Patents by Inventor Philip James Bancroft

Philip James Bancroft 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, apparatus and programs for teaching and composing music
    Patent number: 7705229
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the construction and teaching of music is described. The method involves a user following a supported sequence of tasks that guide their creativity in order to construct a musical Arrangement. The musical Arrangement constructed from building blocks comprising notes, Ideas, Phrases and a Song Form Template. The described method allows for the concepts such as rhythm, chords, harmony, pitch, repetition, variation, resolution, and phrase structure, that are normally hidden within a final composition to the systematically introduced to a user. Development of keyboard apparatus, a mobile phone environment and related computer software allows for automation of the process for constructing and teaching of music.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Caber Enterprises Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Bancroft, Philip James Bancroft
  • Method, apparatus and programs for teaching and composing music
    Publication number: 20040173082
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the construction and teaching of music is described. The method involves a user following a supported sequence of tasks that guide their creativity in order to construct a musical Arrangement. The musical Arrangement constructed from building blocks comprising notes, Ideas, Phrases and a Song Form Template. The described method allows for the concepts such as rhythm, chords, harmony, pitch, repetition, variation, resolution, and phrase structure, that are normally hidden within a final composition to the systematically introduced to a user. Development of keyboard apparatus, a mobile phone environment and related computer software allows for automation of the process for constructing and teaching of music.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Peter Bancroft, Philip James Bancroft