US 12,277,170 B2
Audible acoustic performance tool
Joseph M. Woodall, Ringgold, GA (US); Julie B. Brumbelow, Dalton, GA (US); Barrett R. Morton, Cartersville, GA (US); Alan Buttenhoff, Tunnel Hill, GA (US); Robert Blane Haywood, Chattanooga, TN (US); and David Pearson, Easley, SC (US)
Assigned to Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed by Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/471,470.
Application 18/471,470 is a continuation of application No. 17/898,857, filed on Aug. 30, 2022, granted, now 11,803,587.
Application 17/898,857 is a continuation of application No. 16/599,974, filed on Oct. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,461,387, issued on Oct. 4, 2022.
Application 16/599,974 is a continuation of application No. 16/122,537, filed on Sep. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,482,123, issued on Nov. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/554,468, filed on Sep. 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0012854 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01); G06F 16/60 (2019.01); G06F 16/68 (2019.01); G06N 5/04 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 16/60 (2019.01) [G06F 16/164 (2019.01); G06F 16/68 (2019.01); G06N 5/04 (2013.01)] 44 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
receive a query from a client computing device,
wherein the client computing device is configured to present a user interface that enables comparison of audio associated with two or more construction assemblies;
wherein the user interface comprises an option to select from the two or more construction assemblies;
wherein each construction assembly of the two or more construction assemblies comprises a floor covering, a padding, an underlayment, a subfloor, a structural member, a ceiling support, a ceiling, or an insulation member, and
wherein the query is representative of a selection of a construction assembly of the two or more construction assemblies made by a user;
retrieve, based on the selected construction assembly, one or more media files that are associated with and representative of a group of construction assemblies comprising one or more characteristics, wherein the selected construction assembly comprises at least one characteristic that is similar to the one or more characteristics; and
transmit the one or more media files to the client computing device for playback.