E-audition for a musical work

• US 20030014272A1
• Filed: 01/23/2002
• Published: 01/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Laura Harley, Mary E. Goulet, Robert Klein
• Original Assignee: Laura Harley, Mary E. Goulet, Robert Klein
• Inventors: Klein, Robert, Goulet, Mary E., Harley, Laura
• Application Number:
  US10/052,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20030014272A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/64 Browsing; Visualisation therefor generation of a list or set of audio data G06F16/638
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/686 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title or artist information, time, location or usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0245 Surveys

Abstract

Methods and products are provided to develop a musical work (such as a musical theater show, such as “Worlds Away”). On an Internet site, access to sheet music for the musical work is provided. Electronically recorded renditions of the musical work that are returned are posted on the Internet site as e-auditions to which website visitors may listen. Votes by website visitors on the e-auditions are received electronically.

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