Scoring a musical performance after a period of ambiguity

A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage medium, the computer program product including instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

• display, on a display in signal communication with the data processing apparatus, a first target music data and a second target music data associated with a musical composition, the first target music data having a tolerance threshold that overlaps with a tolerance threshold of the second target music data;
• receive a music performance input data via an input device in signal communication with the data processing apparatus;
• determine that the music performance input data is within the first target music data tolerance threshold and within the second target music data tolerance threshold;
• determine a first score based on a degree of matching with the first target music data;
• determine a second score based on a degree of matching with the second target music data;
• and
• assign the music performance input data to the first target music data or the second target music data when the difference between the first score and second score is greater than a predetermined value.

A system comprising:

• a data processing apparatus configured to:
• display, on a display in signal communication with the data processing apparatus, a first target music data and a second target music data associated with a musical composition, the first target music data having a tolerance threshold that overlaps with a tolerance threshold of the second target music data;
• receive a music performance input data via an input device in signal communication with the data processing apparatus;
• determine that the music performance input data is within the first target music data tolerance threshold and within the second target music data tolerance threshold;
• determine a first score based on a degree of matching with the first target music data;
• determine a second score based on a degree of matching with the second target music data;
• and
• assign the music performance input data to the first target music data or the second target music data when the difference between the first score and second score is greater than a predetermined value.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for displaying, on a display in signal communication with the apparatus, a first target music data and a second target music data associated with a musical composition, the first target music data having a tolerance threshold that overlaps with a tolerance threshold of the second target music data;
• means for receiving a music performance input data via an input device in signal communication with the apparatus;
• means for determining that the music performance input data is within the first target music data tolerance threshold and within the second target music data tolerance threshold;
• means for determining a first score based on a degree of matching with the first target music data;
• means for determining a second score based on a degree of matching with the second target music data;
• and
• means for assigning the music performance input data to the first target music data or the second target music data when the difference between the first score and second score is greater than a predetermined value.

A method executed on a game platform in signal communication with a display and an input device, the method comprising:

• (a) displaying, on the display, at least a first target music data and a second target music data associated with a musical composition, the first target music data having a tolerance threshold that overlaps a tolerance threshold of the second target music data;
• (b) receiving, by the game platform, a music performance input data via the input device;
• (c) determining, by the game platform, that the music performance input data is within the first target music data tolerance threshold and within the second target music data tolerance threshold;
• (d) assigning, by the game platform, the music performance input data to the first target music data when the first target music data tolerance threshold and the second target music data tolerance threshold no longer overlap.

A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage medium, the computer program product including instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

• display, on a display in signal communication with the data processing apparatus, at least a first target music data and a second target music data associated with a musical composition, the first target music data having a tolerance threshold that overlaps a tolerance threshold of the second target music data;
• receive a music performance input data via an input device in signal communication with the data processing apparatus;
• determine that the music performance input data is within the first target music data tolerance threshold and within the second target music data tolerance threshold;
• assign the music performance input data to the first target music data when the first target music data tolerance threshold and the second target music data tolerance threshold no longer overlap.

A system comprising:

• a data processing apparatus configured to:
• display, on a display in signal communication with the data processing apparatus, at least a first target music data and a second target music data associated with a musical composition, the first target music data having a tolerance threshold that overlaps a tolerance threshold of the second target music data;
• receive a music performance input data via an input device in signal communication with the data processing apparatus;
• determine that the music performance input data is within the first target music data tolerance threshold and within the second target music data tolerance threshold;
• assign the music performance input data to the first target music data when the first target music data tolerance threshold and the second target music data tolerance threshold no longer overlap.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for displaying, on a display in signal communication with the apparatus, at least a first target music data and a second target music data associated with a musical composition, the first target music data having a tolerance threshold that overlaps a tolerance threshold of the second target music data;
• means for receiving a music performance input data via an input device in signal communication with the apparatus;
• means for determining that the music performance input data is within the first target music data tolerance threshold and within the second target music data tolerance threshold;
• means for assigning the music performance input data to the first target music data when the first target music data tolerance threshold and the second target music data tolerance threshold no longer overlap.