BROADCAST RECEIVER METADATA AUGMENTATION WITH MOBILE TRANSCEIVER

• US 20110124283A1
• Filed: 11/20/2009
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: DeLuca, Michael Joseph
• Granted Patent: US 8,744,338 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/3.06
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/62 for transportation systems, e.g. in vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/93 which locates resources of other pieces of information, e.g. URL [Uniform Resource Locator]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/74 using programme related information, e.g. title, composer or interpreter
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/80 characterised by transmission among terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/90 Wireless transmission systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/91 Mobile communication networks for accessing the Internet H04H60/85
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/92 for local area

Abstract

A mobile transceiver device can communicate with a separate broadcast radio receiver, to receive metadata concerning a main program being received by the broadcast radio receiver. The mobile transceiver device uses the metadata to formulate a request or search query, send the request or search query over a WLAN or cellular data network transceiver, to one or more sources of additional information, which respond with additional information. The additional information can comprise more detailed metadata about the main program as well as content and programming that facilitate a commerce transaction. For example, more detailed metadata can include song lyrics and album art when the main program is a song, while if the main program is an advertisement, the additional information can comprise information for furthering completion of a transaction.

Claims

1. A method of augmenting broadcast data with other data using a mobile transceiver device, comprising:

receiving, at a mobile transceiver device, metadata associated with a broadcast, the metadata derived from a broadcast received by a broadcast radio receiver separate from the mobile transceiver device;

automatically formulating a search query at the mobile transceiver device based on the received metadata; and

sending the search query from the mobile transceiver device to a wireless data network.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a response to the search query at the mobile transceiver device; and

performing, through one or more output functions of the mobile transceiver device, content obtained from the search query response while the broadcast radio receiver performs content from the broadcast.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the content obtained from the search query response comprises enhanced metadata comprising one or more of album art and song lyrics for a song being performed by the broadcast radio receiver.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the performing comprises displaying album art on a display of the mobile transceiver device.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the performing comprises displaying song lyrics on a display of the mobile transceiver device.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the performing comprises displaying content for consummating a transaction on the mobile transceiver device.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the content obtained from the search query response comprises enhanced metadata comprising a video associated with a song, and the performing comprises performing the video on a display of the mobile transceiver device while the song is performed through speakers connected to the broadcast radio receiver.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the content obtained from the search query comprises information relating to an advertisement being performed by the broadcast radio receiver.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the content obtained from the search query comprises content providing a capability to complete a transaction relating to an advertisement being performed by the broadcast radio receiver.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the automatically formulating of the search query comprises accessing configuration information for obtaining identification information of a recipient of the search query.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the accessed configuration information comprises a Uniform Resource Locator for a source of the content obtained from the search query response.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast includes content and the broadcast radio receiver performs the content within a limited area and further wherein the mobile transceiver device is wirelessly coupled to the broadcast radio receiver and is located within the limited area.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the performing comprises displaying content for consummating a transaction on the mobile transceiver device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the content obtained from the search query response comprises enhanced metadata comprising a video associated with a song, and the performing comprises performing the video on a display of the mobile transceiver device while the song is performed through speakers connected to the broadcast radio receiver.

15. A computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions for performing a method in a mobile transceiver device, comprising:

receiving, over a local communication link, from a broadcast receiver separate from the mobile transceiver device, metadata relating to a main program received by the broadcast receiver;

forming a request for additional information relating to the main program;

sending the request to a broadband data access network;

receiving additional information responsive to the request over the broadband data access network; and

outputting the additional information through the mobile transceiver device concurrently with performance of the main program by the broadcast receiver.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, further storing configuration information comprising a Uniform Resource Locator template to be used in forming the request for additional information.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15, further storing configuration information comprising a Uniform Resource Locator template identifying a network resource at which a transaction can be conducted, the transaction based at least in part on the metadata received over the local communication link.

18. A mobile transceiver device, comprising:

a processor module;

a local communication interface;

a broadband wireless data communication interface; and

a memory storing configuration data and program code to cause the processor module to perform a method comprising

receiving, over the local communication interface, metadata for a program being received by a broadcast radio receiver separate from the mobile transceiver device,

formulating a request based on the received metadata, and sending the request over the broadband wireless data communication interface.

19. The mobile transceiver of claim 18, further comprising a display and wherein the method further comprises

receiving a response to the request comprising additional information, and

outputting the additional information from the display.

20. The mobile transceiver device of claim 18, wherein the local communication interface comprises a Bluetooth interface.

21. The mobile transceiver device of claim 18, wherein the local communication interface comprises a USB interface.

22. The mobile transceiver device of claim 19, wherein the outputting of the additional information comprises displaying album art on the display.

23. The mobile transceiver device of claim 19, wherein the outputting of the additional information comprises displaying song lyrics for a song being performed by the broadcast radio receiver on the display.