System and method for music search and discovery

• US 20040177115A1
• Filed: 12/10/2003
• Published: 09/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tarquin Consulting Company LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Tarquin Consulting Company LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Ridgeway, James, Hollander, Marc S., Hernandez-Miyares, Julio L., Davidson, James
• Application Number:
  US10/733,835
• Publication Number:
  US 20040177115A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/433 using audio data

Abstract

The invention provides a comprehensive and integrated music search and discovery tool that allows a user to find music information available from a provider in one place, by song or artist. The preferred embodiment comprises a mega indexer facility for versioning and bouncing of searchable runtime data structures across multiple systems that is atomic at the HTTP connection level. It further comprises a DCI Today platform for integration of a Web server within a client process providing a framework for secure client side Web applications even while off line. Finally, it comprises a server PreQueue for minimizing the overhead associated with waiting for remote resources in a multi-threaded IO model.

Claims

1. A comprehensive and integrated music search and discovery tool for allowing a user to find music information available from a music service in one place, by any of song or artist, comprising:

a mega indexer platform for versioning and bouncing of searchable runtime data structures across multiple systems that is atomic at the HTTP connection level;

a DCI Today platform for integration of a Web server within a client process to provide a framework for secure client side Web applications, even while off line; and

a server PreQueue platform to minimize overhead associated with waiting for remote resources in a multi-threaded IO model.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a music toolbox.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said comprehensive music search and discovery is implementable for a plurality of electronic content.

4. A method that provides a comprehensive and integrated music search and discovery tool for allowing a user to find music information available from a music service in one place, by any of song or artist, comprising the steps of:

engaging a mega indexer facility for versioning and bouncing of searchable runtime data structures across multiple systems that is atomic at the HTTP connection level;

engaging a DCI Today platform for integration of a Web server within a client process to provide a framework for secure client side Web applications, even while off line; and

engaging a server PreQueue to minimize overhead associated with waiting for remote resources in a multi-threaded IO model.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the step of:

providing a music toolbox.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein said comprehensive music search and discovery is implementable for a plurality of electronic content.