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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Brian Whitman, Somerville, MA (US);
Tristan Jehan, Somerville, MA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Whitman, Somerville, MA (US);
Tristan Jehan, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Echo Nest Corporation, Somerville, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is disclosed a method and storage media for determining the similarity between a first music collection and a second music collection. The similarity may be determined by comparing metadata associated with the first music collection and metadata associated with the second music collection. A plurality of comparison algorithms may be used including at least one of a comparison algorithm based on acoustic metadata and a comparison algorithm based on cultural metadata. The result of the plurality of comparison algorithms may be combined.