Global time server for high accuracy musical tempo and event synchronization

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10627782
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15864314

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Systems, methods and apparatus directed to a global metronome configured at each of one or more locations to receive a high accuracy timing signal and responsively update a local clock thereto, to determine a phase of a virtual metronome using the updated local clock, a predetermined epoch start time and a predetermined virtual metronome period, to phase synchronize a local metronome to the virtual metronome, and to control local devices providing audio playback and/or a sequence of nonmusical events in accordance with start/stop/tempo messages configured in accordance with the local metronome. By using the global metronome at each of a plurality of locations to synchronize/control devices at those locations, the local devices that each of the plurality of locations are inherently synchronized with each other.

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THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYPRINCETON UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY LICENSING PRINCETON NJ 08544

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fiebrink, Rebecca London, GB 2 30
Oda, Reid Culver City, US 1 9

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