developed using the ANDROID™ or IOS™ software development kit (SDK) by an entity other than the vendor of the particular platform, and may be mobile software running on a mobile operating system such as IOS™, ANDROID™, WINDOWS® Phone, or other mobile operating systems. The third-party applications  1040  may invoke the API calls  1008  provided by the mobile operating system (such as the operating system  1002 ) to facilitate functionality described herein. 
     The applications  1016  may use built-in operating system functions (e.g., kernel  1022 , services  1024 , and/or drivers  1026 ), libraries  1020 , and frameworks/middleware  1018  to create user interfaces to interact with users of the system. Alternatively, or additionally, in some systems interactions with a user may occur through a presentation layer, such as the presentation layer  1014 . In these systems, the application/component “logic” can be separated from the aspects of the application/component that interact with a user. 
     Exemplary Machine 
       FIG.  11    is a block diagram illustrating components (also referred to herein as “modules”) of a machine  1100 , according to some exemplary embodiments, able to read instructions from a machine-readable medium (e.g., a machine-readable storage medium) and perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein. Specifically,  FIG.  11    shows a diagrammatic representation of the machine  1100  in the example form of a computer system, within which instructions  1110  (e.g., software, a program, an application, an apples, an app, or other executable code) for causing the machine  1100  to perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein may be executed. As such, the instructions  1110  may be used to implement modules or components described herein. The instructions  1110  transform the general, non-programmed machine  1100  into a particular machine  1100  programmed to carry out the described and illustrated functions in the manner described. In alternative embodiments, the machine  1100  operates as a standalone device or may be coupled (e.g., networked) to other machines. In a networked deployment, the machine  1100  may operate in the capacity of a server machine or a client machine in a server-client network environment, or as a peer machine in a peer-to-peer (or distributed) network environment. The machine  1100  may comprise, but not be limited to, a server computer, a client computer, a personal computer (PC), a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a netbook, a set-top box (STB), a personal digital assistant (PDA), an entertainment media system, a cellular telephone, a smart phone, a mobile device, a wearable device (e.g., a smart watch), a smart home device (e.g., a smart appliance), other smart devices, a web appliance, a network router, a network switch, a network bridge, or any machine capable of executing the instructions  1110 , sequentially or otherwise, that specify actions to be taken by machine  1100 . Further, while only a single machine  1100  is illustrated, the term “machine” shall also be taken to include a collection of machines that individually or jointly execute the instructions  1110  to perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein. 
     The machine  1100  may include processors  1104 , memory/storage  1106 , and I/O components  1118 , which may be configured to communicate with each other such as via a bus  1102 . The memory/storage  1106  may include a memory  1114 , such as a main memory, or other memory storage, and a storage unit  1116 , both accessible to the processors  1104  such as via the bus  1102 . The storage unit  1116  and memory  1114  store the instructions  1110  embodying any one or more of the methodologies or functions described herein. The instructions  1110  may also reside, completely or partially, within the memory  1114 , within the storage unit  1116 , within at least one of the processors  1104  (e.g., within the processor&#39;s cache memory), or any suitable combination thereof, during execution thereof by the machine  1100 . Accordingly, the memory  1114 , the storage unit  1116 , and the memory of the processors  1104  are examples of machine-readable media. 
     As used herein, the term “machine-readable medium,” “computer-readable medium,” or the like may refer to any component, device, or other tangible medium able to store instructions and data temporarily or permanently. Examples of such media may include, but are not limited to, random-access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), buffer memory, flash memory, optical media, magnetic media, cache memory, other types of storage (e.g., Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM)), and/or any suitable combination thereof. The term “machine-readable medium” should be taken to include a single medium or multiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database, or associated caches and servers) able to store instructions. The term “machine-readable medium” may also be taken to include any medium, or combination of multiple media, that is capable of storing instructions (e.g., code) for execution by a machine, such that the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the machine, cause the machine to perform any one or more of the methodologies described herein. Accordingly, a “machine-readable medium” may refer to a single storage apparatus or device, as well as “cloud-based” storage systems or storage networks that include multiple storage apparatus or devices. The term “machine-readable medium” excludes signals per se. 
     The I/O components  1118  may include a wide variety of components to provide a user interface for receiving input, providing output, producing output, transmitting information, exchanging information, capturing measurements, and so on. The specific I/O components  1118  that are included in the user interface of a particular machine  1100  will depend on the type of machine. For example, portable machines such as mobile phones will likely include a touch input device or other such input mechanisms, while a headless server machine will likely not include such a touch input device. It will be appreciated that the I/O components  1118  may include many other components that are not shown in  FIG.  11   . The I/O components  1118  are grouped according to functionality merely for simplifying the following discussion and the grouping is in no way limiting. In various exemplary embodiments, the I/O components  1118  may include output components  1126  and input components  1128 . The output components  1126  may include visual components (e.g., a display such as a plasma display panel (PDP), a light emitting diode (LED) display, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a projector, or a cathode ray tube (CRT)), acoustic components (e.g., speakers), haptic components (e.g., a vibratory motor, resistance mechanisms), other signal generators, and so forth. The input components  1128  may include alphanumeric input components (e.g., a keyboard, a touch screen configured to receive alphanumeric input, a photo-optical keyboard, or other alphanumeric input components), point-based input components (e.g., a mouse, a touchpad, a trackball, a joystick, a motion sensor, or other pointing instruments), tactile input components (e.g., a physical button, a touch screen that provides location and/or force of touches or touch gestures, or other tactile input components), audio input components (e.g., a microphone), and the like. The input components  1128  may also include one or more image-capturing devices, such as a digital camera for generating digital images and/or video. 
     In further exemplary embodiments, the I/O components  1118  may include biometric components  1130 , motion components  1134 , environment components  1136 , or position components  1138 , as well as a wide array of other components. For example, the biometric components  1130  may include components to detect expressions (e.g., hand expressions, facial expressions, vocal expressions, body gestures, or eye tracking), measure biosignals (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, perspiration, or brain waves), identify a person (e.g., voice identification, retinal identification, facial identification, fingerprint identification, or electroencephalogram-based identification), and the like. The motion components  1134  may include acceleration sensor components (e.g., accelerometer), gravitation sensor components, rotation sensor components (e.g., gyroscope), and so forth. The environment components  1136  may include, for example, illumination sensor components (e.g., photometer), temperature sensor components (e.g., one or more thermometers that detect ambient temperature), humidity sensor components, pressure sensor components (e.g., barometer), acoustic sensor components (e.g., one or more microphones that detect background noise), proximity sensor components (e.g., infrared sensors that detect nearby objects), gas sensors (e.g., gas detection sensors to detect concentrations of hazardous gases for safety or to measure pollutants in the atmosphere), or other components that may provide indications, measurements, or signals corresponding to a surrounding physical environment. The position components  1138  may include location sensor components (e.g., a GPS receiver component), altitude sensor components (e.g., altimeters or barometers that detect air pressure from which altitude may be derived), orientation sensor components (e.g., magnetometers), and the like. 
     Communication may be implemented using a wide variety of technologies. The I/O components  1118  may include communication components  1140  operable to couple the machine  1100  to a network  1132  or devices  1120  via a coupling  1124  and a coupling  1122  respectively. For example, the communication components  1140  may include a network interface component or other suitable device to interface with the network  1132 . In further examples, the communication components  1140  may include wired communication components, wireless communication components, cellular communication components, Near Field Communication (NFC) components, Bluetooth® components (e.g., Bluetooth® Low Energy), Wi-Fi® components, and other communication components to provide communication via other modalities. The devices  1120  may be another machine or any of a wide variety of peripheral devices (e.g., a peripheral device coupled via a USB). 
     Moreover, the communication components  1140  may detect identifiers or include components operable to detect identifiers. For example, the communication components  1140  may include Radio Frequency identification (RFID) tag reader components, NFC smart tag detection components, optical reader components (e.g., an optical sensor to detect one-dimensional bar codes such as Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code, multi-dimensional bar codes such as Quick Response (QR) code, Aztec code, Data Matrix, Dataglyph, MaxiCode, PDF4111, Ultra Code, UCC RSS-2D bar code, and other optical codes), or acoustic detection components (e.g., microphones to identify tagged audio signals). In addition, a variety of information may be derived via the communication components  1140 , such as location via Internet Protocol (IP) geo-location, location via Wi-Fi® signal triangulation, location via detecting an NFC beacon signal that may indicate a particular location, and so forth. 
     Where a phrase similar to “at least one of A, B, or C,” “at least one of A, B, and C,” “one or more of A, B, or C,” or “one or more of A, B, and C” is used, it is intended that the phrase be interpreted to mean that A alone may be present in an embodiment, B alone may be present in an embodiment, C alone may be present in an embodiment, or any combination of the elements A, B, and C may be present in a single embodiment; for example, A and B, A and C, B and C, or A and B and C may be present. 
     Changes and modifications may be made to the disclosed embodiments without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. These and other changes or modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present disclosure, as expressed in the following claims. 
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