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Bibliographic music data base with normalized musical themes
Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1997-04-28
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Granted: 1999-10-05
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Expires: 2017-04-28
Abstract
Abstract An information processing system has a music data base. The music data base stores homophonic reference sequences of music notes. The reference sequences are all normalized to the same scale degree so that they can be stored lexicographically. Upon finding a match between a string of input music notes and a particular reference sequence through an N-ary query, the system provides bibliographic information associated with the matching reference sequence.
Inventors
- 👤 Mark B. Hoffberg
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 07:24
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/60; G06F16/68; G06F16/683; G10; G10H; G10H1/00; G10H1/0033; G06F16/40; G10H2240/00; G10H2240/121; G10H2240/131; G10H2240/135; G10H2240/141; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99934; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99943; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
An information processing system comprising: first memory means storing a data base having respective bibliographic information items corresponding with respective ones of multiple musical themes; second memory means for storing respective reference data representing respective reference sequences of reference musical components of respective ones of the musical themes; an input for receiving an input data representative of an input sequence of input musical components; retrieval means coupled to the input and to the first and second memory means for providing a particular bibliographic information item upon finding a match between a particular one of multiple reference data and the input data.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
An information processing system comprising: first memory means storing a data base having respective bibliographic information items corresponding with respective ones of multiple musical themes; second memory means for storing respective reference data representing respective reference sequences of reference musical components of respective ones of the musical themes; an input for receiving an input data representative of an input sequence of input musical components; retrieval means coupled to the input and to the first and second memory means for providing a particular bibliographic information item upon finding a match between a particular one of multiple reference data and the input data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The system of claim 1, wherein: each respective one of the input musical components comprises a respective input musical note; and each respective one of the reference musical components comprises a respective reference musical note.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system of claim 2, wherein the multiple musical themes as represented by the reference sequences are uniformly normalized with regard to one and the same predetermined scale degree.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
72 words
The system of claim 3, wherein: each respective one of the reference data comprises a respective ordered set of elements; a position of a specific element and a value of the specific element in the respective ordered set are determined by a position and scale degree of a specific one of the reference musical notes in the respective reference sequence; and the reference data are organized lexicographically in the second memory means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
56 words
The system of claim 2, wherein: the second memory means stores the respective reference sequences as respective series of ratios between pairs of successive scale degrees of the reference musical notes; and the input receives the input data representative of an input sequence of ratios between pairs of successive scale degrees of the input musical notes.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
78 words
The system of claim 5, wherein: each respective one of the reference data comprises a respective ordered set of elements; a position of a specific element and a value of the specific element in the respective ordered set are determined by a position and a magnitude of the ratio of scale degrees of a specific pair of the reference musical notes in the respective reference sequence; and the reference data are organized lexicographically in the second memory means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system of claim 1, wherein: each reference musical component specifies the presence or absence of a reference beat; and each input musical component specifies the presence or absence of an input beat.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system of claim 7, wherein each respective one of the reference musical components is represented as a digital word; and the digital words are organized lexicographically in the second memory means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
69 words
A memory module comprising: first memory means storing a data base having respective bibliographic information items corresponding with respective ones of multiple musical themes; second memory means for storing respective reference data representing respective reference sequences of reference musical components of respective ones of the musical themes and for storing pointers that link a specific one of the reference data to a specific one of the bibliographic information items.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
69 words
A memory module comprising: first memory means storing a data base having respective bibliographic information items corresponding with respective ones of multiple musical themes; second memory means for storing respective reference data representing respective reference sequences of reference musical components of respective ones of the musical themes and for storing pointers that link a specific one of the reference data to a specific one of the bibliographic information items.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
44 words
The module of claim 9, wherein: each respective one of the reference musical components comprises a respective reference musical note; and the multiple musical themes as represented by the reference sequences are uniformly normalized with regard to one and the same predetermined scale degree.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
71 words
The module of claim 10, wherein: each respective one of the reference data comprises a respective ordered set of elements; a position of a specific element and a value of the specific element in the respective ordered set are determined by a position and scale degree of a specific one of the musical notes in the respective reference sequence; and the reference data are organized lexicographically in the second memory means.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
76 words
The module of claim 10, wherein: each respective one of the reference data comprises a respective ordered set of elements; a position of a specific element and a value of the specific element in the respective ordered set are determined by a position and magnitude of a ratio of scale degrees of a specific pair of the musical notes in the respective reference sequence; and the reference data are organized lexicographically in the second memory means.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
45 words
The module of claim 9, wherein: each reference musical component specifies the presence or absence of a reference beat; each respective one of the reference musical components is represented as a digital word; and the digital words are organized lexicographically in the second memory means.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
70 words
A method of creating a music data base, the method comprising: storing in a memory respective bibliographic information items corresponding with a respective one of multiple musical themes; storing, lexicographically, in the memory respective reference sequences of reference musical components representative of respective ones of the musical themes; and providing respective pointers for linking a respective one of the reference sequences to a respective one of the bibliographic information items.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
70 words
A method of creating a music data base, the method comprising: storing in a memory respective bibliographic information items corresponding with a respective one of multiple musical themes; storing, lexicographically, in the memory respective reference sequences of reference musical components representative of respective ones of the musical themes; and providing respective pointers for linking a respective one of the reference sequences to a respective one of the bibliographic information items.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
138 words
A method of enabling interacting with an information processing system, the system comprising: first memory means storing a data base having respective bibliographic information items corresponding with respective ones of multiple musical themes; second memory means for storing respective reference data representing respective reference sequences of musical notes of respective ones of the musical themes, wherein the reference sequences are uniformly normalized with regard to one and the same predetermined scale degree; an input for receiving an input data representative of an input sequence of further musical notes; and retrieval means coupled to the input and to the first and second memory means for providing a particular bibliographic information item upon finding a match between a particular one of multiple reference data and the input data; the interacting comprising: normalizing the input sequence to the predetermined scale degree.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
138 words
A method of enabling interacting with an information processing system, the system comprising: first memory means storing a data base having respective bibliographic information items corresponding with respective ones of multiple musical themes; second memory means for storing respective reference data representing respective reference sequences of musical notes of respective ones of the musical themes, wherein the reference sequences are uniformly normalized with regard to one and the same predetermined scale degree; an input for receiving an input data representative of an input sequence of further musical notes; and retrieval means coupled to the input and to the first and second memory means for providing a particular bibliographic information item upon finding a match between a particular one of multiple reference data and the input data; the interacting comprising: normalizing the input sequence to the predetermined scale degree.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
155 words
A method of enabling interacting with an information processing system, the system comprising: first memory means storing a data base having respective bibliographic information items corresponding with respective ones of multiple musical themes; second memory means for storing respective reference data representing respective reference sequences of musical notes of respective ones of the musical themes, wherein the respective reference sequences are stored as respective series of ratios between pairs of successive scale degrees of musical notes; an input for receiving an input data representative of an input sequence of further musical notes; and retrieval means coupled to the input and to the first and second memory means for providing a particular bibliographic information item upon finding a match between a particular one of multiple reference data and the input data; the interacting comprising: providing the input data representative of an input sequence of ratios between pairs of successive scale degrees of the further musical notes.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
155 words
A method of enabling interacting with an information processing system, the system comprising: first memory means storing a data base having respective bibliographic information items corresponding with respective ones of multiple musical themes; second memory means for storing respective reference data representing respective reference sequences of musical notes of respective ones of the musical themes, wherein the respective reference sequences are stored as respective series of ratios between pairs of successive scale degrees of musical notes; an input for receiving an input data representative of an input sequence of further musical notes; and retrieval means coupled to the input and to the first and second memory means for providing a particular bibliographic information item upon finding a match between a particular one of multiple reference data and the input data; the interacting comprising: providing the input data representative of an input sequence of ratios between pairs of successive scale degrees of the further musical notes.
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