# US 2021/0241402 A1 · Systems, devices, and methods for musical catalog amplification services > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241402 A1 - Document ID: US20210241402A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/914,106 - Filed: 2020-06-26 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-31 - Assignees: Obeebo Labs Ltd. - Applicants: Obeebo Labs Ltd. - Inventors: Gregory Gabrenya; Colin P. Williams - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241402A1 ## CPC - G10H 1/0025: {Automatic or semi-automatic music composition, e.g. producing random music, applying rules from music theory or modifying a musical piece (automatically producing a series of tones G10H1/26)} - G06F 16/65: Clustering; Classification - G06Q 40/12: Accounting - G06Q 50/184: {Intellectual property management} - G10H 1/0008: {Associated control or indicating means} - G10H 1/0041: {in coded form} - G10H 7/08: by calculating functions or polynomial approximations to evaluate amplitudes at successive sample points of a tone waveform - G10H 2210/031: Musical analysis, i.e. isolation, extraction or identification of musical elements or musical parameters from a raw acoustic signal or from an encoded audio signal - G10H 2210/056: for extraction or identification of individual instrumental parts, e.g. melody, chords, bass; Identification or separation of instrumental parts by their characteristic voices or timbres - G10H 2210/061: for extraction of musical phrases, isolation of musically relevant segments, e.g. musical thumbnail generation, or for temporal structure analysis of a musical piece, e.g. determination of the movement sequence of a musical work - G10H 2210/071: for rhythm pattern analysis or rhythm style recognition - G10H 2210/076: for extraction of timing, tempo; Beat detection - G10H 2210/111: Automatic composing, i.e. using predefined musical rules - G10H 2210/131: Morphing, i.e. transformation of a musical piece into a new different one, e.g. remix - G10H 2210/145: Composing rules, e.g. harmonic or musical rules, for use in automatic composition; Rule generation algorithms therefor - G10H 2240/085: Mood, i.e. generation, detection or selection of a particular emotional content or atmosphere in a musical piece - G10H 2250/005: Algorithms for electrophonic musical instruments or musical processing, e.g. for automatic composition or resource allocation - G10H 2250/215: Transforms, i.e. mathematical transforms into domains appropriate for musical signal processing, coding or compression - G10H 2250/311: Neural networks for electrophonic musical instruments or musical processing, e.g. for musical recognition or control, automatic composition or improvisation - G10H: ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Musical catalog amplification services that leverage or deploy a computer-based musical composition system are described. The computer-based musical composition system employs algorithms and, optionally, artificial intelligence to generate new music based on analyses of existing music. The new music may be wholly distinctive from, or may include musical variations of, the existing music. Rights in the new music generated by the computer-based musical composition system are granted to the rights holder(s) of the existing music. In this way, the musical catalog(s) of the rights holder(s) is/are amplified to include additional music assets. The computer-based musical composition system may be tuned so that the new music sounds more like, or less like, the existing music of the rights holder(s). Revenues generated from the new music are shared between the musical catalog amplification service provider and the rights holder(s). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of leveraging a computer-based musical composition system to provide a musical catalog amplification service, the method comprising: analyzing, by the computer-based musical composition system, existing music owned by at least one rights holder; generating, by the computer-based musical composition system, new music based at least in part on the existing music; granting at least some rights in the new music to the at least one rights holder; and sharing revenues generated from the new music with the at least one rights holder. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein: analyzing, by the computer-based musical composition system, existing music owned by at least one rights holder includes determining, by the computer-based musical composition system, at least one feature of at least one musical composition in the existing music; and generating, by the computer-based musical composition system, new music based at least in part on the existing music includes generating, by the computer-based musical composition system, at least one new musical composition based at least in part on the at least one feature of at least one musical composition in the existing music. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the existing music includes a catalog of musical compositions, and wherein generating, by the computer-based musical composition system, new music based at least in part on the existing music includes generating, by the computer-based musical composition system, at least one new musical composition based at least in part on at least one musical composition in the catalog of musical compositions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3 wherein generating, by the computer-based musical composition system, at least one new musical composition based at least in part on at least one musical composition in the catalog of musical compositions includes generating, by the computer-based musical composition system, at least one musical variation of at least one musical composition in the catalog of musical compositions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein granting at least some rights in the new music to the at least one rights holder includes licensing the new music to the at least one rights holder. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein granting at least some rights in the new music to the at least one rights holder includes assigning ownership of the new music to the at least one rights holder, and the method further comprising: licensing the new music from the at least one rights holder. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein: analyzing, by the computer-based musical composition system, existing music owned by at least one rights holder includes analyzing, by the computer-based musical composition system, at least a first musical composition owned, at least in part, by a first rights holder and analyzing, by the computer-based musical composition system, at least a second musical composition owned, at least in part, by a second rights holder; generating, by the computer-based musical composition system, new music based at least in part on the existing music includes generating, by the computer-based musical composition system, at least one new musical composition based, at least in part, on both the first musical composition and the second musical composition; granting at least some rights in the new music to the at least one rights holder includes granting at least some rights in the at least one new musical composition to both the first rights holder and the second rights holder; and sharing revenues generated from the new music with the at least one rights holder includes sharing revenues generated from the at least one new musical composition with both the first rights holder and the second rights holder. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the existing music comprises music from at least a first artist, the method further comprising: generating revenues from the new music, wherein generating revenues from the new music includes associating the new music with the first artist to promote the new music across royalty channels. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, the method further comprising: generating revenues from the new music, wherein generating revenues from the new music includes: defining a new artist on at least one music streaming service; releasing the new music on the at least one music streaming service, wherein releasing the new music on the at least one music streaming service includes at least partially attributing the new music to the new artist on the at least one music streaming service; and receiving revenues from the at least one music streaming service according to a royalty model of the at least one music streaming service. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: accessing, by the computer-based musical composition system, the existing music in at least a first digital file format; and converting, by the computer-based musical composition system, the existing music from the at least a first digital file format to a second digital file format before analyzing, by the computer-based musical composition, the existing music. ### Claim 11 A method of operating a musical catalog amplification service, the method comprising: accessing a first catalog of musical content by a computer-based musical composition system, the musical content comprising at least one musical composition owned by at least a first rights holder; processing the musical content by the computer-based musical composition system; generating a set of new musical compositions by the computer-based musical composition system, the set of new musical compositions comprising at least one new musical composition and each new musical composition in the set of new musical compositions based at least in part on the musical content in the first catalog of musical content; adding the set of new musical compositions to the first catalog of musical content; and sharing revenues generated from the set of new musical compositions with the first rights holder. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein: accessing a first catalog of musical content by a computer-based musical composition system includes accessing, by the computer-based musical composition system, the musical content in the first catalog of musical content in at least a first digital file format; and processing the musical content by the computer-based musical composition system includes converting, by the computer-based musical composition system, the musical content in the first catalog of musical content from the at least a first digital file format to a second digital file format. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein: processing the musical content by the computer-based musical composition system includes analyzing, by the computer-based musical composition system, the musical content to determine at least one feature of the musical content; and generating a set of new musical compositions by the computer-based musical composition system includes generating a set of new musical compositions by the computer-based musical composition system where each new musical composition in the set of new musical compositions is based at least in part on or applies at least one feature of the musical content determined by the computer-based musical composition system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein generating a set of new musical compositions by the computer-based musical composition system includes generating, by the computer-based musical composition system, at least one musical variation of at least one musical composition in the first catalog of musical content. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein adding the set of new musical compositions to the first catalog of musical content includes granting at least some rights in the set of new musical compositions to the at least one rights holder. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15 wherein granting at least some rights in the set of new musical compositions to the at least one rights holder includes either: licensing the set of new musical compositions to the at least one rights holder; or assigning ownership of the set of new musical compositions to the at least one rights holder and licensing the set of new musical compositions from the at least one rights holder. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: accessing a second catalog of musical content by the computer-based musical composition system, the musical content in the second catalog of musical content comprising at least one musical composition owned by at least a second rights holder; processing the musical content in the second catalog of musical content by the computer-based musical composition system; adding the set of new musical compositions to the second catalog of musical content; and sharing revenues generated from the set of new musical compositions with the second rights holder, wherein: generating a set of new musical compositions by the computer-based musical composition system includes generating the set of new musical compositions by the computer-based musical composition system, each new musical composition in the set of new musical compositions based at least in part on both the musical content in the first catalog of musical content and the musical content in the second catalog of musical content. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein the first catalog of musical content comprises music from at least a first artist, the method further comprising: generating revenues from the set of new musical compositions, wherein generating revenues from the set of new musical compositions includes associating the set of new musical compositions with the first artist to promote the set of new musical compositions across royalty channels. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, the method further comprising: generating revenues from the set of new musical compositions, wherein generating revenues from the set of new musical compositions includes: defining a new artist on at least one music streaming service; releasing the set of new musical compositions on the at least one music streaming service, wherein releasing the set of new musical compositions on the at least one music streaming service includes attributing the set of new musical compositions to the new artist on the at least one music streaming service; and receiving revenues from the at least one music streaming service according to a royalty model of the at least one music streaming service. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein: generating a set of new musical compositions by the computer-based musical composition system includes generating a first set of new musical compositions by the computer-based musical composition system; and sharing revenues generated from the set of new musical compositions with the first rights holder includes sharing a first portion of revenues generated from the first set of new musical compositions with the first rights holder; the method further comprising: generating a second set of new musical compositions by the computer-based musical composition system, each new musical composition in the second set of new musical compositions based at least in part on at least one new musical composition in the first set of new musical compositions; adding the second set of new musical compositions to the first catalog of musical content; and sharing a second portion of revenues generated from the second set of new musical compositions with the first rights holder, the second portion of revenues less than the first portion of revenues.