| US 7,541,535 B2 | ||
| Initiating play of dynamically rendered audio content | ||
| Steven J. Ball, Seattle, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 25, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/740,139. | ||
| Application 11/740139 is a continuation of application No. 10/949495, filed on Sep. 24, 2004, granted, now 7,227,074. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0245883 A1, Oct. 25, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G04B 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 84—609 [84/615; 84/625] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A transport control for use with an audio content playing device, comprising:
a play indicator for initiating play of an audio content;
a multi-purpose control indicator for selecting a control setting from a plurality of selectable control settings; and
an interactive music engine linearly mapped to the multi-purpose control indicator, the interactive music engine comprising
a component engine, the component engine comprising a plurality of music elements that correspond to the control setting,
wherein the component engine dynamically affects output of the audio content upon play initiation subject to the control setting
by randomly selecting a music element from the plurality of music elements and wherein upon sequential play initiations of
the audio content subject to the control setting different renditions of the audio content are played.
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