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US 2006/0191400 A1Published application
System and method for generating an identification signal for electronic devices
AssigneeNellymoser, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation
InventorsJohn Puterbaugh, Eric Puterbaugh, Peter Velikonja, Robert Baxter
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Abstract
A system and method for creating a ring tone for an electronic device takes as input a phrase sung in a human voice and transforms it into a control signal controlling, for example, a ringer on a cellular telephone. Time-varying features of the input signal are analyzed to segment the signal into a set of discrete notes and assigning to each note a chromatic pitch value. The set of note start and stop times and pitches are then translated into a format suitable for controlling the device.
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A method for providing a ring tone for a device comprising:
- accepting a voice signal from the device;
- computing time varying measures of the voice signal;
- segmenting the voice signal into a series of segments using the time varying measures;
- determining a note for each of at least some in the series of segments;
- forming data representing a ring tone from the determined notes;
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- transmitting the data representing the ring tone to the device.
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