A first sound element is connected to a left sound-emitting hole and an upper sound-emitting hole. A second sound element is connected to a right sound-emitting hole and the upper sound-emitting hole. A third sound element is connected to a lower sound-emitting hole. When the terminal is in a portrait mode, a processor controls the first sound element and the second sound element to play sound channels on different sides and emit a sound from the left sound-emitting hole and the right sound-emitting hole. When the terminal is in a landscape mode, the processor controls the first sound element and/or the second sound element to play a sound channel on one side and emit a sound from at least one of the left sound-emitting hole, the right sound-emitting hole, and the upper sound-emitting hole, and the processor controls the third sound element to play a sound channel on another side.

This application provides an audio output method and a terminal device. The method helps to reduce the operation complexity of a user, improve a degree of intelligence of the terminal device, and finally improve the user experience. The method includes that: a second terminal device may send an audio output request to a first terminal device, and a user may operate the first terminal device or an audio output device connected to the first terminal device, to trigger the second terminal device to obtain audio data corresponding to the audio output request. When the audio output device is a wireless audio output device, the second terminal device may establish a communication link with the wireless audio output device, to control the wireless audio output device to output a first audio signal corresponding to the audio data; and when the audio output device is a wired audio output device, the first terminal device may obtain audio data from the second terminal device, to control the audio output device connected to the first terminal device to output a first audio signal corresponding to the audio data.

This application provides an audio output method and a terminal device. The method helps to reduce the operation complexity of a user, improve a degree of intelligence of the terminal device, and finally improve the user experience. The method includes that: a second terminal device may send an audio output request to a first terminal device, and a user may operate the first terminal device or an audio output device connected to the first terminal device, to trigger the second terminal device to obtain audio data corresponding to the audio output request. When the audio output device is a wireless audio output device, the second terminal device may establish a communication link with the wireless audio output device, to control the wireless audio output device to output a first audio signal corresponding to the audio data; and when the audio output device is a wired audio output device, the first terminal device may obtain audio data from the second terminal device, to control the audio output device connected to the first terminal device to output a first audio signal corresponding to the audio data.

An information processing apparatus capable of simultaneously executing a reproduction function of content data and a communication function with an external apparatus includes a reproduction section configured to execute the reproduction function, a communication control section configured to execute the communication function using a communication section, an operation input allocation section configured to allocate an operation input from a first operation section to the reproduction function or the communication function, an operation input acquisition section configured to acquire an operation input from a second operation section, and a display control section configured to cause a display section to display information relating to the reproduction function or information relating to the communication function.

A method for providing a user interface of a communication apparatus comprises switching from a low power mode to a working mode upon receiving a stream of audio data; and upon switching from the low power mode to the working mode: extracting at least one audio feature from said stream of audio data, and modifying the appearance of at least one user interface component configured for invoking a function of the communication apparatus, in accordance with said extracted audio feature.

Various embodiments for creating media clips are disclosed. In one example, a method is performed by a server for managing the creation and distribution of media clips, where the server associates a content capture device with an event, the content capture device for recording at least a portion of the event, receives a tag notification from a content tagging device via a network interface, generates a media clip creation command to the content capture device via the network interface, sends the media clip creation command to the content capture device, and receives a media clip created by the content capture device in response to receiving the media clip creation command.

The present invention relates to a system for providing sound source reproduction information and has an object to provide a system for providing sound source reproduction information, in which the sound source reproduction information is provided for each user in the order of their distance from each user, and a user selectively browses sound source information of other users reproduced in the vicinity thereof and generates a synchronization request signal for the sound source information, such that reproduction of the sound source may be synchronized between users without performing any settings with each other.

The present invention relates to a system for providing sound source reproduction information and has an object to provide a system for providing sound source reproduction information, in which the sound source reproduction information is provided for each user in the order of their distance from each user, and a user selectively browses sound source information of other users reproduced in the vicinity thereof and generates a synchronization request signal for the sound source information, such that reproduction of the sound source may be synchronized between users without performing any settings with each other.

A system includes a first microphone that captures audio, a communication module communicatively coupled to the first microphone, a logic circuit communicatively coupled to the first microphone and communication module, a speaker operatively coupled to the logic circuit, and an interaction element. The interaction element and logic circuit are configured to initiate control of audio content for output from the speaker in response to at least one voice command detected in captured audio. Other embodiments are disclosed.

In some embodiments, a first electronic device shares a portion of a content item corresponding to a respective portion of lyrics for the content item with a second electronic device. In some embodiments, a system facilitates securely sharing a portion of a content item between two devices. In some embodiments, an electronic device generates a server address for accessing a portion of a content item. In some embodiments, a uniform resource locator includes an identification of content, an indication of a first subset of the content, and authentication data.