Patent ID: 7277852

Claim:
A music recognizing method for recognizing music from received data, the method comprising the steps of: extracting features of music content beforehand, storing the features and corresponding music names in a content feature file; extracting a feature from the received data, and storing the feature and a time in a broadcast feature file; searching for a music name of the feature in the broadcast feature file by comparing data in the content feature file and data in the broadcast feature file, wherein the music name corresponds to a feature, in the content feature file, the same as the feature in the broadcast feature file; when the music name is determined, the music name and the time corresponding to the feature, in the broadcast feature file, that corresponds to the music name are stored in a search result file; and generating a time-series playlist of music using the search result file and a content information database (DB) including information associated with the music name, wherein the time-series playlist includes the time, the music name of music broadcasted at the time and information associated with the music name.