System for ledger and parametric marketplace for algorithmic content creations

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that has a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations including: receiving media content from user equipment, wherein the media content comprises a sample of an existing work used to modify an original work; analyzing the media content using machine learning to determine a plurality of composition parameters that characterize aspects of the media content; recording the plurality of composition parameters determined, including an identification of composition parameters in the plurality of composition parameters attributable to the existing work, and an identification of composition parameters attributable to the original work, in a blockchain ledger; searching for the composition parameters in the blockchain ledger for one or more works having similar composition parameters; and reporting any works found during the searching to the user equipment.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device, comprising:
 a processing system including a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
 analyzing audio content to determine a plurality of composition parameters that characterize aspects of the audio content; 
 recording the plurality of composition parameters determined, including an identification of first composition parameters in the plurality of composition parameters attributable to an existing work, and an identification of second composition parameters attributable to an original work, in a blockchain ledger, wherein the existing work is a modification of the original work; 
 searching for the plurality of composition parameters in the blockchain ledger for one or more works having similar composition parameters to the first composition parameters or the second composition parameters; and 
 reporting any works having the similar composition parameters found during the searching. 
   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the composition parameters comprise mood classification, genre classification, drum transcription, chord estimation, downbeat estimation, key detection, onset detection, tempo estimation, lyrics-to-audio alignment, melody extraction, beat tracking, voice identification, attack, decay, sustain, release, velocity, tempo, pitch or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein the audio content includes music. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the composition parameters comprise instrument, tempo, speed, pitch, timing, key, timbre, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the analyzing comprises content analysis techniques in watermarking, generalized recognition, procedural effects, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 5 , wherein the composition parameters are detected by an algorithm exhaustively executing a plurality of modifications. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise estimating a confidence level that the one or more works found during the searching have the similar composition parameters. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the searching is conducted by a machine-learning model that generates the confidence level for each of the one or more works having similar composition parameters found by the machine-learning model. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise: recording an identification of the one or more works found and the confidence level in the blockchain ledger. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise: reporting any works having the similar composition parameters found during the searching to a creator of the original work. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise issuing a smart contract to require virtual payment for the modification of the original work. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the processing system comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed computing environment. 
     
     
         13 . A non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
 analyzing and decomposing audio content into composition parameters that characterize aspects of the audio content, wherein the audio content includes music, and the composition parameters are associated with instruments, voice identification, or a combination thereof;   adjusting the audio content to generate adjusted content comprising adjusted composition parameters;   searching a blockchain ledger for one or more works having similar composition parameters to the adjusted composition parameters;   reporting any works having the similar composition parameters;   adding the adjusted composition parameters to the blockchain ledger for the adjusted content; and   providing access to the adjusted content and the adjusted composition parameters.   
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the processing system comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed computing environment. 
     
     
         15 . A method, comprising:
 analyzing, by a processing system comprising a processor, audio content for composition parameters that characterize aspects of the audio content;   searching, by the processing system, for the composition parameters in a blockchain ledger for one or more matching works having similar composition parameters; and   providing, by the processing system, a performance of the audio content, as permitted by any matching works found during the searching, wherein the performance is personalized for a user based on a location of the user, a mood of the user, a profile of the user, or a combination thereof.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the processing system, new composition parameters specified for modifying the performance of the audio content; and modifying, by the processing system, the performance of the audio content based on the new composition parameters specified. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the method further comprises: limiting, by the processing system, the new composition parameters to those permitted by the one or more matching works found. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the new composition parameters comprise mood classification, genre classification, drum transcription, chord estimation, downbeat estimation, key detection, onset detection, tempo estimation, lyrics-to-audio alignment, melody extraction, beat tracking, voice identification, attack, decay, sustain, release, velocity, tempo, pitch or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the new composition parameters comprise instrument, tempo, speed, pitch, timing, key, timbre, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the audio content includes music.