EP1579346A4

Automatic digital music library builder

Abstract

A digital music library builder including an analog-to-digital converter for converting analog audio into digital audio, an optical character processor for recognizing characters within an image, a meta-data extractor for identifying meta-data for a song within the recognized characters, an audio parser for marking the start and end of a song within the digital audio, and a database manager for associating the identified meta-data with the marked song, within a digital music library. A method is also described and claimed.

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EP1016991A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	X	Search report	1-91
EP1074926A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	Search report	1-91
US2002116277A1	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	1-91
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EP1016991A	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	–	–	–
WO0007310A	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	–	–	–
WO0045291A	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	–	–	–
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33644303	United States of America	A	2003-01-02
0301109	Israel	W	2003-12-29

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Automatic digital music library builder

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