Patent ID: 8076564

Claim:
A method executed on a game platform in signal communication with a display and an input device, the method comprising: (a) displaying, on the display, a first target music data and a second target music data associated with a musical composition, the first target music data having a tolerance threshold that overlaps with a tolerance threshold of the second target music data; (b) receiving a music performance input data via the input device; (c) determining that the music performance input data is within the first target music data tolerance threshold and within the second target music data tolerance threshold; (d) determining a first score based on a first degree of matching between the music performance input and the first target music data; (e) determining a second score based on a second degree of matching between the music performance input and the second target music data; and (f) assigning the music performance input data to the first target music data or the second target music data when the difference between the first score and second score is greater than a predetermined value.