Broadcasting data purchasing system and method thereof

• US 20080306832A1
• Filed: 06/08/2007
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Arcadyan Technology Corporation (Compal Electronics Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Arcadyan Technology Corporation (Compal Electronics Incorporated)
• Inventors: Syu, Wei-Hao, Chen, Jeng-Chun, Cheng, Yi-Hsiu
• Application Number:
  US11/808,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20080306832A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation

Abstract

A broadcasting data purchasing system includes an internet radio station, a media receiver and an online shopping server. The internet radio station provides broadcasting data. The media receiver receives, plays the broadcasting data and judges whether the broadcasting data includes metadata, which includes first audio information relevant to the broadcasting data. The media receiver responds with an operation event to output the first audio information when the broadcasting data includes the metadata. The online shopping server includes a goods database. The online shopping server receives the first audio information, searches for goods data from the goods database according to the first audio information, and stores the goods data.

Claims

1. A broadcasting data purchasing system, comprising:

an internet radio station for providing broadcasting data;

a media receiver for receiving and playing the broadcasting data, and judging whether the broadcasting data comprises metadata, wherein the metadata comprises first audio information relevant to the broadcasting data, and the media receiver responds with an operation event to output the first audio information when the broadcasting data comprises the metadata; and

an online shopping server, which comprises a goods database, receives the first audio information, searches for goods data from the goods database according to the first audio information, and stores the goods data.

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a program data server comprising a program database, wherein when the broadcasting data does not comprise the metadata, the media receiver outputs station data relevant to the internet radio station to the program data server so as to search for second audio information corresponding to the broadcasting data from the program database according to the station data and output the second audio information.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the media receiver receives and displays the second audio information, the media receiver further responds with the operation event to perform one of an operation of providing the second audio information to the online shopping server and an operation of driving the program data server to provide the second audio information to the online shopping server so as to search for and store the shopping record.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the media receiver further comprises:

a communication unit, which is connected to the internet radio station and the online shopping server for receiving the broadcasting data and outputting the first audio information;

a multimedia processor for receiving and playing the broadcasting data;

a processor for judging whether the broadcasting data comprises the metadata, wherein when the broadcasting data comprises the metadata, the processor generates the first audio information according to the metadata and responds with a driving signal to output the first audio information through the communication unit; and

a user interface unit for displaying the first audio information and responding with the operation event to generate the driving signal.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein:

when the broadcasting data does not comprise the metadata, the processor generates station data relevant to the internet radio station and outputs the station data through the communication unit; and

the broadcasting data purchasing system comprises a program data server, which comprises a program database for searching for second audio information corresponding to the broadcasting data from the program database according to the station data and outputs the second audio information.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the user interface unit receives and displays the second audio information through the communication unit, the processor responds with the driving signal to perform one of an operation of outputting the second audio information to the online shopping server through the communication unit and an operation of driving the program data server to output the second audio information to the online shopping server so as to search for and store the goods data.

7. The system according to claim 4, wherein:

the media receiver further comprises a radio unit for receiving and playing analog broadcasting data, and further outputting a receiving frequency corresponding to the analog broadcasting data; and

the user interface unit further responds with a position operation event to generate position data.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein:

the processor generates station data according to the receiving frequency and the position data; and

the broadcasting data purchasing system comprises a program data server comprising a program database, and searches for second audio information corresponding to the broadcasting data from the program database and outputting the second audio information according to the station data.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the user interface unit receives and displays the second audio information through the communication unit, the processor responds with the driving signal to perform one of an operation of outputting the second audio information to the online shopping server through the communication unit and an operation of driving the program data server to output the second audio information to the online shopping server so as to search for and store the goods data.

10. A broadcasting data purchasing method, comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving and playing broadcasting data;

(b) judging whether the broadcasting data comprises metadata, wherein the metadata comprises first audio information relevant to the broadcasting data, and performing step (c) if the broadcasting data comprises the metadata;

(c) responding with an operation event to output the first audio information; and

(d) searching for goods data from a goods database according to the first audio information and storing the goods data; and

(e) displaying the first audio information.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step (b) further comprises the step of:

performing step (f) of providing station data to a program database and searching for second audio information corresponding to the station data from the program database according to the station data and outputting the second audio information when the broadcasting data does not comprise the metadata.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising, after the step (f) the steps of:

(c′

) responding with an operation event to output the second audio information; and

(d′

) searching for the goods data from the goods database according to the second audio information and storing the goods data.