US 12,406,644 B2
Music service for the detection of copyright infringement
George Sullivan, Scarborough, ME (US)
Filed by George Sullivan, Scarborough, ME (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/116,469.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/409,358, filed on Sep. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0105152 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G10H 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01)
CPC G10H 1/0025 (2013.01) [G06F 21/1015 (2023.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system to detect an infringing audio composition, the system comprising:
at least one memory configured to store computer executable instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the computer executable instructions to:
receive an audio file from a user;
prepare one or more track samples based on the audio file to compare with one or more audio files stored with a digital rights repository;
determine an original audio recording from the digital rights repository based on the one or more track samples;
prepare an acapella version based on the original audio recording and/or an instrumental version based on the original audio recording;
process, by iteratively varying a pitch, a tempo and/or a key of, the original audio recording, the acapella version and/or the instrumental version to create a processed iteration of each of the original audio recording, the acapella version and/or the instrumental version;
automatically compare the processed iteration of each of the original audio recording, the acapella version and/or the instrumental version with the one or more audio files stored with a digital rights repository;
determine a match between the processed iteration of each of the original audio recording, the acapella version and/or the instrumental version and the one or more audio files stored with the digital rights repository; and
determine a digital rights action to take based on the match between the processed iteration of each of the original audio recording, the acapella version and/or the instrumental version and the one or more audio files stored with the digital rights repository.