Patent ID: 8892233

Claim:
A method of utilizing sound profiles to enhance audio reproduction, comprising the steps of: receiving a submitted sound profile from a submitting user, the submitted sound profile comprising a submitting identifier, submitting device information, and the submitting user's preselected reproduction parameters for modifying the reproduction of audio data; wherein the submitting device information comprises demographic information and geographic information about the submitting user; storing the submitted sound profile in a database with other sound profiles according to the submitting identifier, the submitting device information, and the submitting user's preselected reproduction parameters for modifying the reproduction of audio data; receiving a request for a sound profile from a requesting user, the request comprising request information; wherein the request information comprises a requesting identifier and requesting device information; wherein the requesting device information comprises demographic information and geographic information about the requesting user; wherein the demographic information about the submitting user comprises information regarding the ethnicity of the submitting user, and the demographic information about the requesting user comprises information about the ethnicity of the requesting user; searching the database for a sound profile based on the request information; selecting the submitted sound profile according to the request information; comparing the selected sound profile to any other sound profiles in the database previously submitted by the requesting user; and modifying the selected sound profile's preselected reproduction parameters for modifying the reproduction of audio data to more closely match the sound profiles previously submitted by the requesting user contained in the database; serving the selected sound profile to a transmitter; and transmitting the selected sound profile to the requesting user.