Method and system for purchasing pre-recorded music
AssigneeLandmark Digital Services LLC
InventorsAvery Li-Chun Wang, Christopher Jacques Penrose Barton, Dheeraj Shankar Mukherjee, Philip Inghelbrecht
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Abstract
A method and system is described which allows users to identify (pre-recorded) sounds such as music, radio broadcast, commercials, and other audio signals in almost any environment. The audio signal (or sound) must be a recording represented in a database of recordings. The service can quickly identify the signal from just a few seconds of excerption, while tolerating high noise and distortion. Once the signal is identified to the user, the user may perform transactions interactively in real-time or offline using the identification information.
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A method for identifying music to a user exposed to a broadcast that includes unidentified music, comprising:
- receiving a signal including a captured sample of the broadcast from a cell phone of the user, the cell phone transmitting the captured signal over the cellular network, said broadcasting comprising music;
- determining from the signal a characteristic of the captured sample, wherein the characteristic of the captured sample comprises a landmark and a fingerprint associated with the landmark;
- comparing the characteristic of the captured sample to a characteristic associated with an identity record in a database, wherein the characteristic associated with the identity record comprises a landmark and a fingerprint associated with the landmark;
- attempting to locate an identity record corresponding to the captured sample according to a result of the comparison;
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- storing the captured sample if the location attempt is unsuccessful.
A method for identifying music to a user exposed to a broadcast, which includes unidentified music, comprising:
- receiving a signal from a cell phone of the user, the signal including a captured sample of the broadcast from the user, said broadcast comprising music;
- determining from the signal a characteristic of the captured sample, wherein the characteristic of the captured sample comprises a landmark and a fingerprint associated with the landmark;
- comparing the characteristic of the captured sample to a characteristic associated with an identity record in a database, wherein the characteristic associated with the identity record comprises a landmark and a fingerprint associated with the landmark;
- attempting to locate an identity record corresponding to the captured sample according to a result of the comparison;
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- providing an interactive interface for the user to store manipulated data associated with a successfully located identity record.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.