System and method for bookmarking radio stations and associated internet addresses

• US 20040203729A1
• Filed: 04/22/2002
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Makipaa, Mikko, Anttila, Akseli, Kopra, Toni, Heikkinen, Barbara, Saarinen, Petteri J., Madan, Hemant, Beletski, Oleg
• Granted Patent: US 7,599,689 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/426.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
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• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/34 using an out-of-band subcarrier signal
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• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/07 characterised by processes or methods for the generation
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• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/73 using meta-information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/80 characterised by transmission among terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/85 which are mobile communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
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• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 : for supporting Internet browser applications
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 : embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 : Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 : End-user interface for client configuration
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6547 : comprising parameters, e.g. for client setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 : Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 : Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services

Abstract

A system and method is provided for permitting a data terminal to connect to a broadcast station web site and to receive a broadcast station broadcast in response to selection of a bookmark. Selection of the bookmark results in a tuner on the data terminal being tuned to receive a broadcast while the data terminal substantially simultaneously connects to a web site for the broadcast station. Broadcast frequency information and web site address information for the bookmark may be stored on the data terminal, or such information may be stored remotely, such as on a station id server in communication with the data terminal. The bookmark may be programmed by the user and may represent different broadcast stations according to parameters.

Claims

1. An apparatus for communicating with a data network and for receiving broadcast media, the apparatus comprising:

a storage medium; and

a processor coupled to the storage medium that performs steps comprising;

(a) detecting an input from a command entry device selecting a bookmark stored in the storage medium;

(b) tuning a receiver to a broadcast frequency associated with the bookmark for receiving broadcast media from a broadcast media station; and

(c) sending a request to a broadcast station server via the data network for information related to the broadcast media station.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor further performs the steps of:

(d) receiving information from the broadcast station server; and

(e) displaying the information received in step (d) on a display of the apparatus.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bookmark comprises a radio bookmark, the broadcast media comprises a radio broadcast, and the broadcast media station comprises a radio station.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises a mobile terminal device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the broadcast media comprises analog broadcast media.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the broadcast media comprises digital broadcast media.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor further performs the steps of:

(f) sending a request for the broadcast frequency to a station id server via the data network; and

(g) receiving data indicative of the broadcast frequency.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein for step (f) the data indicative of the broadcast frequency is received from the station id server.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein for step (f) the data indicative of the broadcast frequency is received from the broadcast station server associated with the broadcast media station.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bookmark comprises a pointer and at least one parameter.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the bookmark is programmable by a user of the apparatus.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one parameter is selected from the group consisting of a broadcast frequency for a broadcast media station, a radio station call sign, a television station call sign, a unique user id, a unique apparatus id, user location information, and broadcast classification information.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the unique user id comprises a username and a password.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the broadcast media comprises a radio broadcast and the broadcast classification information comprises a music category.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the request of step (c) is sent to the broadcast station server through a station id server that redirects the request to the broadcast station server.

16. A server for determining a broadcast media station for a data terminal device based on a bookmark selected on the data terminal device, the server comprising:

a storage medium; and

a processor for performing steps comprising;

(a) receiving a request from the data terminal device for broadcast frequency information and a network address for a broadcast station server in response to selection of the bookmark; and

(b) determining a broadcast media station based on the bookmark.

17. The server of claim 16, wherein the processor performs steps further comprising:

(c) sending data indicative of the broadcast frequency information to the data terminal device; and

(d) sending data indicative of the network address to the data terminal device.

18. The server of claim 16, wherein the processor performs steps further comprising the step of redirecting the request of step (a) to the broadcast station server associated with the broadcast station.

19. The server of claim 16, wherein the bookmark comprises a pointer and at least one parameter.

20. The server of claim 19, wherein the at least one parameter is selected from the group consisting of a broadcast frequency for a broadcast media station, a radio station call sign, a television station call sign, a unique user id, a unique apparatus id, user location information, and broadcast classification information.

21. The server of claim 20, wherein the unique user id comprises a username and a password.

22. The server of claim 20, wherein the broadcast media station is a radio station and the broadcast classification information comprises a music category.

23. The server of claim 16, wherein the broadcast media station is a radio station.

24. A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:

(a) detecting an input from a command entry device selecting a bookmark stored in a storage medium;

(b) tuning a broadcast media receiver to a frequency associated with the bookmark for receiving broadcast media from a broadcast media station; and

(c) sending a request to a broadcast station server for information related to the broadcast media station.

25. The computer readable medium of claim 24, the steps further comprising:

(d) sending a request for the frequency to a station id server; and

(e) receiving data indicative of the frequency.

26. The computer readable medium of claim 25, wherein for step (e) the data indicative of the frequency is received from the station id server.

27. The computer readable medium of claim 25, wherein for step (e) the data indicative of the frequency is received from a broadcast station server associated with the broadcast media station for the frequency.

28. The computer readable medium of claim 24, wherein the bookmark comprises at least one parameter and step (c) comprises the step of sending the at least one parameter.

29. The computer readable medium of claim 28, wherein the at least one parameter is selected from the group consisting of a broadcast frequency for a broadcast media station, a radio station call sign, a television station call sign, a unique user id, a unique apparatus id, user location information, and broadcast classification information.

30. The computer readable medium of claim 24, wherein the broadcast media station comprises a radio station.

31. A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:

(a) receiving a request from a data terminal device via a communication network for a broadcast frequency and a network address for a broadcast station server in response to selection of a bookmark on the data terminal device; and

(b) determining a broadcast media station based on the bookmark.

32. The computer readable medium of claim 31, further comprising the steps of:

(c) sending data indicative of the broadcast frequency to the data terminal device via the communication network; and

(d) sending data indicative of the network address to the data terminal device via the communication network.

33. The computer readable medium of claim 31, further comprising the step of redirecting the request of step (a) to the broadcast station server associated with the broadcast station.

34. The computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein the bookmark comprises at least one parameter.

35. The computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein the at least one parameter is selected from the group consisting of a broadcast frequency for a broadcast media station, a radio station call sign, a television station call sign, a unique user id, a unique apparatus id, user location information, and broadcast classification information.

36. A method for receiving broadcast media from a broadcast media station and communicating with a broadcast station server, the method comprising:

(a) detecting an input from a command entry device of a terminal device selecting a bookmark stored in a storage medium of the terminal device;

(b) tuning a broadcast media receiver of the terminal device to a frequency associated with the bookmark for receiving broadcast media from the broadcast media station; and

(c) sending a request to the broadcast station server for information related to the broadcast media station.

37. The method of claim 36, further comprising:

(d) sending a request for the frequency to a station id server; and

(e) receiving data indicative of the frequency.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein the data indicative of the frequency is received from the station id server.

39. The method of claim 37, wherein the data indicative of the frequency is received from the broadcast station server.

40. A method for communicating with a data terminal device via a communication network for providing bookmark information to the terminal device, the method comprising:

(a) receiving a request from the data terminal device via the communication network for a broadcast frequency and a network address for a broadcast station server in response to selection of a bookmark on the data terminal device; and

(b) determining a broadcast media station based on the bookmark.

41. The method of claim 40, further comprising the steps of:

(c) sending data indicative of the broadcast frequency to the data terminal device via the communication network; and

(d) sending data indicative of the network address to the data terminal device via the communication network.

42. The computer readable medium of claim 40, further comprising the step of redirecting the request of step (a) to the broadcast station server associated with the broadcast station.

43. A mobile terminal device comprising:

a storage medium;

a radio bookmark stored in the storage medium associated with a radio station, the radio bookmark pointing to a frequency for receiving a radio broadcast for the radio station and pointing to a network address for a radio station server for the radio station;

a command entry device;

a display;

a radio receiver;

an antenna; and

a processor coupled to the storage medium that performs steps comprising;

(a) detecting an input from the command entry device selecting the radio bookmark;

(b) tuning the radio receiver to the frequency for the radio station; and

(c) sending a request to the radio station server via a data network for information related to the radio station;

(d) receiving information from the radio station server; and

(e) displaying the information received in step (d) on the display.