Patent ID: 8891794

Claim:
A device for reproducing enhanced media content, the media content including audio data, comprising: a memory component capable of storing media content, wherein the media content includes audio data and audio metadata related to the audio data in the media content; a transmitter component capable of transmitting information about the device for reproducing enhanced media content and audio metadata related to the audio data over a network, wherein the information about the device comprises information related to the consumption modality; a receiver component capable of receiving a sound profile over the network, wherein the sound profile is capable of containing preselected parameters for modifying the audio data and an intensity score, wherein one or more preselected parameters in the sound profile are matched to one or more pieces of information in the audio metadata related to the audio data in the media content and the information related to the consumption modality; and a processor component capable of accessing the stored media content including the audio data from the memory component and the information about the device for reproducing enhanced media content, causing the transmitter component to transmit the information about the device for reproducing enhanced media content and the audio metadata related to the audio data in the media content over the network, accessing the sound profile received by the receiver component, and modifying the audio data in the media content according to the preselected parameters in the received sound profile.