SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LICENSING MUSIC

• US 20110106827A1
• Filed: 11/30/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: OLE Media Management Incorporated
• Original Assignee: OLE Media Management Incorporated
• Inventors: Demole, Daniel, Gutstadt, Jared
• Application Number:
  US12/627,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20110106827A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4387 by the use of playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90335 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

The present disclosure includes a system, method, and computer program product for music licensing. The method may include storing a plurality of cues in a memory, each of the plurality of cues having a plurality of tags associated therewith. The plurality of tags may include both musical and non-musical tags. The method may further include receiving an input at a computing device, the input corresponding to at least one of the plurality of tags. The method may also include searching the memory of the computing device to locate at least one of the plurality of cues having at least one tag that corresponds to the input. Numerous other embodiments are also within the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A licensing system comprising:

a memory including a plurality of cues, each of the plurality of cues having a plurality of tags associated therewith, the plurality of tags including both musical and non-musical tags; and

a computing device configured to receive an input corresponding to at least one of the plurality of tags, the computing device further configured to search the memory to locate at least one of the plurality of cues having at least one tag that corresponds to the input.

2. The licensing system of claim 1 wherein:

the plurality of cues are arranged in a cue table, each of the plurality of cues having one or more description tables associated therewith.

3. The licensing system of claim 2, wherein the one or more description tables include at least one of an instrument table, a scene table, a similar band table, a television show table, a mood table, a tempo table, a genre table, a subgenre table, a lyrics table, and a non-musical table.

4. The licensing system of claim 3, wherein the non-musical table includes at least one of film directors, movies, television shows, and popular culture references.

5. The licensing system of claim 1 wherein the licensing system is a pre-licensed music licensing system.

6. The licensing system of claim 1 wherein the computing device is further configured to provide at least one located cue having at least one tag that corresponds to the input to a client device.

7. The licensing system of claim 1 wherein the computing device allows for an assignment of one or more of the plurality of tags based upon, at least in part, a categorization algorithm and custom tagging.

8. A licensing method comprising:

storing a plurality of cues in a memory of a computing device, each of the plurality of cues having a plurality of tags associated therewith, the plurality of tags including both musical and non-musical tags;

receiving an input at a computing device, the input corresponding to at least one of the plurality of tags; and

searching the memory of the computing device to locate at least one of the plurality of cues having at least one tag that corresponds to the input.

9. The licensing method of claim 8 further comprising:

arranging the plurality of cues in a cue table, each of the plurality of cues having one or more description tables associated therewith.

10. The licensing method of claim 9, wherein the one or more description tables include at least one of an instrument table, a scene table, a similar band table, a television show table, a mood table, a tempo table, a genre table, a subgenre table, a lyrics table, and a non-musical table.

11. The licensing method of claim 10, wherein the non-musical table includes at least one of film directors, movies, television shows, and popular culture references.

12. The licensing method of claim 8 wherein the licensing system is a pre-licensed music licensing system.

13. The licensing method of claim 8 further comprising providing, via the computing device, at least one located cue having at least one tag that corresponds to the input to a client device.

14. The licensing method of claim 8 further comprising allowing, via the computing device, for an assignment of one or more of the plurality of tags based upon, at least in part, a categorization algorithm and custom tagging.

15. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

storing a plurality of cues in a memory of a computing device, each of the plurality of cues having a plurality of tags associated therewith, the plurality of tags including both musical and non-musical tags;

receiving an input at the computing device, the input corresponding to at least one of the plurality of tags; and

searching the memory of the computing device to locate at least one of the plurality of cues having at least one tag that corresponds to the input.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising:

arranging the plurality of cues in a cue table, each of the plurality of cues having one or more description tables associated therewith.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the one or more description tables include at least one of an instrument table, a scene table, a similar band table, a television show table, a mood table, a tempo table, a genre table, a subgenre table, a lyrics table, and a non-musical table.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the non-musical table includes at least one of film directors, movies, television shows, and popular culture references.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the licensing system is a pre-licensed music licensing system.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising providing, via the computing device, at least one located cue having at least one tag that corresponds to the input to a client device.

21. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising allowing, via the computing device, for an assignment of one or more of the plurality of tags based upon, at least in part, a categorization algorithm and custom tagging.