Passalong Gracenote Mobile Music

PassAlong(TM) Mobile announced today theaddition of the Gracenote Mobile MusicID(TM) technology to its mobile solution offering. PassAlong Mobile provides a platform of services for wireless,mobile and home connected media applications. Gracenote's Mobile MusicID combines the world's most advanced andaccurate audio stream recognition technology with the largest musicinformation database. Utilizing the Gracenote Global Media Database, whichcontains information on more than five million CDs and 60 million individualtracks, Mobile MusicID provides fast, accurate and reliable songidentification and metadata for users in more than 200 countries and regionsaround the world. Gracenote's global media database also includes more than 10million song fingerprints, optimized for mobile devices and representing themost popular music in the world. "Song identification is crucial for both discovery and linking toenhanced services," said Kevin Gorman, GM of PassAlong Mobile. "Gracenote'stechnology and global database provides the best coverage for remoteidentification on mobile devices anywhere in the world, enabling serviceproviders to provide instant discovery, related content and purchaseopportunities to their users " PassAlong Mobile provides consumers with a legitimate solution forsharing music recommendations through its Passing-and-Points(TM) program,which enables them to earn points toward future purchases when arecommendation results in a transaction. "PassAlong is an innovative partner for Gracenote technologies, and agreat illustration of how we envision Mobile MusicID being used by customers,"said Craig Palmer, chief executive officer at Gracenote. "We are excited toprovide PassAlong with our Mobile MusicID technology, and look forward toworking together on future initiatives to better serve connected consumersaround the world." Other offerings from PassAlong Mobile includes theConnect-to-Consumer(TM) transfer of protected content from one WiFi-enabledportable device to another, the wireless version of its popular OnTour(TM)concert finding application and Concert-of-the-Future(TM) initiative.