Patent ID: 8688253

Claim:
A method for recognizing a sound on a server computer, the method comprising: receiving on the server computer a user input from a computing device, the user input providing a search query comprising the sound; executing instructions stored in memory on the server computer, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor on the server computer: provides an available set of sound recognition applications, the available set of sound recognition applications comprising at least two sound recognition applications selected from a group of sound recognition applications at least comprising a first sound recognition application for singing or humming sounds, a second sound recognition application for recorded music, and a third sound recognition application for speech, provides an available set of databases, each database comprising a sound type and associated data, the available set of databases comprising at least two databases selected from a group of databases at least comprising a first database for singing or humming sounds, a second database for recorded music, and a third database for speech, discriminates the sound by classifying the sound according to a sound type and routing the sound to a corresponding sound recognition applications for processing based on the sound type, the corresponding sound recognition application being selected from the available set of sound recognition applications, analyzes a database for searching based on the sound type using data included in the discriminated sound, the database being selected from of the available set of databases, and obtains information regarding the discriminated sound based on the analysis; and in response to the search query, transmitting for display information regarding the discriminated sound to a display of the computing device.