Patents by Inventor Andy M. Milburn

Andy M. Milburn 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).

  • Method and apparatus for composing original works
    Publication number: 20010025561
    Abstract: A system and method for creating and composing musical works by selecting existing musical elements and applying modification modules to them. Existing musical selections reside in a database as metrics, or targets for the composition of new pieces. The present invention composes a new piece of music by, for example, specifying component musical features in the selected targets that should be modified or retained in creating the new work. Such musical features include, for example, rhythmic characteristics, harmonic characteristics, and the like. In this manner, a user who is musically untutored is able to create satisfying, original works having desired characteristics as specified by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventors: Andy M. Milburn, Jay Hardesty, Joseph M. Lubin
  • Method and apparatus for composing original musical works
    Patent number: 6051770
    Abstract: A system and method for creating and composing musical works by selecting existing musical elements and applying modification modules to them. Existing musical selections reside in a database as metrics, or targets for the composition of new pieces. The present invention composes a new piece of music by, for example, specifying component musical features in the selected targets that should be modified or retained in creating the new work. Such musical features include, for example, rhythmic characteristics, harmonic characteristics, and the like. In this manner, a user who is, musically untutored is able to create satisfying, original works having desired characteristics as specified by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Postmusic, LLC
    Inventors: Andy M. Milburn, Jay Hardesty, Joseph P. Lubin