Scott Andrew Miles

US Patent:

20200265083, Aug 20, 2020

Filed:

Feb 10, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/786816

Inventors:

- Washington DC, US
Scott Miles - Virginia Beach VA, US

International Classification:

G06F 16/65
G06F 16/683
G06F 16/61
G10H 1/06

Abstract:

A system and method for estimating the popularity of song by calculating the (absolute and/or contrastive) harmonic surprise of each song in a corpus of music data, determining the popularity of each song in the corpus (e.g., based on a music chart, downloads, online streams), determining correlations between harmonic surprise and popularity, and estimating the popularity of an individual song based on the (absolute and/or contrastive) harmonic surprise of the individual song and the correlations between harmonic surprise and popularity.

US Patent:

20150170265, Jun 18, 2015

Filed:

Dec 18, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/575269

Inventors:

- Boston MA, US
Rob Ehlert - Cambridge MA, US
Rod Funston - Eastham MA, US
Michael A. Greenstein - Acton MA, US
Michael L. Kaplan - Somerville MA, US
Scott Miles - Wellesley MA, US
Sean Quimby - Roslindale MA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/08

Abstract:

A method and computer program product is provided for an online bidding system. The method may include receiving a plurality of bids from a plurality of online bidding communities during a live auction event at one of a primary technology provider and a relying technology provider, wherein the live auction event simultaneously occurs on a physical auction floor and virtually. The method may also include processing the plurality of bids at the primary technology provider. The method may further include providing the processed plurality of bids to a single designated clerking console associated with the primary technology provider for the live auction event. The method may also include receiving an accepted bid from the single designated clerking console.