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System and method for coordinating supplemental materials with broadcast material

  • US 20020184339A1
  • Filed: 12/17/2001
  • Published: 12/05/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1998
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A radio broadcast system for coordinating the inclusion of supplemental materials with a radio program broadcast via the Internet, the radio broadcast system comprising:

  • a radio broadcast system configured to generate and broadcast radio broadcast materials to a plurality of listeners, the radio broadcast material being divided into a plurality of segments;

    an Internet broadcast service provider configured to receive the broadcast radio broadcast materials and to rebroadcast the radio broadcast materials to a user via the Internet for playback to a user;

    a user terminal, configured to receive the rebroadcast signal from said Internet broadcast service provider and to retrieve supplemental materials related to said plurality of segments of said radio broadcast material;

    a first server configured to receive program data identifying individual ones of said plurality of segments, and to provide parameters for supplemental materials associated with said identified segments to said user terminal; and

    a second server configured to retrieve supplemental materials from one or more databases, the retrieval based on said parameters from said first server, and to provide said supplemental materials to said user terminal, wherein said user terminal is configured to play said supplemental materials in conjunction with the radio broadcast material.

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