Search and Deploy: SyncFloor Announces Patent For Its Music Discovery Technology

15 February 2021 - Press release

Music search and licensing platform, SyncFloor, has received a patent for its system and method for natural language music search from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent (10,839,008) verifies that SyncFloor's co-founder, CEO and CTO, Kirt Debique, has developed a unique, state-of-the art process for generating computerized search results using natural language, song categorization and ranked query results.

"In a world where thousands of songs are recorded and released every day, producers and other content creators hoping to find the perfect track for their advertisement, video game promo, podcast intro, or film score can face a daunting and time-consuming process." said Debique. "Our patented technology dramatically alters this equation by allowing content producers to find high quality, relevant music in a fraction of the time from what traditional discovery methods offer."

Typically, music discovery involves producers writing up a "brief" or description of the type of song they are seeking, sending it out to their music-savvy friends and contacts, and then gathering and culling through the responses. Debique has developed a method that allows the producer to take that same brief, type it into SyncFloor's search engine and receive meaningful results — in mere seconds. For example, you can type the words "looking for a dark and moody space intro, music similar to a new age Flaming Lips". The search results include not only a list of songs — but also intuitive graphics highlighting genres, sub-genres, and moods, which allow a user to narrow down or refine search results further. 

SyncFloor hopes this technology will not only make producers more efficient but will also help artists as well, by allowing the right song to surface for a particular search based on it having the right features rather than whether the artist's representative happened to be one of a handful to receive the producer's brief.

"We are so happy to see Kirt's innovation recognized with the announcement of the patent," said Cestjon McFarland, COO of SyncFloor. "We knew we had groundbreaking technology, and we're excited to put it to use to connect artists and content producers, and to contribute to the global democratization of music creation and distribution."