Reducing genre metadata
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1. A method to classify a plurality of audio files, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving as input metadata associated with the audio files, the metadata comprising a set of original genre entries;
correlating the set of original genre entries with a set of consolidated genre entries, the number of consolidated genre entries being less than the number of original genre entries; and
associating the consolidated genre entries with the audio files as a function of the correlation of the set of original genre entries with the set of consolidated genre entries.
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Abstract
A genre set is reduced from a large set of distinct genre classifications to a smaller set of broader genre classifications. The genre set may be reduced using statistical classification techniques, such as, for example, similarity matrices or may be arbitrarily defined a priori.
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1. A method to classify a plurality of audio files, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving as input metadata associated with the audio files, the metadata comprising a set of original genre entries;
correlating the set of original genre entries with a set of consolidated genre entries, the number of consolidated genre entries being less than the number of original genre entries; and
associating the consolidated genre entries with the audio files as a function of the correlation of the set of original genre entries with the set of consolidated genre entries. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A processor-readable medium having processor-executable instructions for:
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receiving as input metadata associated with a plurality of audio files, the metadata comprising a set of original genre entries;
correlating the set of original genre entries with a set of consolidated genre entries, the number of consolidated genre entries being less than the number of original genre entries; and
associating the consolidated genre entries with the audio files as a function of the correlation of the set of original genre entries with the set of consolidated genre entries. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An entertainment system comprising:
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a media subsystem configured to retrieve data from a data storage medium storing a plurality of audio files;
a microprocessor operatively coupled to the media subsystem and configured to receive as input metadata associated with the audio files, the metadata comprising a set of original genre entries, correlate the set of original genre entries with a set of consolidated genre entries, the number of consolidated genre entries being less than the number of original genre entries, and associate the consolidated genre entries with the audio files as a function of the correlation of the set of original genre entries with the set of consolidated genre entries. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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