Method and device for monitoring and analyzing signals

A system for analyzing and identifying at least one reference signal, comprising:

• a first input for receiving at least one reference signal to be identified, a first processor for creating an abstract of each reference signal received based on perceptual characteristics representative of parameters to differentiate between versions of the reference signal;
• a reference database for storing abstracts of each reference signal received in a database;
• a second input for receiving at least one query signal to be identified, a second processor for creating an abstract of the received query signal based on the parameters;
• and a comparing device for comparing an abstract of said received query signal to the abstracts stored in the database to determine if the abstract of said received query signal is related to any of the stored abstracts.

A system for identifying a plurality of reference signals comprising:

• a first input that receives a plurality of reference signals to be identified;
• a first processor that creates an abstract for each of the plurality of reference signals input to said first processor through said first input wherein the abstract comprises signal characteristic parameters configured to differentiate between versions of at least one reference signal;
• at least one reference database for storing the plurality of created abstracts;
• a receiver for receiving a query signal;
• a second processor that creates an abstract of said query signal received by said receiver, based on the parameters;
• and a comparing device that compares the created query signal abstract to the abstracts stored in the at least one database, to determine whether the query signal abstract matches any of the stored abstracts in the at least one reference database.

A system for determining whether a query signal matches a reference signal, comprising:

• a first processor configured to create a first version abstract of a first version of a reference signal input to said first processor;
• wherein said first version abstract comprises signal characteristic parameters configured to differentiate said first version of said reference signal from a second version of said reference signal;
• a reference database storing said first version abstract;
• a device configured to determine whether said first version of said reference signal matches a query signal, by comparing a query signal abstract of said query signal to said first version abstract stored in said reference database.

A system for determining whether a query signal matches a reference signal, comprising:

• a first processor configured to create a first version abstract of a first version of a reference signal input to said first processor, wherein said first processor is configured to create said first version abstract from said first version of said reference signal based upon perceptual characteristics of said first version of said reference signal, such that said first version abstract retains a perceptual relationship to said first version of said reference signal;
• a reference database storing said first version abstract;
• a second processor configured to create a query signal abstract from a query signal, wherein said second processor is configured to generate said query signal abstract from said query signal based upon perceptual characteristics of said query signal, such that said query signal abstract retains a perceptual relationship to said query signal;
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• a device configured to determine whether a query signal matches said first version of said reference signal, by comparing, a query signal abstract that was generated based upon perceptual characteristics of said query signal, with said first version abstract stored in said reference database.