Music classification system and method
AssigneeSourcetone, LLC
InventorsRobert Rowe, Jeff Berger, Juan Bello
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Abstract
The present identifies collections of digital music and sound that effectively elicit particular emotional responses as a function of analytical features from the audio signal and information concerning the background and preferences of the subject. The invention can change emotional classifications along with variations in the audio signal over time. Interacting with a listener, the invention locates music with desired emotional characteristics from a central repository, assembles these into an effective and engaging “playlist” (sequence of songs), and plays the music files in the calculated order to the listener.
Claims31
A method for selecting recorded musical performances to be presented to an individual, the method being performed with the aid of a computer, comprising the steps of:
- maintaining in a form accessible to the computer a general database of musical performances classified in accordance with their impact on listeners in a plurality of predefined categories;
- upon a musical performance being presented to an individual, obtaining individual information from him related to its impact on him in the predefined categories;
- maintaining in a form accessible to the computer a customized database of musical performances classified in accordance with their impact on the individual and based upon the obtained information;
- selecting a performance to be presented to the individual based upon at least one category of the classification of the performance in the customized database.
A system for selecting recorded musical performances to be presented to an individual, the selection being performed with the aid of a computer:
- a first database controller, in data communication with the computer, maintaining in a form accessible to the computer a general database of musical performances classified in accordance with their impact on listeners in a plurality of predefined categories;
- an interrogator, in data communication with the computer and responsive to a musical performance being presented to an individual, obtaining individual information from him related to its impact on him in the predefined categories;
- a second database controller, in data communication with the computer, maintaining in a form accessible to the computer a customized database of musical performances classified in accordance with their impact on the individual and based upon the obtained information;
- means for selecting a performance to be presented to the individual based upon at least one category of the classification of the performance in the customized database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.