US 20090056525Al (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2009/0056525 A1 OPPENHEIMBER (43) Pub. Date: Mar. 5, 2009 (54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR Related US. Application Data GENERATING AND UPDATING A (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 11/736,928, PRE-CATEGORIZED SONG DATABASE ?led on Apr. 18, 2007. FROM WHICH CONSUMERS MAY SELECT AND THEN DOWNLOAD DESIRED Publication Classi?cation PLAYLISTS (51) Int. Cl. G10H 7/00 (2006.01) (75) Inventor: HAROLD B. OPPENHEIMBER, (52) US. Cl. ........................................................ .. 84/609 Kansas City, MO (US) (57) ABSTRACT Correspondence Address: Apparatus, methods, systems, and data structures for provid KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP ing a music-subscription service customer With a portable music device that has been preloaded With customer-selected (C/O PATENT ADMINISTRATOR) music. A music-subscription service provider receives a cus 2900 K STREET NW, SUITE 200 tomer order to purchase a portable music device, and also WASHINGTON, DC 20007-5118 (US) receives the customer’s selection of less than all of the music available on the music-subscription service provider’s music (73) Assignee: 3B Music, LLC, Lees Summit, MO database. The music-subscription service provider uses a (Us) computer to doWnload the customer-selected music to the portable music device ordered by the customer. The music _ subscription service provider then provides to the customer (21) Appl' NO" 12/105’860 the portable music device that has been preloaded With the customer-selected music. The steps may be performed over (22) Filed: Apr. 18, 2008 the Internet and/or at a retail location. Playlist GeneratorTM /"\2 database Server Classi?er PC‘ ‘ 7 Control Processor 8 6 4 Internet 10 ( Consumer Consumer's : : Cellphone PC \ Consumer /\ 14 > PDA 16 Consumer MP3 Plaver A 12 Patent Application Publication Mar. 5, 2009 Sheet 1 of 60 US 2009/0056525 A1 Figure 1 Playlist GeneratorTM database Server I Classi?er PC‘ 7 Control Processor 8) Internet K 10 Consumer V Consumer's ‘ Cellphone PC \ k Consumer PDA Consumer MP3 Plaver A 12 Patent Application Publication Mar. 5, 2009 Sheet 2 of 60 US 2009/0056525 A1 2.0!! Use Expert Sources to Select Approximately 1% of Songs in Database A205 Use Media Sources to Select Approximately l0%-40% of Songs Selected by Experts A210 Use Third-Party Data Sources to Evaluate Eac 2] 5 Selected Song and Provide Star Rating l Classify Each Selected Song by Mood, Era, Genre, and Star Rating A220 l Final Approval A225 l Figure 2 Patent Application Publication Mar. 5, 2009 Sheet 4 0f 60 US 2009/0056525 A1 Til'rd PartySources Rar?oAlrpiayCha?B PastCtiansandData Hi ghiy RatedorReviewed CD Sales Charts Retruspeciivecollec?ons TopPlcks lmerretAilpley Recommendedpla'ylisu Dcwdoads Famous PeoplePlaylists Exam as ' BPM - NewMuai cweeklyn 0m w/S 'IS . spin . Bender - No De p-caaion - 'l'he Big Takeover - BiilBoaid - Notion . 11,; 5mm‘, ' ' a o Uncul - Buddyhe actoo m - Paste - vibe ' COITBS \Nllh A Sn'Ile ' Htch?lrlnne di 3.00m . xLR & R - EW (Listsnto'l'his) - R &R . XXL - Filter ' Rel ix - Win: - Harp - Res - Jam ' R0 ?ing Stone 2. Monitor Top 60 Web Based Sources - Top Songs By Dow mead/Internet AirplaylFlleSh axing Vdume - New Artist Recorwnendatlons - Playllst Recorn men da?o ris 18 Diveisi?eo Sunscnpton Services (lncLPlaylBt R) 12 swig-Music sizes 22 Web Based NewAl'tist and Pia/list R 15 P2P File sngm-gsites (Legal and mega!) ZDWebcastedPodcasterPlaylistCreatms &R . 1o Qrfne Di m4 micln?-asmmasiteg 13 Web Based Song Matehlng orCuston'izedPlaylst . 5 Dov/hm my Sims 00v. BMODiIeNhmicInfmsmmmSitas 5podcagtlni'lastluchmsltas Acquire and Enter Motion Pictue Sound Tracks 4. Monitor Satellite and Cable Broadoater Playlists Exaripies: Sirius-,XM, Musi: O1obe,MW,Vi-i-1,IJW( 5' M?b"e smemRadn P‘ayhsts - iRadio Nbtomla -4:5 Stations ) . - Ax Rgj'o Ame: - Sprint(Gioc\.e Mobie ass I - V-CestVerizm (Am Mcbiie) 6. Review Major LabelSuggestions 7. Review Indie Label Suggestions 8. Review Internet LabelSuggestions Propietalyswrces 9, ‘.an I ,l ‘ oridwide(P-' m -L.oeal Musicians -LomlCa1oe|tVenues I - LoealVenueAr?stSystem I -VenueEmployees -Local MuslcNightClubs - Cdiege Klds - Cdlega R m?ostaiinns - Bartenders - Local MuslcPress - AnmwrMusIcBmTs - Local Press - DJs - P05 10. Monitor New Release Ssheduie and Web Sites of Previously Rated Art'ds Figure 4A Patent Application Publication Mar. 5, 2009 Sheet 5 0f 60 US 2009/0056525 A1 I Collect Hammad Song Candizhtea ‘through Various Sources I \ I Submit Songs Using Pmformauad Exvei Tempiala or in Hardwpy Form I ~| r I Pedovm Import of Excel Files or Data Envy o1 Hardeopy Foma into Access Table (tblSS) I ! I IPrapara Source Qua?ty Report and Denarmlne Source ma?ty Rating through Evaiua?on of Rapon (SOR)I 1 For Sources Meeting Quality Criteria Finer Out Songs Already in the ?'unes Library Tabla (lbliTmasUbrury). To Be Acauirod Table (MBA) and Released Suggested 8009 FR: Table (IbIRSSF) \ r I Transfer Remaining ‘New’ Séug: hum USS lo tblRSSF I I Prepare Purchm Aumodzmim RBpO? (PAR) Add pma and I RsviawPARmSagLwebandlndicahonPARSongsAuthorizedforPurdmse I i I Enter Purd'ase Authorization into lblRSSF I Y I I Tmnsfer Songs Authorized for Purchase from (MRSSF \o iblTBA I \ V I Prepare Authorized Purchase Report (APR) and Forward To Purchasing I Figure 4B Patent Application Publication Mar. 5, 2009 Sheet 6 0f 60 US 2009/0056525 A1 Relaxed, Softer, Mellow, Easy, Ute, Adult. Lyrics should be clear. Includes Love Songs, Soulful, Most RBlB, Reggae, and Gospel. Generally, you tznnot hear the Drummer much. Most Instrumental orJazz music. Medium Upbeat, Happy, Foot Tapping, 60% of all Rod</Pop, You ran hear the Drummer. 1 Fast Harder or Faster, Dance, Feet Stomplng, will include some Hard Rock, Metal, or Angry Loud Music, Heavy Bectrlc Guitar Solo as well as most Club or Dance genre music Party Fast Music That 15: Happy, Handy Clapping, Feet Stamping, Stand-Up and Dance, Party/Fiesta/La Pura Vida. Figure 5 Genre Genre Altemative/Punk Instrumental Bluegrass Jazz Blues Latin Children Metal Christian Pop Christmas (X-mas) R&B (includes Soul andFunk) Country Rap Dance Explicit Rap Dirty Reggae Electronica (includes Techno) Rock Folk Movie Scores Funny Swing Gospel World Figure 6 Patent Application Publication Mar. 5, 2009 Sheet 7 0f 60 US 2009/0056525 A1 Total Song Count 510 Overall Audience Reach Rating 5 Primary Genre Distribution 17 Alternative/Punk 6 Oldies 15 Bluegrass 10 Pop 282 Blues 28 R&B (Includes Soul) 30 Country 48 Rap 8 Folk 8 Reggae 17 Funny 2 Rock 1 l 7 Gospel 3 Swing 9 Jazz 24 World 16 Latin 7 Era Distribution 5 Tempo/blood Available 4 Recent 83 Includes Slow, Medium, Fast, Party Modern 213 Classic 145 Unique Artists Available 248 Oldies 15 Archive 8 Figure 7 Forced Curve Allocations For A 14,000 Song Database lmiividml Cmmlative Ra?ng Individual Raling Cwmilaliw Category Song Count Categories Song Count ‘S-Stars Top 5% 700 Songs 5% 700 Son§ 4-Stais Next 10% 1,400 Songs 15% 2,100 Song 3-Stars Next 35% 4,900 Song 50% 7,000 Song Z-Stars Bottom 50% 7,000 Songs 100% 14,000 Song l-Star Omined Figure 8 Patent Application Publication Mar. 5, 2009 Sheet 8 0f 60 US 2009/0056525 A1 Favorite Plavlists Archive Prior to 1950 Dance m'1‘ 0 Be Determined by Customer” NIA 100 Archive-2 .# 201 Dance-2 "*To Be Determinedby Customer‘" NIA 101 Archive-3 202 Dance-3 “"To Be Determined by Customer‘" NIA 102 Archive-4 203 Dance-4 u “'To Be Determined by Customer‘" NIA 103 Archive-5 022328 204 Dance-5 ""10 Be Determined by Customer‘" NIA Oldies/Archieve “was\l ""111 Be Determined by Customer‘“ NIA 106 Oldies/Archieve-Z 215 Dirty ‘*‘To Be Determined by Customer‘“ NIA 107 Oldies/Archieve-3 ‘"To Be Determined by Customer'“ NIA 108 Oldies/Archieve4 Eleetoniea (incl. Techno) '"To Be Determined by Customer‘“ N/A 109 Oldies/Archieve-S 228 Electonica-2 “'10 Be Determined by Customer’ “ N/A 229 Eleclonicaé :swooumviamn Genre: 1111126115 and En 230 Elwionica-A Star ka?nsaell Song Alternative/Punk 231 Eleetoniea-S 1 Star and above 20,503 117 Alt/Pmk-Z 2 Stars and above 17,732 118 AlllPunk-3 F0111 3 Stars and above 6,788 119 Alt/P1111114 244 Folk-2 4 Stars and above 2,267 120 Ait/Punk-S 245 Folk-3 5 Stars and above 246 Folk-4 Bluegrass 247 Folk-5 Mood/Imam! 1121125 133 Bluegrass-2 Party-(Danoeable) 134 Bluegrass-3 258 Funny Party-2 135 Bluegrass-4 Party-3 136 Bluegrass-5 Gospel (incLChristizn) Party-4 211 Gospel-2 Party-5 Blues 212 Gospe1_3 Fast 149 Blues/2 215 065mm Fast-2 150 Blues-3 214 Gospel-5 Past-3 15] Blues4 Fast-4 ' 152 Blues-5 Jazz Fast-5 287 Ina-2 Medium Children 288 Jazz-3 Medilnn-Z 9,612 155 Preschool-2 NIA 289 Jan-4 Medium-3 3,886 156 Preschool-3 NIA 290 Jan-S Medium-4 1,245 157 PreschooM N/A Medium-5 231 158 Preschool-5 NIA Latin Slow 159 Elementary-2 NIA 303 Latin-2 Slow-2 5,619 160 Elementary-3 NIA 304 lain-3 Slow-3 2131 161 Elementary-4 NIA 30S Latin-4 Slow-4 1113 162 Elementary-5 NIA 306 Latin-5 Slow-5 216 ‘338238388$233E1333!32%13$33323%3$8323388KB Country Metal Era: By Rating 165 A1lCo1m1ry-2 1.556 319 Metalel Recent 03-Now 166 A11 Country-3 667 320 Metal-3 Recent-2 2,881 167 All Country-4 221 321 Metal-4 Recent-3 swag 1,439 168 AllComtry-S 322 Metal-5 Recent-4 458 110 1mm CoImu'y-Z N/A Recent-5 171 Recu11Coun1Iy-3 126 Pop Modern 1983-2002 172 ReeentCountry-4 351 AllPop-Z Modem-2 5,319 173 Recent Country-5 352 A11Pop-3 Modern-3 N/A 175 Modern Country-2 NIA 353 Al1Pop-4 Modem-4 211 176 Modern Oo1mtry-3 359 354 All Pop-S Modem-5 205 177 Modem Country-4 119 356 ReeentPop-Z Classic 1965-1982 178 Modern Corm?y-S 357 RecmiPop-3 Classic-2