System and Method for Providing Information About Broadcasted Content
First Claim
1. A system for providing information about broadcasted content, comprising:
- a server for receiving a request from a listener about content being broadcasted by a broadcasting entity;
means for generating a timestamp for the request, the timestamp representing the time of generation of the request by the listener;
means for querying a music database associated with the broadcasting entity using the timestamp to obtain information about content broadcasted by the broadcasting entity; and
means for transmitting the information to the listener.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing information about broadcasted content is provided. A synchronization server receives requests for information about content being broadcasted, such as a song being broadcasted by a radio station. The request can be issued by a listener of the radio station using his or her cellular telephone, a portable communications device, or a local computer. The time of the request is used to query a database of a music server associated with the radio station, to retrieve song title, artist name, and album name corresponding to the song currently being played by the radio station. Information about the song is then transmitted to the listener, whereupon the user can perform other tasks associated with the song, such as obtaining lyrics to the song, ordering tickets to events by the artist of the song, downloading ring tones, downloading the song, accessing a streamed version of the song, etc.
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41 Claims
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1. A system for providing information about broadcasted content, comprising:
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a server for receiving a request from a listener about content being broadcasted by a broadcasting entity; means for generating a timestamp for the request, the timestamp representing the time of generation of the request by the listener; means for querying a music database associated with the broadcasting entity using the timestamp to obtain information about content broadcasted by the broadcasting entity; and means for transmitting the information to the listener. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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- 2. The system of claim 2, further comprising means for obtaining location information about the listener'"'"'s geographic location.
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19. A method for providing information about broadcasted content, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request at a server from a listener about content being broadcasted by a broadcasting entity; generating a timestamp for the request, the timestamp representing the time of generation of the request by the listener; querying a music database associated with the broadcasting entity using the timestamp to obtain information about content broadcasted by the broadcasting entity; and transmitting the information to the listener. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for providing information about broadcasted content, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a telephone call at a server from a listener requesting information about content being broadcasted by a broadcasting entity; obtaining caller identification information corresponding to the telephone call; querying a database associated with the broadcasting entity to obtain information about content broadcasted by the broadcasting entity; transmitting the information about the content to the listener; and storing the caller identification information at the server for future use in obtaining the information about the content. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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