Patent Document ID: 8301443
Application ID: 12275830
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method of generating audio cohorts, computer implemented method comprising: receiving audio data from a set of audio sensors, by an audio analysis engine, wherein the audio data is associated with a plurality of objects, and wherein the audio data comprises a set of audio patterns; processing the audio data to identify audio attributes associated with the plurality of objects to form digital audio data, wherein the digital audio data comprises metadata describing the audio attributes of the set of objects, wherein the audio attributes of the audio data comprise an identification of a sound, wherein the sound is identified as human speech, and wherein the audio attributes of the audio data identify one of sound identifications from a group consisting of a language spoken, a regional dialect associated with the human speech, an accent associated with the human speech, an identification of whether the speaker is male or female, an identification of words spoken in the human speech, and an identification of a vocalized breathing sound; and generating a set of audio cohorts using the audio attributes associated with the digital audio data and cohort criteria, wherein each audio cohort in the set of audio cohorts comprises a set of objects from the plurality of objects that share at least one audio attribute in common.