Digital audio communication system

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention allow users to post or publish audio information to a destination on a digital network. A particular embodiment provides a user interface for recording and uploading a short comment, remark, song segment, sound effect or any other audio portion. The comment can be sent directly to another user's device or can be published or uploaded to a network site, web page, user group or other location. A user interface allows organizing, reviewing, editing, tagging, transferring and other types of processing or manipulation in association with the audio portion to be transferred, or which has been received.

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         19 . A method for sorting transmissions received by an electronic device, comprising:
 providing an electronic device;   receiving with the electronic device a plurality of transmissions, each transmission having metadata associated therewith, wherein the metadata for each of the plurality of transmissions includes a user's relationship with an originator of the transmission; and   accessing the plurality of transmissions in an order based on the metadata, wherein the accessing includes displaying information about at least a portion of the transmissions;   wherein the transmissions can be accessed in groups based on the metadata and wherein the groups are based on a user's relationship with an originator of the transmission.   
     
     
         20 . A method as defined in  claim 19 , wherein the accessing includes displaying information about at least a portion of the transmissions in a list. 
     
     
         21 . A method as defined in  claim 19 , wherein the user's relationship includes the user's family relationship. 
     
     
         22 . A method as defined in  claim 19 , wherein the plurality of transmissions are each audio recordings. 
     
     
         23 . A method as defined in  claim 19 , wherein the accessing includes selecting a group of the transmissions based on the metadata. 
     
     
         24 . A method as defined in  claim 23 , wherein the selecting includes selecting a button or icon associated with the group. 
     
     
         25 . A method as defined in  claim 19 , wherein the accessing includes accessing transmissions not yet accessed by a user of the electronic device. 
     
     
         26 . A method as defined in  claim 25 , wherein the accessing of transmissions not yet accessed by a user of the electronic device includes accessing the transmissions in an order based on the time each transmission was received. 
     
     
         27 . A method as defined in  claim 25 , wherein the accessing of transmissions not yet accessed by a user of the electronic device includes accessing the transmissions in a reverse chronological order. 
     
     
         28 . A method as defined in  claim 19 , wherein the accessing includes accessing all the transmissions from one transmission originator, followed by accessing all the transmissions from another transmission originator.