公开(公告)号：US20190354272A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-21

申请号：US15985519

申请日：2018-05-21

Applicant: SMULE, INC.

Inventor： David Steinwedel ,  Andrea Slobodien ,  Paul T. Chi ,  Perry R. Cook

IPC: G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to graphical user interfaces for display screens of a musical composition authoring system presented on a display of a computing device.

公开(公告)号：US20190306540A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-03

申请号：US16443022

申请日：2019-06-17

Applicant: SMULE, INC.

Inventor： Anton Holmberg ,  Benjamin Hersh ,  Jeannie Yang ,  Yuning Woo ,  Wang Liang ,  Perry R. Cook ,  Jeffrey C. Smith

IPC: H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/233 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: Techniques have been developed to facilitate the livestreaming of group audiovisual performances. Audiovisual performances including vocal music are captured and coordinated with performances of other users in ways that can create compelling user and listener experiences. For example, in some cases or embodiments, duets with a host performer may be supported in a sing-with-the-artist style audiovisual livestream in which aspiring vocalists request or queue particular songs for a live radio show entertainment format. The developed techniques provide a communications latency-tolerant mechanism for synchronizing vocal performances captured at geographically-separated devices (e.g., at globally-distributed, but network-connected mobile phones or tablets or at audiovisual capture devices geographically separated from a live studio).

公开(公告)号：US20190266987A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-29

申请号：US16296391

申请日：2019-03-08

Applicant: Smule, Inc.

Inventor： Jeannie Yang ,  Nicholas M. Kruge ,  Gregory C. Thompson ,  Perry R. Cook

IPC: G10H1/36 ,  G10L21/013

Abstract: Vocal musical performances may be captured and, in some cases or embodiments, pitch-corrected and/or processed in accord with a user selectable vocal effects schedule for mixing and rendering with backing tracks in ways that create compelling user experiences. In some cases, the vocal performances of individual users are captured on mobile devices in the context of a karaoke-style presentation of lyrics in correspondence with audible renderings of a backing track. Such performances can be pitch-corrected in real-time at the mobile device in accord with pitch correction settings. Vocal effects schedules may also be selectively applied to such performances. In these ways, even amateur user/performers with imperfect pitch are encouraged to take a shot at “stardom” and/or take part in a game play, social network or vocal achievement application architecture that facilitates musical collaboration on a global scale and/or, in some cases or embodiments, to initiate revenue generating in-application transactions.

公开(公告)号：US10339906B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US15667372

申请日：2017-08-02

Applicant: SMULE, INC.

Inventor： Charles Espeleta ,  Jeannie Yang ,  Perry R. Cook ,  Oscar Corral ,  Jonathan Moody ,  Ran Xie ,  Jeffrey C. Smith ,  Dean Schaffer

IPC: A63H5/00 ,  G04B13/00 ,  G10H1/00 ,  G10H1/32 ,  G10H1/36

Abstract: Advanced, but user-friendly composition and editing environments for musical scores may be provided using the types, and in some cases the instances, of computing devices that will in turn consume musical score content so generated. Indeed, by integrating musical composition facilities within synthetic musical instruments that can be widely deployed on hand-held or portable computing devices, a social music network that includes such synthetic musical instruments gains access to a large, and potentially prolific, population of authors, editors and reviewers, as well as to the community-sourced musical scores that they can generate. By curating such content and/or by applying crowd-sourcing or other computational techniques to maintain quality, a social music network may rapidly deploy the new and ever evolving content that its user community desires.

公开(公告)号：US20180350338A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US15910646

申请日：2018-03-02

Applicant: SMULE, INC.

Inventor： Kevin Sung ,  Bona Kim ,  Jon Moldover ,  John Shimmin ,  Jeannie Yang ,  Perry R. Cook

IPC: G10H1/36 ,  G11B27/02

CPC classification number: G10H1/368 ,  G10H1/366 ,  G10H2210/331 ,  G10H2220/005 ,  G10H2220/011 ,  G10H2220/355 ,  G10H2230/015 ,  G10H2240/175 ,  G10H2240/251 ,  G11B27/02 ,  G11B27/031 ,  G11B27/10 ,  G11B27/28 ,  G11B27/34

Abstract: Vocal audio of a user together with performance synchronized video is captured and coordinated with audiovisual contributions of other users to form composite duet-style or glee club-style or window-paned music video-style audiovisual performances. In some cases, the vocal performances of individual users are captured (together with performance synchronized video) on mobile devices, television-type display and/or set-top box equipment in the context of karaoke-style presentations of lyrics in correspondence with audible renderings of a backing track. Contributions of multiple vocalists are coordinated and mixed in a manner that selects for presentation, at any given time along a given performance timeline, performance synchronized video of one or more of the contributors. Selections are in accord with a visual progression that codes a sequence of visual layouts in correspondence with other coded aspects of a performance score such as pitch tracks, backing audio, lyrics, sections and/or vocal parts.

公开(公告)号：US20180174596A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15664659

申请日：2017-07-31

Applicant: SMULE, INC.

Inventor： Perry R. Cook ,  Ari Lazier ,  Tom Lieber ,  Turner Evan Kirk

IPC: G10L21/013 ,  G10L13/033 ,  G10H1/36

CPC classification number: G10L21/013 ,  G10H1/366 ,  G10H2210/066 ,  G10H2210/331 ,  G10H2240/251 ,  G10L13/0335 ,  Y10S84/04

Abstract: Despite many practical limitations imposed by mobile device platforms and application execution environments, vocal musical performances may be captured and continuously pitch-corrected for mixing and rendering with backing tracks in ways that create compelling user experiences. Based on the techniques described herein, even mere amateurs are encouraged to share with friends and family or to collaborate and contribute vocal performances as part of virtual “glee clubs.” In some implementations, these interactions are facilitated through social network- and/or eMail-mediated sharing of performances and invitations to join in a group performance. Using uploaded vocals captured at clients such as a mobile device, a content server (or service) can mediate such virtual glee clubs by manipulating and mixing the uploaded vocal performances of multiple contributing vocalists.

公开(公告)号：USD801364S1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-31

申请号：US29566070

申请日：2016-05-26

Applicant: Smule, Inc.

Designer： Benjamin Hersh ,  John Shimmin ,  Jeannie Yang ,  Perry R. Cook

公开(公告)号：USD800751S1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-24

申请号：US29566062

申请日：2016-05-26

Applicant: Smule, Inc.

Designer： Benjamin Hersh ,  John Shimmin ,  Jeannie Yang ,  Perry R. Cook

公开(公告)号：US09761209B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-12

申请号：US15275807

申请日：2016-09-26

Applicant: SMULE, INC.

Inventor： Perry R. Cook ,  Jeannie Yang ,  Yuning Woo ,  John Shimmin ,  Randal Leistikow ,  Michael Berger ,  Jeff Smith

IPC: G10H1/00 ,  G10H1/18 ,  G10H7/00 ,  G10H1/36 ,  G10H1/38

CPC classification number: G10H1/0016 ,  G10H1/368 ,  G10H1/38 ,  G10H2210/091 ,  G10H2210/201 ,  G10H2210/225 ,  G10H2220/096 ,  G10H2220/241 ,  G10H2220/355 ,  G10H2220/395

Abstract: Notwithstanding practical limitations imposed by mobile device platforms and applications, truly captivating musical instruments may be synthesized in ways that allow musically expressive performances to be captured and rendered in real-time. Synthetic musical instruments that provide a game, grading or instructional mode are described in which one or more qualities of a user's performance are assessed relative to a musical score. By providing a range of modes (from score-assisted to fully user-expressive), user interactions with synthetic musical instruments are made more engaging and tend to capture user interest over generally longer periods of time. Synthetic musical instruments are described in which force dynamics of user gestures (such as finger contact forces applied to a multi-touch sensitive display or surface and/or the temporal extent and applied pressure of sustained contact thereon) are captured and drive the digital synthesis in ways that enhance expressiveness of user performances.

公开(公告)号：US09754571B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-05

申请号：US14720320

申请日：2015-05-22

Applicant: Smule, Inc.

Inventor： Spencer Salazar ,  Rebecca A. Fiebrink ,  Ge Wang ,  Mattias Ljungstrom ,  Jeffrey C. Smith ,  Perry R. Cook

IPC: G10H1/02 ,  G10H1/36 ,  G10L21/013 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G10L21/0356

CPC classification number: G10H1/366 ,  G06F3/165 ,  G10H1/368 ,  G10H2210/251 ,  G10H2210/331 ,  G10H2220/011 ,  G10H2240/125 ,  G10H2240/175 ,  G10H2240/211 ,  G10H2240/251 ,  G10L21/013 ,  G10L21/0356

Abstract: Techniques have been developed to facilitate (1) the capture and pitch correction of vocal performances on handheld or other portable computing devices and (2) the mixing of such pitch-corrected vocal performances with backing tracks for audible rendering on targets that include such portable computing devices and as well as desktops, workstations, gaming stations, even telephony targets. Implementations of the described techniques employ signal processing techniques and allocations of system functionality that are suitable given the generally limited capabilities of such handheld or portable computing devices and that facilitate efficient encoding and communication of the pitch-corrected vocal performances (or precursors or derivatives thereof) via wireless and/or wired bandwidth-limited networks for rendering on portable computing devices or other targets.