METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN INTERACTIVE RADIO PROGRAM

• US 20100227546A1
• Filed: 02/02/2010
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mediaip LLC
• Original Assignee: Chad W. Shusman
• Inventors: Shusman, Chad W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,458,738 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/2.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/38 Arrangements for distribution where lower stations, e.g. receivers, interact with the broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/90 specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/33 Arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions

Abstract

A method and system for the creation of interactive radio programming. A moderator of an interactive radio program uses a moderator client to digitize and transmit a radio program with enhanced content to a moderator server through a wide area network. The moderator server uses the digitized radio program and the enhanced content to generate an interactive radio program for transmission to participants in the interactive radio program. The complete interactive radio program is transmitted to participant clients over the wide area network. An audio portion of the interactive radio program may be transmitted over a conventional radio network as well.

Claims

1. A user interface for a moderator client, for use by a moderator of an interactive radio program and corresponding audio portion, the moderator client comprising a display device, the user interface comprising:

a participant comments portion for display of comments on the display device made by participants in the interactive radio program; and

a question display portion for display of questions on the display device asked by the participants in the interactive radio program,

wherein the user interface is adapted to permit the moderator to select a participant question from the display of questions to answer while viewing the participant comments on the display device, and

wherein the audio portion is transmitted through a radio network.

2. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the question display portion further includes:

a plurality of question fields, each question field including;

a participant name subfield;

a question text subfield;

an answer selection icon; and

a delete selection icon.

3. The user interface of claim 1, wherein the participant comment portion further includes:

a plurality of participant comment records, each participant comment record including;

a participant name field; and

a participant comment field.

4. The user interface of claim 1, further comprising an audience approval rating display portion, wherein the user interface is further adapted to permit the moderator to view an audience approval rating submitted by the participants in the interactive radio program.

5. The user interface of claim 4, wherein the audience approval rating display portion further includes:

a color-coded meter for display of the interactive radio program'"'"'s current audience approval rating; and

a time graph for display of the interactive radio program'"'"'s audience approval rating as a function of time.

6. The user interface of claim 1, further comprising a status indicator portion indicating a status of the interactive radio program, wherein the user interface is further adapted to permit the moderator to view statistics about the interactive radio program.

7. The user interface of claim 6, wherein the status indicator portion further includes:

a number field for displaying a sequence number associated with the interactive radio program;

a name field for display of a name associated with the interactive radio program; and

an online audience display field for display of a number of participants currently participating in the interactive radio program.

8. The user interface of claim 1, further comprising a participant poll display portion for display of poll results received from the participants wherein the user interface is further adapted to permit the moderator to view a poll question along with responses by the participants in the interactive radio program.