DIGITAL RADIO FEEDBACK SYSTEMS

• US 20100074345A1
• Filed: 11/30/2009
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nguyen, Hong, Roberts, Linda
• Granted Patent: US 7,853,196 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 375/259
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/30 characterised by the use of a return channel, e.g. for collecting users' opinions, for returning broadcast space/time information or for requesting data
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/37 via a different channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/90 specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/64 for providing detail information

Abstract

A system including a digital radio broadcast station, a receiver, and a network. The digital radio broadcast station includes a transmitter and a server. The receiver is in communication with the digital radio broadcast transmitter and also includes a user interface for receiving user input commands comprising a request for information from the digital radio broadcast station. The receiver is configured to establish a two-way communication path between the receiver and the digital radio broadcast transmitter. The network is in communication with the server and the receiver for exchanging information therebetween. The request for information is provided to the server via the network and the server is configured to receive the request and transmit a response message to the receiver in accordance with the request.

Claims

1. A method for digital broadcast feedback, comprising:

generating a query for information related to a digital broadcast station, the query includes a packet comprising at least two of an identification address of a receiver, a location of the receiver, a current time, a current date, a channel identification number, or a station identification number;

submitting the query to the digital broadcast station via a two-way communication path between the receiver and the digital broadcast station; and

receiving a response to the query for the information from the digital broadcast station.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying at least a portion of the response to the query for the information.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising tailoring the query for the information based at least in part on one or more of a classification of the digital broadcast station, a classification of a current transmission, a classification of a previous transmission, a classification of a scheduled transmission, or a user preference.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising referring the receiver to a third party vendor based at least in part on the query.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising recording at least a portion of a transmission over the digital broadcast station.

6. A device configured to establish a two-way communication path with a digital broadcast station, comprising:

a transmitter component configured to submit a request to the digital broadcast station; and

a receiver component configured to receive information from the digital broadcast station;

wherein the request includes at least two of an identification address of the device, a location of the device, a current time, a current date, a channel identification number, or a digital broadcast station identification number.

7. The device of claim 6, the request relates to a transmission broadcast from the digital broadcast station.

8. The device of claim 7, the transmission is one of currently being broadcast on the digital broadcast station or previously broadcast on the digital broadcast station.

9. The device of claim 7, further comprising a recording component configured to record one or more portions of at least a portion of the transmission or at least a portion of the information.

10. The device of claim 9, the recording component schedules the one or more portions for presentation to a user at a later time.

11. The device of claim 6, further comprising a user interface that displays at least a portion of the request or the information.

12. The device of claim 11, the user interface selectively hides the at least the portion of the request or information based on one or more of a classification of the digital broadcast station, a classification media currently being broadcast, a classification of media previously broadcast, a classification of media scheduled to be broadcast, or a user preference.

13. The device of claim 11, the user interface selectively displays the at least the portion of the request or the information based on one or more of a classification of the digital broadcast station, a classification media currently being broadcast, a classification of media previously broadcast, a classification of media scheduled to be broadcast, or a user preference.

14. The device of claim 13, the device tailors the user interface in accordance with a stored user history comprising at least in part the one or more of the classification of the digital broadcast station, the classification media currently being broadcast, the classification of media previously broadcast, the classification of media scheduled to be broadcast, or the user preference.

15. The device of claim 6, further comprising a purchase component configured to link the device to one or more third party vendors based on at least a portion of the information.

16. The device of claim 15, the information is one of currently being broadcast on the digital broadcast station or scheduled to be broadcast on the digital broadcast station.

17. A system for two-way communication with a digital broadcast station, comprising:

means for generating a request related to content transmitted by a digital broadcast station, the request includes a packet comprising at least two of an identification address of a receiver, a location of the receiver, a current time, a current date, a channel identification number, or a station identification number; and

means for submitting the request to the digital broadcast station via two-way communication between the receiver and the digital broadcast station; and

means for receiving a response to the request from the digital broadcast station.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising means for connecting the receiver to one or more third party vendors based at least in part on the request.

19. The system of claim 17, the response to the request includes information related to the content, the content is one of previously broadcast or scheduled to be broadcast.

20. The system of claim 17, the information related to the content is tailored based at least in part on one or more of a classification of the digital broadcast station, a classification of the content, and a user preference.