Patents by Inventor Nicola Montecchio
Nicola Montecchio 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).
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Publication number: 20240134907Abstract: An electronic device obtains a plurality of media items, including, for each media item in the plurality, a set of attributes of the media item. The device provides the set of attributes for each media item of the plurality of media items to a machine learning model that is trained to determine a pairwise similarity between respective media items in the plurality of media items and generates an acyclic graph of an output of the machine learning model that is trained to determine pairwise similarity distances between respective media items in the plurality of media items. The device clusters nodes of the acyclic graph, each node corresponding to a media item. Based on the clustering, the electronic device modifies metadata associated with a first media item in a first cluster and displays a representation of the first media item in a user interface according to the modified metadata.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Desi Hristova, Brian Regan, Nicola Montecchio
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Patent number: 11829680Abstract: A system for playing media content items operates to provide smooth transitions between the media content items to continuously support a user's repetitive motion activity. The system can generate crossfade data containing information for transitions between media content items. The mix-in and mix-out points for the transitions are calculated to eliminate one or more portions of media content items that have lower musical energy than a majority portion of the items, and to maintain substantially consistent and/or stable musical energy (e.g., audio power or sound power) throughout the media content items including transitions therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Tristan Jehan, Sten Garmark, Nicola Montecchio
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Patent number: 11461389Abstract: A system of playing media content items determines transitions between pairs of media content items by determining desirable locations in which transitions across the pairs of media content items occur. The system uses a plurality of track features of media content items and determines such track features of each media content item associated with each of transition point candidates, such as beat positions, of that media content item. The system determines similarity in the plurality of track features between the transition point candidates of a first media content item and the transition point candidates for a second media content item being played subsequent to the first media content item. The transition points or portions of the first and second media content items are selected from the transition point candidates for the first and second media content items based on the similarity results.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Tristan Jehan, Rachel Bittner, Nicola Montecchio, Hunter McCurry, Minwei Gu, Gandalf Hernandez
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Publication number: 20220253272Abstract: A system for playing media content items operates to provide smooth transitions between the media content items to continuously support a user's repetitive motion activity. The system can generate crossfade data containing information for transitions between media content items. The mix-in and mix-out points for the transitions are calculated to eliminate one or more portions of media content items that have lower musical energy than a majority portion of the items, and to maintain substantially consistent and/or stable musical energy (e.g., audio power or sound power) throughout the media content items including transitions therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: Tristan Jehan, Sten Garmark, Nicola Montecchio
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Patent number: 11366851Abstract: Computer systems and methods are provided for processing audio queries. An electronic device receives an audio clip and performs a matching process on the audio clip. The matching process includes comparing at least a portion of the audio clip to a plurality of reference audio tracks and identifying, based on the comparing, a first portion of a particular reference track that corresponds to the audio sample. Upon identifying the matching portion, the electronic device provides a backing track for playback which corresponds to the particular reference track, and an initial playback position of the backing track.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Marco Marchini, Nicola Montecchio
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Publication number: 20220067114Abstract: A media system includes: a media-playback device including: a media-output device that plays media content items; and a tempo control engine to: select media content based upon suitability for a repetitive-motion activity; place each media content item from the media content into two or more pools of media content, with a first pool including media content which the user has previously indicated as being relevant, and a second pool including media content that the user has not previously indicated as being relevant; and sort the media content in each of the first pool and the second pool based upon tempo.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: Tristan Jehan, Nicola Montecchio
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Patent number: 11262974Abstract: A system for playing media content items operates to provide smooth transitions between the media content items to continuously support a user's repetitive motion activity. The system can generate crossfade data containing information for transitions between media content items. The mix-in and mix-out points for the transitions are calculated to eliminate one or more portions of media content items that have lower musical energy than a majority portion of the items, and to maintain substantially consistent and/or stable musical energy (e.g., audio power or sound power) throughout the media content items including transitions therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Tristan Jehan, Sten Garmark, Nicola Montecchio
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Publication number: 20210303612Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for identifying media content using indirect qualities are provided. An example media-delivery system includes a content identification engine that applies a model associated with an indirect quality to media content items to generate indirect quality scores for the media content items, filters the media content items based on metadata associated with the media content items to generate filtered media content items, and presents at least some of the filtered media content items based on the indirect quality scores. An example media-playback device includes a search control engine that presents a search interface with a user-actuatable control for specifying a value of an indirect quality for use as a search criteria, transmits the search criteria to a media-delivery service, and receives media content items matching the search criteria from the media-delivery service, wherein the media content items are identified using a statistical model.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: Tristan Jehan, Nicola Montecchio
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Patent number: 11113346Abstract: A media system includes: a media-playback device including: a media-output device that plays media content items; and a tempo control engine to: select media content based upon suitability for a repetitive-motion activity; place each media content item from the media content into two or more pools of media content, with a first pool including media content which the user has previously indicated as being relevant, and a second pool including media content that the user has not previously indicated as being relevant; and sort the media content in each of the first pool and the second pool based upon tempo.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Tristan Jehan, Nicola Montecchio
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Publication number: 20210191973Abstract: Computer systems and methods are provided for processing audio queries. An electronic device receives an audio clip and performs a matching process on the audio clip. The matching process includes comparing at least a portion of the audio clip to a plurality of reference audio tracks and identifying, based on the comparing, a first portion of a particular reference track that corresponds to the audio sample. Upon identifying the matching portion, the electronic device provides a backing track for playback which corresponds to the particular reference track, and an initial playback position of the backing track.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Marco Marchini, Nicola Montecchio
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Patent number: 10984035Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for identifying media content using indirect qualities are provided. An example media-delivery system includes a content identification engine that applies a model associated with an indirect quality to media content items to generate indirect quality scores for the media content items, filters the media content items based on metadata associated with the media content items to generate filtered media content items, and presents at least some of the filtered media content items based on the indirect quality scores. An example media-playback device includes a search control engine that presents a search interface with a user-actuatable control for specifying a value of an indirect quality for use as a search criteria, transmits the search criteria to a media-delivery service, and receives media content items matching the search criteria from the media-delivery service, wherein the media content items are identified using a statistical model.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Tristan Jehan, Nicola Montecchio
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Publication number: 20200401619Abstract: A system of playing media content items determines transitions between pairs of media content items by determining desirable locations in which transitions across the pairs of media content items occur. The system uses a plurality of track features of media content items and determines such track features of each media content item associated with each of transition point candidates, such as beat positions, of that media content item. The system determines similarity in the plurality of track features between the transition point candidates of a first media content item and the transition point candidates for a second media content item being played subsequent to the first media content item. The transition points or portions of the first and second media content items are selected from the transition point candidates for the first and second media content items based on the similarity results.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: Tristan Jehan, Rachel Bittner, Nicola Montecchio, Hunter McCurry, Minwei Gu, Gandalf Hernandez
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Patent number: 10839826Abstract: A system, method and computer product for extracting an activity from recordings. The method comprises searching for signals representing plural versions of a track, determining feature representations of the plural versions of the track identified in the searching, aligning the feature representations determined in the determining, and extracting a time varying activity signal from the feature representations aligned in the aligning.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: SPOTIFY ABInventors: Eric J. Humphrey, Andreas Jansson, Nicola Montecchio
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Patent number: 10803118Abstract: A system of playing media content items determines transitions between pairs of media content items by determining desirable locations in which transitions across the pairs of media content items occur. The system uses a plurality of track features of media content items and determines such track features of each media content item associated with each of transition point candidates, such as beat positions, of that media content item. The system determines similarity in the plurality of track features between the transition point candidates of a first media content item and the transition point candidates for a second media content item being played subsequent to the first media content item. The transition points or portions of the first and second media content items are selected from the transition point candidates for the first and second media content items based on the similarity results.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: SPOTIFY ABInventors: Tristan Jehan, Rachel Bittner, Nicola Montecchio, Hunter McCurry, Minwei Gu, Gandalf Hernandez
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Publication number: 20200174744Abstract: A system for playing media content items operates to provide smooth transitions between the media content items to continuously support a user's repetitive motion activity. The system can generate crossfade data containing information for transitions between media content items. The mix-in and mix-out points for the transitions are calculated to eliminate one or more portions of media content items that have lower musical energy than a majority portion of the items, and to maintain substantially consistent and/or stable musical energy (e.g., audio power or sound power) throughout the media content items including transitions therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Tristan Jehan, Sten Garmark, Nicola Montecchio
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Patent number: 10599388Abstract: A system for playing media content items operates to provide smooth transitions between the media content items to continuously support a user's repetitive motion activity. The system can generate crossfade data containing information for transitions between media content items. The mix-in and mix-out points for the transitions are calculated to eliminate one or more portions of media content items that have lower musical energy than a majority portion of the items, and to maintain substantially consistent and/or stable musical energy (e.g., audio power or sound power) throughout the media content items including transitions therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: SPOTIFY ABInventors: Tristan Jehan, Sten Garmark, Nicola Montecchio
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Publication number: 20190121603Abstract: A system for playing media content items operates to provide smooth transitions between the media content items to continuously support a user's repetitive motion activity. The system can generate crossfade data containing information for transitions between media content items. The mix-in and mix-out points for the transitions are calculated to eliminate one or more portions of media content items that have lower musical energy than a majority portion of the items, and to maintain substantially consistent and/or stable musical energy (e.g., audio power or sound power) throughout the media content items including transitions therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: Tristan Jehan, Sten Garmark, Nicola Montecchio
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Publication number: 20190043528Abstract: A system, method and computer product for extracting an activity from recordings. The method comprises searching for signals representing plural versions of a track, determining feature representations of the plural versions of the track identified in the searching, aligning the feature representations determined in the determining, and extracting a time varying activity signal from the feature representations aligned in the aligning.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: Spotify ABInventors: Eric J. Humphrey, Andreas Jansson, Nicola Montecchio
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Patent number: 10101960Abstract: A system for playing media content items operates to provide smooth transitions between the media content items to continuously support a user's repetitive motion activity. The system can generate crossfade data containing information for transitions between media content items. The mix-in and mix-out points for the transitions are calculated to eliminate one or more portions of media content items that have lower musical energy than a majority portion of the items, and to maintain substantially consistent and/or stable musical energy (e.g., audio power or sound power) throughout the media content items including transitions therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Tristan Jehan, Sten Garmark, Nicola Montecchio
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Patent number: 10089578Abstract: A system, method and computer product for predicting a content attribute are provided by collecting labeled media objects labeled with one or more attributes, constructing a feature vector of content-derived values for each of the labeled media objects, generating a model based on the feature vector and the one or more attributes, and applying the model to one or more unlabeled media objects to generate one or more attribute labels.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Spotify ABInventors: Tristan Jehan, Nicola Montecchio