Patents by Inventor Thierry Bertin-Mahieux

Thierry Bertin-Mahieux 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).

  • Methods, systems, and media for identifying similar songs using jumpcodes
    Patent number: 9384272
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for identifying similar songs using jumpcodes are provided. In some embodiments, methods for a cover song from a query song are provided, the methods comprising: identifying a query song jumpcode for the query song, wherein the query song jumpcode is indicative of changes in prominent pitch over a portion of the query song; identifying a plurality of reference song jumpcodes for a reference song, wherein each of the reference song jumpcodes is indicative of changes in prominent pitch over a portion of the reference song; determining if the query song jumpcode matches any of the plurality of reference song jumpcodes; and upon determining that the query song jumpcode matches at least one of the plurality of reference song jumpcodes, generating an indication that the reference song is a cover song of the query song.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Thierry Bertin-Mahieux, Daniel P. W. Ellis