Patents by Inventor Benjamin J. Finn

Benjamin J. Finn 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).

  • Music database searching
    Publication number: 20030023421
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for searching a database of music files comprising input means to provide search criteria comprising a tune as a sequence of melodic intervals, comparing means for comparing the sequence of melodic intervals with selected portions of a plurality of computer-readable music files and output means to provide a list of possible matches of the search criteria with at least one of the plurality of computer-readable music files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: Sibelius Software, LTD.
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Finn, Jonathan H. Finn, Paul Walmsley, Julian Smith