US Patent Issued on July 7 for "System for presenting graphically organized and rhythmically aligned song information" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,131, issued on July 7.

"System for presenting graphically organized and rhythmically aligned song information" was invented by Ian I. Goldstein (Milton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for graphically organizing a song's lyrics to the song's timing and chords, separate from the poetic phrasing of the lyrics, is provided. The lyrics are entered and manipulated with respect to the song's timing via a graphical display. Chords can be added at specific locations within the lyrics, including within a line and within a word. The arrangement of the lyrics, chords and timing are graphically presented with respect to measures of ...