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Method and system for electronically creating and publishing music instrument instructional material using a computer network
Assignee: Etonal Media Inc
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Filing: 1999-10-15
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Granted: 2002-07-23
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Expires: 2019-10-15
Abstract
Abstract A system and method that allows an on-line user of a wide area network to remotely author and publish instructional material for musical instruments for the purposes of dissemination to other on-line users. Authors create solo musical passages pertaining to a specific instrument, accompanying musical arrangements and textual annotations which are stored on a remote server. This information is then dynamically published visually as standard music notation or tablature, and can be heard aurally as either digital audio or by using the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) standard. The playback of musical examples in this material may be customized, allowing users to change the tempo of the music, to modify the instrument sounds used, or to play subsets of the presented musical examples. Authors can update their music at any time, and since the music is dynamically published, these changes are instantaneously reflected in its published visual and aural forms. All authoring, publishing, and viewing of this material uses temporary applications that operate with a standard Internet browser in conjunction with software that operates on the remote server. These applications utilize the HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) that is a standard protocol of the World Wide Web.
Inventors
- 👤 Christopher Sung
- 👤 Sean Kelly
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:25
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B15/00; G09B15/02; G09B15/023; G09B5/00; G09B5/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 30
Claim 1
Independent Claim
111 words
A system for remotely creating, publishing and viewing music and textual information for musical instruments on a wide area network, comprising: a plurality of client computers connected to the network; a web server which transmits a temporary web application via the network to at least one of the client computers, said temporary web application enabling music to be authored at said at least one client computer and to be transmitted to the web sever; a web server database for storing the music received from said at least one client computer as meta-data; and web server software which interprets the meta-data and dynamically outputs a visual representation and a digital data representation.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
111 words
A system for remotely creating, publishing and viewing music and textual information for musical instruments on a wide area network, comprising: a plurality of client computers connected to the network; a web server which transmits a temporary web application via the network to at least one of the client computers, said temporary web application enabling music to be authored at said at least one client computer and to be transmitted to the web sever; a web server database for storing the music received from said at least one client computer as meta-data; and web server software which interprets the meta-data and dynamically outputs a visual representation and a digital data representation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system in accordance with claim 1 wherein the meta-data is in ASCII format.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
A system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said music includes style information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
A system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said music includes textual information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said music includes a HTML format.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system in accordance with claim 1 wherein the digital data representation is digital audio.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system in accordance with claim 1 wherein the digital data representation is MIDI.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
95 words
A method for remotely creating, publishing and viewing music and textual information for musical instruments on a wide area network that includes a web server and a plurality of client computers, comprising: transmitting a temporary web application from the web server to a client computer; utilizing the temporary web application to create music and a corresponding meta-data file at the client computer; transmitting the meta-data file to a web server; interpreting the meta-data file to create a visual representation and an aural representation; and transmitting the visual and the aural representations to a client computer.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
95 words
A method for remotely creating, publishing and viewing music and textual information for musical instruments on a wide area network that includes a web server and a plurality of client computers, comprising: transmitting a temporary web application from the web server to a client computer; utilizing the temporary web application to create music and a corresponding meta-data file at the client computer; transmitting the meta-data file to a web server; interpreting the meta-data file to create a visual representation and an aural representation; and transmitting the visual and the aural representations to a client computer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method in accordance with claim 8 further comprising the steps of: creating textual information; and simultaneously transmitting the textual information to the client computer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method in accordance with claim 8 further comprising the steps of: creating HTML information; and simultaneously transmitting the HTML information to the client computer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method in accordance with claim 8 wherein the aural representations are transmitted to the client computer based upon parameters specified by the client computer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method in accordance with claim 8 wherein the meta-data file is in ASCII format.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
118 words
A system for remotely creating, publishing and viewing music and textual information for musical instruments on a wide area network, comprising: a plurality of client computers connected to the network; a web server which transmits a web application via the network to at least one of the client computers, said web application running on a browser of the client computer and enabling music to be authored at said at least one client computer and to be transmitted to the web server, a web server database for storing the music received from said at least one client computer as meta-data; and web server software which interprets the meta-data and dynamically outputs a visual representation and a digital data representation.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
118 words
A system for remotely creating, publishing and viewing music and textual information for musical instruments on a wide area network, comprising: a plurality of client computers connected to the network; a web server which transmits a web application via the network to at least one of the client computers, said web application running on a browser of the client computer and enabling music to be authored at said at least one client computer and to be transmitted to the web server, a web server database for storing the music received from said at least one client computer as meta-data; and web server software which interprets the meta-data and dynamically outputs a visual representation and a digital data representation.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system in accordance with claim 13 wherein the web application is a temporary application.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system in accordance with claim 13 wherein the meta-data is in ASCII format.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
13 words
A system in accordance with claim 13 wherein said music includes style information.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
13 words
A system in accordance with claim 13 wherein said music includes textual information.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system in accordance with claim 13 wherein said music includes a HTML format.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system in accordance with claim 13 wherein the digital data representation is digital audio.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
14 words
A system in accordance with claim 13 wherein the digital data representation is MIDI.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
104 words
A method for remotely creating, publishing and viewing music and textual information for musical instruments on a wide area network that includes a web server and a plurality of client computers, comprising: transmitting a web application from the web server to a client computer the web application running on a browser of the client computer; utilizing the web application to create music and a corresponding meta-data file at the client computer; transmitting the meta-data file to a web server; interpreting the meta-data file to create a visual representation and an aural representation; and transmitting the visual and the aural representations to a client computer.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
104 words
A method for remotely creating, publishing and viewing music and textual information for musical instruments on a wide area network that includes a web server and a plurality of client computers, comprising: transmitting a web application from the web server to a client computer the web application running on a browser of the client computer; utilizing the web application to create music and a corresponding meta-data file at the client computer; transmitting the meta-data file to a web server; interpreting the meta-data file to create a visual representation and an aural representation; and transmitting the visual and the aural representations to a client computer.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method in accordance with claim 21 wherein the web application is temporary.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method in accordance with claim 21 further comprising: creating textual information; and simultaneously transmitting the textual information to the client computer.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method in accordance with claim 21 further comprising: creating HTML information; and simultaneously transmitting the HTML information to the client computer.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method in accordance with claim 21 wherein the aural representations are transmitted to the client computer based upon parameters specified by the client computer.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method in accordance with claim 21 wherein the meta-data file is in ASCII format.
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