Patent ID: 7714222

Claim:
A method for collaborative handling of music contributions over a network, the method comprising: receiving a music contribution at a portal, the music contribution comprising a set of music elements and the portal being accessible over the network; receiving a plurality of collaboration requests at the portal over the network, each of the plurality of collaboration requests relating at least in part to the music contribution, wherein at least a first portion of the plurality of collaboration requests is from a first user workstation, and at least a second portion of the plurality of collaboration requests is from a second user workstation, and wherein at least one collaboration request relates to the set of music elements; editing the music contribution such that the editing relates to user interaction comprising both signal level edits and score representation edits; and generating music output at the portal relating to at least a portion of the music contribution and in response to at least one of the collaboration requests; wherein the at least a portion of the music contribution is deconstructed by determining music micro-elements and determining music macro-elements based on the determined music micro-elements.