US 7,772,480 B2Granted

Interactive music training and entertainment system and multimedia role playing game platform

AssigneeSonicJam, Inc.

InventorEdward W. Brennan

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Abstract

A music training and entertainment system allows a user to input a selection of source music in a native format, and isolates a desired vocal or instrument component within the source music. The user selects the component of the source music against which to be compared. The system suppresses the non-selected components of the source content to isolate the user-selected component. The system receives user input corresponding to the isolated component, and matches the user's performance to the original performance on the basis of pitch, rhythm, and quality comparisons. In a graphical user interface, avatars representing the user and judges are displayed in relation to an audience. Audience reaction is configured to reflect a score obtained by the user. A lyric extraction and generation process displays lyrics to a song in real time to the user as the music track is played.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A method of providing an interactive entertainment system comprising:

receiving a source stream from a source, the source stream comprising a plurality of components;
suppressing a user selected portion of the source stream during playback of the source stream to a user;
receiving a user provided component corresponding to the suppressed component of the source stream simultaneously with the source stream;
determining a first waveform area for the suppressed component and a second waveform area for the user provided component;
comparing the pitch, rhythm, and sonic quality of the user provided component with the pitch, rhythm, and sonic quality of the suppressed component of the source stream to derive an aggregate score corresponding to the similarity of the user provided component with the suppressed component, wherein the quality is compared by comparing the first waveform area to the second waveform area;
displaying an avatar representing the user on a stage in a concert setting including an audience and a panel of one or more judges;
and
displaying, through the panel of the one or more judges, the aggregate score corresponding to the similarity of the user provided component with the suppressed component.

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Facts

Application: 12/146,378Filed 25 Jun 2008 · continuation in part
Priority: 10 Aug 2007
Published: US 2009/0038467 A112 Feb 2009
Granted: 10 Aug 2010
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

G09B 15/00
Teaching music
G09B 5/06
Electrically-operated educational appliances: with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
G10H 1/368
Recording/reproducing of accompaniment for use with an external source, e.g. karaoke systems: displaying animated or moving pictures synchronized…
G10H 2210/046
Musical analysis, i.e. isolation, extraction or identification of musical elements or musical parameters from a raw acoustic signal or from an…:…

Family

Application11/891,369Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 10 Aug 2007
US 2009/0038468 A1Pre-grant publication · published 12 Feb 2009
US 2009/0038467 A1Published application
US 8,138,409 B2Related patent
US 7,772,480 B2This patent

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