Patents by Inventor Bert Snow

Bert Snow 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).

  • System and method for variable music notation
    Patent number: 6175070
    Abstract: A control program tangibly stored on a digital storage medium for use with a music system is configured to cause a digital processor to carry out the following functions. It causes the processor to (1) support a plurality of user selectable display formats each of which presents a different representation of the stored musical score when the stored musical score is being played, each of the plurality of display formats indicating to the user when actuation signals signals should be generated to cause an audio component to produce corresponding sounds of the stored musical score; (2) respond to a selection signal from the user identifying a selected one of the plurality of user-selectable display formats; and (3) display the stored musical score using the selected display format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: MusicPlayground Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley J. Naples, Bert Snow, Thomas Zack, John Paquette, Robert Ferry