Methods and apparatus for retrieving a web site based on broadcast radio or television programming
First Claim
1. A method of retrieving a web page associated with a television broadcast channel, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a current audio segment of a television broadcast signal, the current audio segment being intended for use by a human recipient in conjunction with a video portion of the television broadcast signal;
comparing the current audio segment to a plurality of candidate audio segments to determine a particular audio segment which represents the current audio segment, the particular audio segment being one of the plurality of candidate audio segments;
correlating the particular audio segment to the television broadcast channel;
determining the web page based on the television broadcast channel; and
retrieving the web page.
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Abstract
The methods and apparatus described herein provide a system for determining a target web site associated with a radio or television program by making a comparison between a received sound segment and a known sound segment. The received sound segment is preferably captured at a personal computer (or any other computing device) by a microphone or a hard wired connection. The known sound segment is preferably retrieved from a plurality of known sound segments indicative of audio from a plurality of radio and/or television channels. Received sound segments and known sound segments are preferably time stamped to further facilitate comparison. This comparison may occur in the personal computer by making data indicative of the known sound segments available to the device. Alternatively, the comparison may be achieved by passing the received sound segment to another location (e.g., an Internet site). In an alternate embodiment, received video segments may be compared to known video segments. Once the comparison is performed, the channel (or station) can be determined and a target web site may be identified. Subsequently, the personal computer may be directed to an existing web page or a dynamically generated web page (e.g., based on the determined channel/station, the users viewing history, the user'"'"'s geographical location, the user'"'"'s voice commands, and/or the user'"'"'s demographics).
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43 Claims
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1. A method of retrieving a web page associated with a television broadcast channel, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a current audio segment of a television broadcast signal, the current audio segment being intended for use by a human recipient in conjunction with a video portion of the television broadcast signal;
comparing the current audio segment to a plurality of candidate audio segments to determine a particular audio segment which represents the current audio segment, the particular audio segment being one of the plurality of candidate audio segments;
correlating the particular audio segment to the television broadcast channel;
determining the web page based on the television broadcast channel; and
retrieving the web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26)
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21. A method of retrieving a web page associated with a radio station, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a current audio segment of a radio broadcast signal during a time period;
comparing the current audio segment to a plurality of candidate audio segments associated with the time period to determine a particular audio segment which represents the current audio segment, the particular audio segment being one of the plurality of candidate audio segments;
correlating the particular audio segment to the radio station;
determining the web page based on the radio station; and
retrieving the web page. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer readable medium storing a software program for retrieving a web page associated with an audio broadcast, the software program being structured to cause a computing device to:
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receive a current audio segment of the audio broadcast during a time period, the current audio segment being intended for use by a human recipient;
compare the current audio segment to a plurality of candidate audio segments associated with the time period to determine a particular audio segment which represents the current audio segment, the particular audio segment being one of the plurality of candidate audio segments;
determine the web page based on the particular audio segment; and
retrieve the web page. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A method of retrieving a web page associated with a television broadcast channel, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a current video segment of a television broadcast signal;
comparing the current video segment to a plurality of candidate video segments to determine a particular video segment which represents the current video segment, the particular video segment being one of the plurality of candidate video segments;
correlating the particular video segment to the television broadcast channel;
determining the web page based on the television broadcast channel; and
retrieving the web page. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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