John J Paquette

US Patent:

6945784, Sep 20, 2005

Filed:

Mar 21, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/814465

Inventors:

John Paquette - Arlington MA, US
Robert Ferry - Winchester MA, US

Assignee:

Namco Holding Corporation - San Diego CA

International Classification:

G09B005/00

US Classification:

434307A, 84609, 84625, 84660, 84615, 84616, 84653, 84654

Abstract:

Generating a pitched musical part from an electronic music file comprised of instrumental parts includes generating a control stream that indicates which of the instrumental parts has a highest value for a period of time, selecting one of the instrumental parts for the period of time based on the control stream, and outputting the selected instrumental part for the period of time to produce the musical part. Generating a non-pitched musical part from an electronic music file includes identifying patterns in the electronic music file and selectively combining the patterns to produce the musical part.

US Patent:

59258438, Jul 20, 1999

Filed:

Feb 12, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/800221

Inventors:

Allan A. Miller - Hollis NH
Vernon A. Miller - Concord NH
John H. Paquette - Stoneham MA

Assignee:

Virtual Music Entertainment, Inc. - Andover MA

International Classification:

G09B 1502
G10H 306

US Classification:

84609

Abstract:

A computer program for an interactive computer music game is stored on a medium that can be read by a general purpose computer. When read and executed, the program causes the computer to perform functions, including associating a music track on a user compact disc (CD) inserted in the computer's CD-ROM drive with a selected song associated with a music track on a reference CD, and synchronizing music data stored by the computer to the music track on the user CD, where the music data has been derived from the music track on the reference CD associated with the selected song. The program generates user-CD data characteristic of the digital data on the user-CD track, and compares the user-CD data with reference-CD data characteristic of the digital data on the reference-CD track. Based upon the comparison, the computer generates a synchronization function characteristic of timing differences between the reference-CD track and the user-CD track, and adjusts the timing of the music data with the synchronization function. The comparison can include determining a correlation function between the sets of data.