Comparing display data to user interactions

• US 9,111,462 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2007
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bama Gaming LLC (Equitable IP Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bassilic Technologies LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Sitrick, David H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mills, Frank D
• Application Number:
  US11/982,054
• Publication Number:
  US 20080065983A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,847 Days
• Field of Search: 715/201, 715/273
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 15/002 Electrically operated systems
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 15/023 Electrically operated
• CPC Class Codes: G10G 1/00 Means for the representation of music
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0008 Associated control or indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/015 Musical staff, tablature or score displays, e.g. for score reading during a performance. graphical musical score editing G10H2220/121; musical score displays resulting from a transcription G10H2210/086

Abstract

A workstation system produces a display presentation responsive to composition data and responsive to input variables and/or a selected operating mode. A selection subsystem determines a selected operating mode and display format. A controller, responsive to the selection subsystem, provides means for selectively controlling the storing of display data in memory and selectively processing (e.g. altering) the stored display data responsive to the selected operating mode and the input variables to produce a particular one of a plurality of processed results, such as external communications, operating, mode, transformation, etc. The workstation can coordinate communications, or be a slave device, with one or more external devices, such as other workstations, a master workstation, a controller, etc.

Claims

1. A system for providing a response to a display presentation, the system comprising:

a memory configured to store display data representative of the display presentation;

a display apparatus configured to provide the display presentation responsive to the display data;

an apparatus configured to, responsive to an audio or visual input responding to the display presentation, update the display presentation; and

a processor configured to;

determine a characteristic of the audio or visual input, the characteristic comprising a meter of the audio or visual input;

determine, based on the determined characteristic, one or more changes suggesting one or more alternate words for at least one word of the display presentation; and

modify the display presentation by displaying at least one of the one or more changes suggesting one or more alternate words.

2. The workstation system of claim 1, wherein the modifying comprises adding or removing objects from the display data.

3. The workstation system of claim 1, wherein the modifying further comprises displaying one or more of alternate user movement, equivalent terms, harmonies, melody lines, musical instrument groupings, and an automated performance.

4. The workstation system of claim 1,

wherein the display data comprises timing information data;

and

wherein sequencing and timing of the display presentation is controlled responsive to the timing information data.

5. The workstation system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to provide, a second display presentation of differences between an expected input and the audio or visual input.

6. The workstation system of claim 1, wherein the audio or visual input is comprised of at least one of an analog signal, digital data, audible performance data, or visual performance data.

7. The workstation system of claim 1, further comprising:

a broadcast component configured to broadcast, to a plurality of workstation apparatuses, display data for multiple separate graphical display presentations corresponding to multiple separate respective types; and

wherein each of the workstation apparatuses comprises a discrimination component configured to discriminate between the multiple separate graphical presentations to select a specific graphical presentation representative of the corresponding respective one of the types.

8. The workstation system of claim 7 wherein at least one type corresponds to a musical instrument.

9. The workstation system of claim 7 wherein at least one type corresponds to a voice part.

10. The workstation system of claim 7 wherein each type corresponds to a musical instrument or voice part.

11. The workstation system of claim 1 wherein the audio or visual input comprises visual performance data.

12. The workstation system of claim 1 wherein the audio or visual input corresponds to a detected head movement.

13. The workstation system of claim 1 wherein the audio or visual input corresponds to a detected eye movement.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the one or more changes suggesting one or more alternate words is based on one or more of:

a thesaurus, a dictionary, a rhyming dictionary, an encyclopedia, phrases from poetry, chord progressions, and musical instrument groupings.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to integrate the at least one of the one or more changes suggesting one or more alternate words into the display data without requiring further input.

16. The workstation system of claim 1, wherein the determined characteristic further comprises one or more of:

a chord, chord progression, and a category of instrument.

17. A system comprising:

means for providing a display presentation responsive to display data;

means for receiving audio or visual input as user data corresponding to a performance, wherein at least a portion of the user data represents physical movements or sound captured during the performance;

means for determining a characteristic of the user data, the characteristic comprising a meter of the audio visual input;

means for determining, based on the determined characteristic, one or more changes suggesting one or more alternate words for at least one word of the display presentation, wherein the suggested addition or substitution is based on one or more of;

a thesaurus, a dictionary, a rhyming dictionary, an encyclopedia, phrases from poetry, and musical instrument groupings; and

means for modifying the display presentation, by displaying at least one of the one or more changes suggesting one or more alternate words.

18. The system of claim 17 further comprising means for integrating the at least one of the one or more changes suggesting one or more alternate words into the display data without requiring further input.

19. A method comprising:

providing a display presentation responsive to display data;

receiving audio or visual input as user data corresponding to a performance, wherein at least a portion of the user data represents physical movements or sound captured during the performance;

determining, by a processor, a characteristic of the user data, the characteristic comprising a meter of the audio or visual input;

determining based on the determined characteristic, one or more changes suggesting one or more alternate words for at least one word of the display presentation; and

modifying the display presentation by displaying at least one of the one or more changes suggesting one or more alternate words.