"The technology allows you to retrieve, within seconds, not only a track's title but also the artist and album. All that's required is to hold a mobile phone to a radio's speaker for three seconds-long enough to record a digital fingerprint when a song is playing.
The cell phone sends the fingerprint to a database that matches it with the identifying codes of almost every song ever recorded and released.
News source: CD Freaks - New Technology Names That Song
The cell phone sends the fingerprint to a database that matches it with the identifying codes of almost every song ever recorded and released.
News source: CD Freaks - New Technology Names That Song
How long does this process take?
"Less than four seconds after dialing the service number, up pops a text message on your cell phone with the song's ID."
But what about background noise and the like?
"The fingerprint might contain small mistakes. The technology is so robust that it can handle that".
"Philips researchers are says background noise or poor sound quality should not prevent the server from recognizing a song".
Are there any other applications from this technology?
"Copyright protection agencies could also use the technology to identify and catalogue which songs played on the radio. As well, a legitimate online music services running on the Napster model could use the technology to stop copyright-protected material from being shared".
So what do you think or will this go down the tubes. If this is a service then obviously money is a necessary part of the equation.
Commenting has either been disabled on this article or you are not logged in. Click here to login or register, its free!
Note: Anonymous commenting is disabled in order to keep the quality of responses to a high standard.