Systems, Methods and Automated Technologies for Translating Words into Music and Creating Music Pieces

• US 20110196666A1
• Filed: 02/05/2010
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Little Wing World, LLC
• Original Assignee: Little Wing World, LLC
• Inventors: Ruetz, Nicolle, Warhol, David
• Granted Patent: US 8,731,943 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/55 Rule-based translation
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 15/00 Teaching music metronomes G04F5/02
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0025 Automatic or semi-automatic music composition, e.g. producing random music, applying rules from music theory or modifying a musical piece automatically producing a series of tones G10H1/26
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/111 Automatic composing, i.e. using predefined musical rules
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/151 using templates, i.e. incomplete musical sections, as a basis for composing

Abstract

Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for translating a natural language into music. Through systematic parsing, music compositions can be created. These compositions can be created by one or more persons who do not speak the same natural language.

Claims

1. A non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium comprising a set of executable instructions that are capable of directing a computer to execute the following steps:

(a) parse a textual message, thereby obtaining a parsed message, comprised of a plurality of parsed word elements in a word order;

(b) access a database wherein in the database each of the plurality of parsed word elements are cross-referenced to a music element; and

(c) play a music composition comprised of a plurality of music elements, wherein the plurality of music elements are arranged in an order that corresponds to the word order.

2. The non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the set of executable instructions further comprises instructions that are capable of directing a computer to store said music composition.

3. The non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the set of executable instructions further comprises instructions that are capable of directing a first computer to transmit the textual message to a second computer.

4. The non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the set of executable instructions further comprises instructions that are capable of directing a computer to display the textual message at the same time that it plays the musical composition.

5. The non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the set of executable instructions is capable of playing the music composition in metered time.

6. The non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the set of executable instructions is capable of playing the music composition in metered pitch.

7. The non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the set of executable instructions is capable of playing the music composition with a pre-recorded loop composition.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the set of executable instructions further comprises instructions for attaching a file to an email or to an SMS message, wherein the file comprises the music composition and the textual message.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the set of executable instructions further comprises instructions for translating from a first natural language to a second natural language.

10. A method for translating a textual message into a music composition, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving a first text message through a user interface;

(b) parsing the first text message through an automated computer parsing program to obtain a parsed message comprised of a plurality of parsed word elements, wherein said plurality of parsed word elements are in an order;

(c) accessing a database that correlates parsed word elements to one or more music elements;

(d) creating a music composition, wherein the music composition comprises music elements that correspond to the parsed word elements and the music elements are in the order of the parsed word elements; and

(e) outputting the music composition in an audio format.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the user interface is a smart phone.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the first text message is in a natural language.

13. The method according to claim 10 further comprising outputting the music composition in metered time.

14. The method according to claim 10 further comprising outputting the music composition in metered pitch.

15. The method according to claim 13 further comprising outputting the music composition in metered pitch.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the music composition further comprises a pre-recorded loop composition.

17. The method according to claim 16 further comprising receiving a second text message and parsing the second text message, wherein the music composition further comprises music elements that correspond to the parsed word elements of the second text message.

18. A system for enabling a plurality of users to create a music composition, wherein the plurality of users comprises a first user and a second user, said system comprising:

(a) a first computer, wherein the first computer comprises

(1) a first graphic user interface;

(2) a first computer program product, wherein the first computer program product comprises;

(i) a first text parsing module;

(ii) a first cross-referencing module, wherein the first cross-referencing module is operably coupled to the first text parsing module; and

(iii) a first music output module, wherein the first music output module is operably coupled to the first cross-referencing module; and

(3) a first portal, wherein the first computer is capable of transmitting a first message through the first portal; and

(b) a second computer, wherein the second computer comprises

(1) a second graphic user interface

(2) a second computer program product, wherein the second computer program product comprises

(i) a second text parsing module;

(ii) a second cross-referencing module, wherein the second cross-referencing module is operably coupled to the second text parsing module;

(iii) a second music output module, wherein the second music output module is operably coupled to the second cross-referencing module; and

(3) a second portal, wherein the second computer is capable of receiving the first message from the first computer through the second portal.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the second computer program further comprises a translation module that is capable of translating a text message from a first natural language to a second natural language.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the second computer program is capable of permitting the second user to view the text message in either the first natural language or the second natural language or both the first natural language and the second natural language.