Dynamic improvisational fill feature

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9799314
APP PUB NO 20170092254A1
SERIAL NO

15278625

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The present disclosure is directed at systems, methods, and apparatus for implementing a rhythm-action game having an improvisational fill feature. The rhythm-action game can provide a musical track having at least one section that can be varied. The rhythm-action game can also provide a database having a plurality of fills, wherein each fill includes a soundtrack and a set of cues. During run-time, the rhythm-action game can select, for each section in the musical track that can be varied, a fill from the plurality of fills. In some embodiments, this selection can be based on various characterizing parameters to ensure that the fill is a good fit for the musical track. The rhythm-action game can also display a set of visual cues associated with the selected fill, and to evaluate whether received user input substantially corresponds to the displayed cues.

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HARMONIX MUSIC SYSTEMS INC40 BROAD STREET FLOOR 7 BOSTON MA 02109

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Challinor, Ryan Cambridge, US 5 213
Lopiccolo, Gregory B Brookline, US 9 463

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