Tuning engine and user interface for internet broadcasts on mobile devices
First Claim
1. A system for accessing audio content over a global communications network, comprising:
- a radio communicably connectable to the network, the radio including a user interface having a plurality of tuning control inputs; and
a tuning engine for the radio, the tuning engine being operative to store user preference information for at least one radio user including at least one preferred audio content type, to receive audio content information including at least one network address associated with a respective audio content type, and to classify the audio content information based on at least one attribute of the audio content information, wherein the radio is configured to receive the classified audio content information from the tuning engine, and to assign at least one audio content type to each tuning control input based on the classified audio content information, thereby allowing the radio user to access the at least one preferred type of audio content at the associated network address by activating a respective tuning control input.
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Abstract
A system and method for accessing audio content over a global communications network such as the Internet or the Worldwide Web that can efficiently organize and categorize audio content of interest while providing a simple user interface to access the desired audio content. The system includes a Web radio device with a simplified user interface having a plurality of pushbuttons, a wireless transmission infrastructure, a gateway device, and a Web portal coupled to back-office devices that provide the processing of a tuning engine. The tuning engine finds and downloads Web pages associated with selected audio broadcasts, extracts information pertaining to the audio content of the Web broadcasts from the Web pages, and classifies the audio content into show classification types in the tuning engine based on a web page'"'"'s key words or meta-data. User configured audio content is then categorized and assigned to the respective pushbuttons of the Web radio user interface to allow the user to access the audio content by activating a single one or a minimal number of the pushbuttons.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for accessing audio content over a global communications network, comprising:
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a radio communicably connectable to the network, the radio including a user interface having a plurality of tuning control inputs; and
a tuning engine for the radio, the tuning engine being operative to store user preference information for at least one radio user including at least one preferred audio content type, to receive audio content information including at least one network address associated with a respective audio content type, and to classify the audio content information based on at least one attribute of the audio content information, wherein the radio is configured to receive the classified audio content information from the tuning engine, and to assign at least one audio content type to each tuning control input based on the classified audio content information, thereby allowing the radio user to access the at least one preferred type of audio content at the associated network address by activating a respective tuning control input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for accessing audio content over a global communications network, comprising the steps of:
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generating information pertaining to preferences of at least one user of a radio, the user preference information including at least one preferred audio content type, the radio including a user interface having a plurality of tuning control inputs;
storing the user preference information in at least one database of a tuning engine for the radio;
receiving audio content information including at least one network address associated with a respective audio content type at the tuning engine;
classifying the audio content information based on at least one attribute of the audio content information;
receiving the classified audio content information at the radio;
assigning at least one audio content type to each tuning control input of the radio based on the classified audio content information; and
activating a respective tuning control input of the radio to access the at least one preferred type of audio content at the associated network address. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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