OBTAINING AND PRESENTING METADATA RELATED TO A RADIO BROADCAST

• US 20100081404A1
• Filed: 09/26/2008
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Silva, Bruno C., Harrison, Joshua C., Tedesco, Megan L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,457,575 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/186.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/13 radio data system/radio broadcast data system [RDS/RBDS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/63 for services of sales data processing systems or methods specially adapted for electronic commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/74 using programme related information, e.g. title, composer or interpreter

Abstract

A system and method for presenting content related to a radio broadcast are provided. The system may include a radio device having a receiver configured to receive a radio signal including an audio component and digitally encoded data associated with the audio component. The radio device may further include a decoder configured to decode the digitally encoded data from the radio signal. The radio device may further include a processor configured to receive the digitally encoded data from the decoder, extract a data parameter from the digitally encoded data, send a search query including the data parameter to a content service, and receive from the content service metadata associated with the data parameter. The system may further include a display configured to display the metadata received from the content service.

Claims

1. A system for presenting content related to a radio broadcast, comprising a radio device including:

a receiver configured to receive a radio signal including an audio component and digitally encoded data associated with the audio component;

a decoder configured to decode the digitally encoded data from the radio signal;

a processor configured to receive the digitally encoded data from the decoder, extract a data parameter from the digitally encoded data, send a search query including the data parameter to a content service, and receive from the content service displayable metadata associated with the data parameter; and

a display configured to display the metadata received from the content service.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the radio signal is a frequency modulation (FM) radio signal, the digitally encoded data is digitally encoded radio data system (RDS) data, and the data parameter is an RDS data parameter.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the RDS data parameter is selected from the group consisting of station call sign, program type, and radio text.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the radio text includes strings indicating track related data, the strings being selected from the group consisting of track title, album, track number, artist, composition, conductor, composer, band, track comment, genre, and a content identifier.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the content service is executed on a server in communication with the radio device via wide area network.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the content service is executed by the radio device or a device connected to the radio device by a local area network.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the metadata is selected from the group consisting of album art, artist biographies, track length, track reviews, music catalog navigation, related artists, related songs, and a link to purchase a digital copy of the track.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to receive a user selection of selected metadata types to be displayed on the radio device, and instruct the display to present the selected metadata types.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the radio device is a portable electronic device including a touch screen.

18. The method of claim 1O, further comprising receiving a user selection of selected metadata types to be displayed on the radio device;

wherein presenting the metadata include presenting the selected metadata types.

19. The method of claim 1O, wherein the data parameter is a digital signature of a hash extracted from a digital sample of a portion of the audio track that is contained in the audio component of the radio signal.

10. A method of presenting content related to a radio broadcast, comprising:

receiving a radio signal at a radio device, the radio signal including an audio component and digitally encoded data associated with the audio component;

processing the digitally encoded data to extract a data parameter;

sending a search query including the data parameter to a content service;

receiving from the content service displayable metadata associated with the content identifier; and

displaying the metadata on a display associated with the radio device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the radio signal is a frequency modulation (FM) radio signal, the digitally encoded data is digitally encoded radio data system (RDS) data, and the data parameter is an RDS data parameter.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the RDS data parameter is selected from the group consisting of station call sign, program type, and radio text.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the radio text includes strings indicating data related to the audio component, the data being selected from the group consisting of track title, album, track number, artist, composition, conductor, composer, band, track comment, genre, and a content identifier.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the content service is executed on a server in communication with the radio device via a computer network.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the content service is executed by the radio device or a device connected to the radio device by a local area network.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the metadata is selected from the group consisting of album art, artist biographies, track length, track reviews, music catalog navigation, related artists, related songs, and a purchase mechanism to purchase a digital copy of the track.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein presenting includes displaying on a display associated with the radio device.

20. A method of serving content to a radio device, comprising:

receiving a request for metadata associated with an audio track from a radio device, the request including an RDS parameter received by the radio device and associated with the track;

searching a content catalog for metadata associated with the track;

serving selected metadata to the radio device for presentation to a user;

receiving a request to purchase a digital copy of the track via a purchase mechanism included in the metadata;

processing the request to purchase; and

serving a purchased copy of the track to the radio device;

wherein the metadata is selected from the group consisting of album art, artist biographies, track length, track reviews, music catalog navigation, related artists, related songs, and a purchase mechanism to purchase a digital copy of the track.