Patent AU-2019379953-A1 (AU)
Title: Methods and devices for storing and managing audio data on blockchain
Inventor: XU HUI
IPC: G06F16/27
Filed: 2019-11-29
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) 
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(43) International Publication Date W O 2020/098816 A3 
22 May 2020 (22.05.2020) W IPO I PCT 
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(54) Title: METHODS AND DEVICES FOR STORING AND MANAGING AUDIO DATA ON BLOCKCHAIN 
Recorder Producer Blockchain Receiver 
302 
Record Audio Data 
r304 
300 Submit Request to 306 
Store Audio Data Store Audio Data and 
308 +Spectrogram 
Request Production 310 
-Produce Object(s) 
Receive An Object 
with A Spectrogram 
Incorporated Therein 
Scan the Spectrogram to 312 
Access or Retrieve the 
Audio Data 
00 FIG. 3 
(57) Abstract: Method, device, apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable medium are disclosed for storing and managing audio 
data. The method includes: receiving a request to store audio data (602); associating the audio data with a spectrogram generated based 
on the audio data (604); storing the audio data and the spectrogram on a blockchain (606); and providing access to the audio data based 
on the spectrogram (608).
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- before the expiration of the time limit for amending the 
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amendments (Rule 48.2(h)) 
- upon request of the applicant, before the expiration of the 
time limit referred to in Article 21(2)(a) 
(88) Date of publication of the international search report: 
15 October 2020 (15.10.2020)