Patents by Inventor Anton Holmberg

Anton Holmberg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230353812
    Abstract: Techniques have been developed to facilitate the livestreaming of group audiovisual performances. Audiovisual performances including vocal music are captured and coordinated with performances of other users in ways that can create compelling user and listener experiences. For example, in some cases or embodiments, duets with a host performer may be supported in a sing-with-the-artist style audiovisual livestream in which aspiring vocalists request or queue particular songs for a live radio show entertainment format. The developed techniques provide a communications latency-tolerant mechanism for synchronizing vocal performances captured at geographically-separated devices (e.g., at globally-distributed, but network-connected mobile phones or tablets or at audiovisual capture devices geographically separated from a live studio).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Anton Holmberg, Benjamin Hersch, Jeannie Yang, Perry R. Cook, Jeffrey C. Smith
  • Publication number: 20230335094
    Abstract: Visual effects schedules are applied to audiovisual performances with differing visual effects applied in correspondence with differing elements of musical structure. Segmentation techniques applied to one or more audio tracks (e.g., vocal or backing tracks) are used to compute some of the components of the musical structure. In some cases, applied visual effects schedules are mood-denominated and may be selected by a performer as a component of his or her visual expression or determined from an audiovisual performance using machine learning techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: David Steinwedel, Perry R. Cook, Paul T. Chi, Wei Zhou, Jon Moldover, Anton Holmberg, Jingxi Li
  • Patent number: 11683536
    Abstract: Techniques have been developed to facilitate the livestreaming of group audiovisual performances. Audiovisual performances including vocal music are captured and coordinated with performances of other users in ways that can create compelling user and listener experiences. For example, in some cases or embodiments, duets with a host performer may be supported in a sing-with-the-artist style audiovisual livestream in which aspiring vocalists request or queue particular songs for a live radio show entertainment format. The developed techniques provide a communications latency-tolerant mechanism for synchronizing vocal performances captured at geographically-separated devices (e.g., at globally-distributed, but network-connected mobile phones or tablets or at audiovisual capture devices geographically separated from a live studio).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Smule, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Holmberg, Benjamin Hersh, Jeannie Yang, Yuning Woo, Wang Liang, Perry R. Cook, Jeffrey C. Smith
  • Patent number: 11553235
    Abstract: Techniques have been developed to facilitate the livestreaming of group audiovisual performances. Audiovisual performances including vocal music are captured and coordinated with performances of other users in ways that can create compelling user and listener experiences. For example, in some cases or embodiments, duets with a host performer may be supported in a sing-with-the-artist style audiovisual livestream in which aspiring vocalists request or queue particular songs for a live radio show entertainment format. The developed techniques provide a communications latency-tolerant mechanism for synchronizing vocal performances captured at geographically-separated devices (e.g., at globally-distributed, but network-connected mobile phones or tablets or at audiovisual capture devices geographically separated from a live studio).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Smule, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Holmberg, Benjamin Hersh, Jeannie Yang, Perry R. Cook, Jeffrey C. Smith
  • Publication number: 20230007313
    Abstract: Techniques have been developed to facilitate the livestreaming of group audiovisual performances. Audiovisual performances including vocal music are captured and coordinated with performances of other users in ways that can create compelling user and listener experiences. For example, in some cases or embodiments, duets with a host performer may be supported in a sing-with-the-artist style audiovisual livestream in which aspiring vocalists request or queue particular songs for a live radio show entertainment format. The developed techniques provide a communications latency-tolerant mechanism for synchronizing vocal performances captured at geographically-separated devices (e.g., at globally-distributed, but network-connected mobile phones or tablets or at audiovisual capture devices geographically separated from a live studio).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Anton Holmberg, Benjamin Hersh, Jeannie Yang, Yuning Woo, Wang Liang, Perry R. Cook, Jeffrey C. Smith
  • Patent number: 11488569
    Abstract: Visual effects schedules are applied to audiovisual performances with differing visual effects applied in correspondence with differing elements of musical structure. Segmentation techniques applied to one or more audio tracks (e.g., vocal or backing tracks) are used to compute some of the components of the musical structure. In some cases, applied visual effects schedules are mood-denominated and may be selected by a performer as a component of his or her visual expression or determined from an audiovisual performance using machine learning techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Smule, Inc.
    Inventors: David Steinwedel, Perry R. Cook, Paul T. Chi, Wei Zhou, Jon Moldover, Anton Holmberg, Jingxi Li
  • Publication number: 20220122573
    Abstract: Visual effects, including augmented reality-type visual effects, are applied to audiovisual performances with differing visual effects and/or parameterizations thereof applied in correspondence with computationally determined audio features or elements of musical structure coded in temporally-synchronized tracks or computationally determined therefrom. Segmentation techniques applied to one or more audio tracks (e.g., vocal or backing tracks) are used to compute some of the components of the musical structure. In some cases, applied visual effects are based on an audio feature computationally extracted from a captured audiovisual performance or from an audio track temporally-synchronized therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: David STEINWEDEL, Anton HOLMBERG, Javier VILLEGAS, Paul T. CHI, David YOUNG, Perry R. COOK
  • Patent number: 11310538
    Abstract: Techniques have been developed to facilitate the livestreaming of group audiovisual performances. Audiovisual performances including vocal music are captured and coordinated with performances of other users in ways that can create compelling user and listener experiences. For example, in some cases or embodiments, duets with a host performer may be supported in a sing-with-the-artist style audiovisual livestream in which aspiring vocalists request or queue particular songs for a live radio show entertainment format. The developed techniques provide a communications latency-tolerant mechanism for synchronizing vocal performances captured at geographically-separated devices (e.g., at globally-distributed, but network-connected mobile phones or tablets or at audiovisual capture devices geographically separated from a live studio).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Smule, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Holmberg, Benjamin Hersh, Jeannie Yang, Yuning Woo, Wang Liang, Perry R. Cook, Jeffrey C. Smith
  • Publication number: 20220051448
    Abstract: Visual effects, including augmented reality-type visual effects, are applied to audiovisual performances with differing visual effects and/or parameterizations thereof applied in correspondence with computationally determined audio features or elements of musical structure coded in temporally-synchronized tracks or computationally determined therefrom. Segmentation techniques applied to one or more audio tracks (e.g., vocal or backing tracks) are used to compute some of the components of the musical structure. In some cases, applied visual effects are based on an audio feature computationally extracted from a captured audiovisual performance or from an audio track temporally-synchronized therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: David Steinwedel, Anton Holmberg, Javier Villegas, Paul T. Chi, David Young, Perry R. Cook
  • Publication number: 20220030056
    Abstract: Techniques have been developed to facilitate the livestreaming of group audiovisual performances. Audiovisual performances including vocal music are captured and coordinated with performances of other users in ways that can create compelling user and listener experiences. For example, in some cases or embodiments, duets with a host performer may be supported in a sing-with-the-artist style audiovisual livestream in which aspiring vocalists request or queue particular songs for a live radio show entertainment format. The developed techniques provide a communications latency-tolerant mechanism for synchronizing vocal performances captured at geographically-separated devices (e.g., at globally-distributed, but network-connected mobile phones or tablets or at audiovisual capture devices geographically separated from a live studio).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Anton Holmberg, Benjamin Hersh, Jeannie Yang, Perry R. Cook, Jeffrey C. Smith
  • Patent number: 11032602
    Abstract: Techniques have been developed to facilitate the livestreaming of group audiovisual performances. Audiovisual performances including vocal music are captured and coordinated with performances of other users in ways that can create compelling user and listener experiences. For example, in some cases or embodiments, duets with a host performer may be supported in a sing-with-the-artist style audiovisual livestream in which aspiring vocalists request or queue particular songs for a live radio show entertainment format. The developed techniques provide a communications latency-tolerant mechanism for synchronizing vocal performances captured at geographically-separated devices (e.g., at globally-distributed, but network-connected mobile phones or tablets or at audiovisual capture devices geographically separated from a live studio).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Smule, Inc.
    Inventors: Anton Holmberg, Benjamin Hersh, Jeannie Yang, Perry R. Cook, Jeffrey C. Smith
  • Publication number: 20190306540
    Abstract: Techniques have been developed to facilitate the livestreaming of group audiovisual performances. Audiovisual performances including vocal music are captured and coordinated with performances of other users in ways that can create compelling user and listener experiences. For example, in some cases or embodiments, duets with a host performer may be supported in a sing-with-the-artist style audiovisual livestream in which aspiring vocalists request or queue particular songs for a live radio show entertainment format. The developed techniques provide a communications latency-tolerant mechanism for synchronizing vocal performances captured at geographically-separated devices (e.g., at globally-distributed, but network-connected mobile phones or tablets or at audiovisual capture devices geographically separated from a live studio).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Anton Holmberg, Benjamin Hersh, Jeannie Yang, Yuning Woo, Wang Liang, Perry R. Cook, Jeffrey C. Smith
  • Publication number: 20180374462
    Abstract: Visual effects schedules are applied to audiovisual performances with differing visual effects applied in correspondence with differing elements of musical structure. Segmentation techniques applied to one or more audio tracks (e.g., vocal or backing tracks) are used to compute some of the components of the musical structure. In some cases, applied visual effects schedules are mood-denominated and may be selected by a performer as a component of his or her visual expression or determined from an audiovisual performance using machine learning techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: David Steinwedel, Perry R. Cook, Paul T. Chi, Wei Zhou, Jon Moldover, Anton Holmberg, Jingxi Li
  • Publication number: 20180288467
    Abstract: Techniques have been developed to facilitate the livestreaming of group audiovisual performances. Audiovisual performances including vocal music are captured and coordinated with performances of other users in ways that can create compelling user and listener experiences. For example, in some cases or embodiments, duets with a host performer may be supported in a sing-with-the-artist style audiovisual livestream in which aspiring vocalists request or queue particular songs for a live radio show entertainment format. The developed techniques provide a communications latency-tolerant mechanism for synchronizing vocal performances captured at geographically-separated devices (e.g., at globally-distributed, but network-connected mobile phones or tablets or at audiovisual capture devices geographically separated from a live studio).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Anton Holmberg, Benjamin Hersh, Jeannie Yang, Perry R. Cook, Jeffrey C. Smith