System, methods and automated technologies for translating words into music and creating music pieces

• US 8,838,451 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2014
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): GUERRA-ERAZO, EDGAR X
• Application Number:
  US14/169,664
• Publication Number:
  US 20140149109A1
• Time in Patent Office: 228 Days
• Field of Search: 704/2, 704/3, 704/4, 704/8, 704/9, 704/10, 704/258, 704/260, 704/270, 704/270.1, 704/275, 704/276, 704/277, 704/278
• US Class Current: 704/260
• 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 method for preparing a music composition to be associated with a text message, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) automatically analyzing the text message in a computer to select a musical phrase related to a semantic meaning of each natural language word or phrase in the text message in the context of said text message, each such musical phrase having a preselected meter and selected from a pre-composed library of musical phrases correlated with such semantic meanings; and

(b) automatically forming a musical composition associated with the text message and in the predetermined meter by combining said selected musical phrases in an order which preserves the semantic meaning of the text message.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the text message and associated musical composition are a part of a series of text messages exchanged between computer users.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein a combined musical composition is formed by combining a plurality of musical compositions associated with the messages exchanged between the users.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein musical phrases are selected for exchanged text messages from a single pre-composed library of musical phrases.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically analyzing a text message further comprises:

applying rules of grammar associated with the natural language of the text message to determine the semantic meaning of words or phrases in the text message.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

automatically forming a musical phrase for a word not selectable from the pre-composed library by using pre-selected musical tones for letters in the non-selectable word.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein automatically forming a musical composition further comprises:

combining the musical composition of selected musical phrases with a pre-composed musical composition having the same predetermined meter.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the pre-composed musical composition having the same predetermined meter is at least partially repeated during the formed musical composition.

4. The method of clam 2 further comprising:

translating at least some of the messages to be exchanged from a first natural language to a second natural language before or after automatically analyzing a related text message to select an associated musical phrase.