SYNDICATION INCLUDING MELODY RECOGNITION AND OPT OUT
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating a rights management service between a media content owner and a media hosting service, the method comprising:
- receiving a representation of an audio clip from a media hosting service;
generating an input melody fingerprint for the audio clip, the input melody fingerprint representing a melody of a first composition that is embodied in the audio clip, the melody fingerprint being invariant to parameters used to perform or record the performance of the composition;
querying a reference database for a reference melody fingerprint that matches the input melody fingerprint, each reference melody fingerprint in the reference database representing a melody of a composition that is embodied in a reference sound recording; and
if a matching reference melody fingerprint for the input melody fingerprint is found, determining a rights management policy associated with the reference composition, and providing instructions to the media hosting service for carrying out the rights management policy associated with the reference composition.
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Abstract
A syndication system facilitates rights management services between media content owners and media hosting services that elect to participate in the syndication system and mutually elect to participate with each other. The syndication system utilizes a content recognition system to identify hosted media content and ownership rights associated with the hosted content. By applying melody recognition, the content recognition system can identify compositions embodied in hosted media content even when these compositions do not precisely match any known sound recording. Thus, the content recognition system is beneficially able to detect, for example, recorded cover performances and recorded live performances embodied in hosted media content. Once identified, ownership information is determined and the syndication system can facilitate rights management policies associated with the content such as monetizing or blocking the protected content.
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26 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating a rights management service between a media content owner and a media hosting service, the method comprising:
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receiving a representation of an audio clip from a media hosting service; generating an input melody fingerprint for the audio clip, the input melody fingerprint representing a melody of a first composition that is embodied in the audio clip, the melody fingerprint being invariant to parameters used to perform or record the performance of the composition; querying a reference database for a reference melody fingerprint that matches the input melody fingerprint, each reference melody fingerprint in the reference database representing a melody of a composition that is embodied in a reference sound recording; and if a matching reference melody fingerprint for the input melody fingerprint is found, determining a rights management policy associated with the reference composition, and providing instructions to the media hosting service for carrying out the rights management policy associated with the reference composition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-implemented method for determining ownership rights to a sound recording, comprising:
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receiving a representation of an audio clip from a media hosting service; generating an input audio fingerprint for the audio clip, the audio fingerprint representing a first sound recording of a first composition that is embodied in the audio clip; querying a reference database for a reference audio fingerprint that matches the input audio fingerprint, each reference audio fingerprint in the reference database representing a sound recording that embodies a composition; and if a matching reference audio fingerprint for the input audio fingerprint in the reference database is found, determining a rights management policy associated with the sound recording for the matching reference audio fingerprint, and providing instructions to the media hosting service for carrying out the rights management policy associated with the sound recording; if a matching reference audio fingerprint for the input audio fingerprint is not found; generating an input melody fingerprint for the audio clip, the input melody fingerprint representing a melody of the first composition, the melody fingerprint being invariant to parameters used to perform or record the performance of the first composition; querying a reference database for a reference melody fingerprint that matches the input melody fingerprint, each reference melody fingerprint in the reference database representing a melody of a composition that is embodied in a reference sound recording; and if a matching reference melody fingerprint for the input melody fingerprint is found, determining a rights management policy associated with the composition for the matching reference melody fingerprint, and providing instructions to the media hosting service for carrying out the rights management policy associated with the reference composition. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A system for facilitating a rights management service between a media content owner and a media hosting service, the system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions operable to cause the processor to; receive a representation of an audio clip from a media hosting service; generate an input melody fingerprint for the audio clip, the input melody fingerprint representing a melody of a first composition that is embodied in the audio clip, the melody fingerprint being invariant to parameters used to perform or record the performance of the composition; query a reference database for a reference melody fingerprint that matches the input melody fingerprint, each reference melody fingerprint in the reference database representing a melody of a composition that is embodied in a reference sound recording; and if a matching reference melody fingerprint for the input melody fingerprint is found, determine a rights management policy associated with the reference composition, and provide instructions to the media hosting service for carrying out the rights management policy associated with the reference composition. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for determining ownership rights to a sound recording, the system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions operable to cause the processor to; receive a representation of an audio clip from a media hosting service; generate an input audio fingerprint for the audio clip, the audio fingerprint representing a first sound recording of a first composition that is embodied in the audio clip; query a reference database for a reference audio fingerprint that matches the input audio fingerprint, each reference audio fingerprint in the reference database representing a sound recording that embodies a composition; and if a matching reference audio fingerprint for the input audio fingerprint in the reference database is found, determine a rights management policy associated with the sound recording for the matching reference audio fingerprint, and provide instructions to the media hosting service for carrying out the rights management policy associated with the sound recording; if a matching reference audio fingerprint for the input audio fingerprint is not found; generate an input melody fingerprint for the audio clip, the input melody fingerprint representing a melody of the first composition, the melody fingerprint being invariant to parameters used to perform or record the performance of the first composition; query a reference database for a reference melody fingerprint that matches the input melody fingerprint, each reference melody fingerprint in the reference database representing a melody of a composition that is embodied in a reference sound recording; and if a matching reference melody fingerprint for the input melody fingerprint is found, determine a rights management policy associated with the composition for the matching reference melody fingerprint, and provide instructions to the media hosting service for carrying out the rights management policy associated with the reference composition. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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