Patent ID: 7982117
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G10H

Abstract:
1. A method of determining a user's preference of music, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a digital database comprising a plurality of digital song files; b) mathematically analyzing each said digital song file to determine a numerical value for a plurality of selected quantifiable characteristics; c) compiling a song vector comprising a list of said numerical values for each of said plurality of selected characteristic for each said song file; d) selecting and storing a representative portion of each said song file wherein said representative portion substantially mathematically matches the song vector of said song file; e) choosing a pair of two dissimilar representative portions and enabling said user to evaluate both representative portions; f) permitting said user to indicate which of said two dissimilar representative portions said user prefers; g) based on the indication from said user of which of said two dissimilar representative portions said user prefers, finding another pair of dissimilar representative portions to maximize the probability to learn something about the user's preference; and h) repeating steps e) through g), as necessary, to establish a taste vector for said user comprising song characteristics that said user prefers.