TikTok parent company ByteDance (and its affiliates) are prolific inventors.
Bloomberg method It was reported in March that the company had exceeded 900 Has valid patents in the United States alone 600 To-do. Byte hopping is over, according to Insights Gate 9,000 As of October 2023, the number of global patents 7,553 Which is active.
MBW Extensive coverage of the company music related Patents to date. For example, in August 2022, we broke the news that Tik Tok holds a patent for a music service in the United States; a year later, TikTok launched its premium music streaming platform, now known as tiktok music.
In March, we published two reports investigating ByteDance and its mysterious affiliates lemon company Research i have music.
Today we can reveal one of them Byte-jumping Latest US patent application – appears to describe Electronic devices that can play music.
The application was filed in the United States in December 2023 and discovered by MBW, and is titled: “Music Playback Method and Device.”
The application appears to be a continuation of an application originally filed in China in 2022 for the same invention.
This application is also currently pending. A pending US version was released in April.
In the abstract section of the document (you can read the full text here), Byte bounce Explanation: “Users can play music through electronic devices”, but “the music playback mode of traditional music applications [offer a] Lack of flexibility, so playback is not ideal” [sic].
Byte Beat explains that the “first aspect” of its invention is “method “Music playback interface”, including “target application for playing music” and “interface”, “interface” including “operation control to enhance the music playback effect through at least one process, which is used to represent music content in more ways ”. than sound”.
The second aspect of the invention describes ” instrument for music playback,” which features “an interface that includes operational controls for enhancing music playback effects” and “for presenting music content in ways other than sound.”
Byte hopping describes the third aspect of the invention as "Electronic equipment Includes at least a processor and memory.
The document describes a device and application with flashing lights, a flickering screen, and vibration capabilities that are affected by changes in music playback.
Byte bounce explained that the “properties” of this vibration, as well as the flicker frequency, brightness and color of the light source and screen “may be related to the beat points in the music, the change points of the sound in the music, and the change points of the sound.” .
“The flickering frequency, brightness, color and other attributes of the light source may be related to music. For example, these attributes may be related to the beat points in the music, the changing points of the sounds in the music, and the changing points of the musical instruments in the music.”
Byte jumping patent application
“Change points in the sound of the voice and/or instrument may include volume change points, timbre change points and pitch change points,” the company added in the filing.
These functions, including flashing lights and vibrations corresponding to music, “can be fixed, randomly set, or preset through corresponding operating controls.”
Byte bounce Vibration characterization is “based on vibration intensity,” the document states, such that “the larger the time interval, the smaller the vibration intensity.”
Also, “the smaller the time interval, the greater the intensity of the vibration.” (This sounds like the way a Playstation or X Box controller vibrates during gameplay.)
“In this way, the vibration effect may be more flexible and may enhance the user’s experience of enjoying music,” the document states.
picture(image 3) An interface is shown below, which includes the track name, lyrics and an area for controlling playback, which appears to have download, like, search and share buttons.
Figure 4, Meanwhile, more features are revealed, including a sleep timer, “Stealth Settings,” a “Favorites” button, and an “Exciting” mode button, which the document explains “can enhance the playback of music,” complete with flashing lights , flickering screen, vibrating for example.
Smart devices that play music made by ByteDance are not a far-fetched concept.
In 2020, the company launched the touch-screen Dali smart desk lamp in China, which focuses on education, allowing parents to connect with their children remotely through a mobile app.
The diagram above of ByteDance’s proposed inventions also appears to show a “children’s music” section. Music-enabled smart devices for kids are big business right now.
Just last week, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife’s investment fund participated in a $22 million funding round for children’s audio platform Yoto.
As we mentioned at the beginning of this article, ByteDance subsidiary TikTok also holds a U.S. patent, which you can read here , for “enabling the downloading of digital music content to portable wireless computing devices.” and the methods used thereon.” TikTok also operates a premium music service (and a Spotify competitor) in Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Mexico and Singapore.
Can Byte bounce is planning to launch iPod-like device Fully loaded tiktok music A light show that displays lyrics and plays in sync with the music?
who knows. Watch this space…global music business
