source file: m1451.txt Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 12:57:12 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Patent Alert - Microsoft owns computer composition? From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) Those of us who do algorithmic composition might find this ... uhmmm "interesting" to put it euphemistically. >Content-Type: message/rfc822 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Disposition: inline > >Return-Path: >Received: from fantasia.sps.mot.com by rex.sps.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) > id AA15703; Mon, 15 Jun 98 10:49:42 CDT >Received: by fantasia.sps.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) > id AA12432; Mon, 15 Jun 98 10:49:42 CDT >Date: Mon, 15 Jun 98 10:49:42 CDT >From: mrbill@fantasia.sps.mot.com (Bill Meadows ) >Message-Id: <9806151549.AA12432@fantasia.sps.mot.com> >To: garym@fantasia.sps.mot.com >Subject: Patent Alert - Microsoft owns computer composition? > > >Microsoft IS evil! > > >----- Begin Included Message ----- > >>From owner-seamus-l@luigi.music.lsu.edu Sun Jun 14 01:47:27 1998 >>Received: from luigi.music.lsu.edu by spsgate.sps.mot.com >>(4.1/SMI-4.1/Email 2.1 10/25/93) > id AA06988 for mrbill@fantasia.sps.mot.com; Sat, 13 Jun 98 23:45:00 MST >To: seamus-l@luigi.music.lsu.edu >From: Laurie Spiegel >Subject: Patent Alert - Microsoft owns computer composition? >Sender: owner-seamus-l@luigi.music.lsu.edu > >Yipes! Perhaps someone might want to challenge this new patent?!?!?!?! > > >>>From 65535 Thu Jun 11 22:08:48 1998 >>Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 22:06:58 -0400 >>From: Phil Edelstein >>MIME-Version: 1.0 >>To: Laurie Spiegel >>Subject: [Fwd: ] >> >>Came across this gruesome attachment that flitted across one of the >>news filters. >> >>Looks like Bill Gates is trying to patent music composition now too. >> >>in any event, wishing all's well with you and always... >>Phil >> >> >>Return-Path: >>Received: from jpmorgan.com (threshold3.jpmorgan.com [169.71.13.12]) >... >>Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 08:03:12 -0400 >... >> >>System and process for composing musical sections (Assignee -- Microsoft >>Corporation) - Abstract: A system and process for comprising a musical >>section in response to a user's interaction with a multimedia presentation >>is disclosed. The system includes a composition engine, performance engine, >>and arbitrator. U.S. Patents - 294 words (Document link not converted) >> >... >> ------------+-----------------------------+----------------------------- >> >> >> System and process for composing musical sections (Assignee -- Microsoft >> Corporation) >> >> U.S. Patents via NewsEdge Corporation : Abstract: A system and process for >> comprising a musical section in response to a user's interaction with a >> multimedia presentation is disclosed. The system includes a composition >> engine, performance engine, and arbitrator. The arbitrator provides an >> interface with an application program running a multimedia presentation. >> The arbitrator receives parameters from the application program indicative >> of a user's interaction and the type of music the application program >> requests in response to the interaction. The parameters are passed to the >> composition engine which composes a musical section having a chord >> progression and other data therein. The musical section and a style >> provided by the arbitrator are used by the performance engine to generate >> music sequence data for driving a musical instrument. The performance of >> the musical sequence data by the musical instrument occurs substantially >> contemporaneously with the user's interaction which caused the musical >> section composi >> >> tion. Because the composition engine uses processes which vary the >> composition of musical sections, the user events which initiate >> composition of a musical section and which occur at the same place within >> a multimedia presentation, still vary the performance at each user event. >> >> Ex Claim Text: A system for composing music in response to a user's >> interaction with a multimedia presentation comprising: an application >> program interface for receiving parameters identifying a style, a shape, >> and a personality for music that conform to said user's interaction with >> said multimedia presentation; and a composition engine for composing a >> musical section corresponding to said parameters so that a user perceives >> the performance of the musical section to be related to said user's >> interaction with said multimedia presentation. >> >> Patent Number: 5753843 >> >> Issue Date: 1998 05 19 >> >> If you would like to purchase a copy of this patent, please call >> MicroPatent at 800-648-6787. >> >>Inventor(s): Fay, C. Todor >> [06-06-98 at 14:13 EDT, Copyright 1998, MicroPatent, File: m0601467.5pa] >> >>Entire contents (C) 1998 by INDIVIDUAL, Inc., 8 New England Executive Park >>West, Burlington, MA 01803 > > > > > > >----- End Included Message -----