Software Patent & Technological Innovation
Development and patenting of a system for automated extraction of music data from various media formats and creation of royalty lists for collective management organisations.
- Algorithm Design
- Audio Processing
- Pattern Matching
- Data Extraction
The Challenge
Media companies must pay royalties to collective management organisations (CMOs) for the use of musical works. Manual tracking of played titles from various media formats (audio, video, playlists) was time-consuming and error-prone. The goal was an automated system for extracting music information and matching it against a database of real music tracks.
The Solution
Development of a novel architecture for automated data extraction from various media formats with intelligent matching against a music database.
The Innovation Process
- Data Extraction: Parsing various media formats to extract metadata and audio fingerprints.
- Matching Algorithm: Matching extracted data against a database of real music tracks, accounting for spelling variations and incomplete information.
- CMO Integration: Automated creation of royalty lists compliant with collective management organisation requirements, including correct work and rights holder data.
- Patenting: Translating technical concepts into the legally precise language of a patent application in collaboration with patent attorneys.
The Result
The granting of the software patent confirms the uniqueness of the developed method. The system enabled a drastic reduction in manual effort for music rights management and ensured correct royalty accounting.