INTERACTION WITH MEANINGFUL CONTACT ON THE ROAD

• US 20130179275A1
• Filed: 07/09/2012
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Joseph Harb
• Original Assignee: Joseph Harb
• Inventors: Harb, Joseph
• Granted Patent: US 8,918,333 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.73
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

Method and device for: receiving a playlist identifying a media item comprising a song or an advertisement, or a combination thereof, storing the playlist in a database, associating the identified media item with a first supplemental data and a second supplemental playlist data, sending the first supplemental data to a radio station server to be broadcast substantially simultaneously with the associated media item, and displaying the second supplemental data on a website, wherein the display is configured for accessing by a computer and mobile device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, a message identifying a media item comprising a song or an advertisement, or a combination thereof;

compiling, by the processing device, a playlist based on the message, wherein the playlist identifies a plurality of media items comprising at least one advertisement and at least one song;

storing, by the processing device, the playlist in a database;

associating, by the processing device, the identified media item with a first supplemental data and a second supplemental data;

sending, by the processing device, the first supplemental data to a radio station server to be broadcast substantially simultaneously with the associated media item; and

displaying, by the processing device, the second supplemental data on a website, wherein the website is configured to be accessed by a computer and a mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising wherein the sending the first or second supplemental data, or combinations thereof is responsive to the message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the first or second supplemental data, or combinations thereof is responsive to information in the playlist.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first supplemental data is in a first data format and wherein the second supplemental data is in a second data format.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first data format is Radio Data System (RDS), Radio Broadcast Data System (RBDS), or In-Band On-Channel (HD) or combinations thereof and wherein the second data format is configured for display in a website.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

storing, by the processing device, the second supplemental data; and

displaying, by the processing, the second supplement data responsive to a user input, wherein the user input causes the second supplemental data to be displayed out of order and on-demand.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein sending further comprises, indicating, by the processing device, that the supplemental data is associated with the media item.