SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET RADIO AUTOMATIC CONTENT MANAGEMENT

• US 20170132921A1
• Filed: 10/31/2016
• Published: 05/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2015
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Internetwork Media LLC
• Original Assignee: Internetwork Media LLC
• Inventors: Burgard, Clark, Bayne, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 11,328,590 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/093 Data selection, e.g. prioritizing information, managing message queues, selecting the information to be output
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location

Abstract

A system and method for playing a sequence of items including certain selected items of content. A media player operating on a computing device plays the content that is received over a network from a content server. The user controls the media player using a user interface, and further controls the content that is desired. An auto-content selector allows the user to select content related to a particular subject matter like weather and traffic that is automatically added to the sequence of items to be played based on detected information about the user such as the user'"'"'s location.

Claims

1. A system for playing a sequence of items including certain selected items of content to play, the system comprising:

a server;

a computing device in communication with the server over a network and connected to receive content from the server;

a user interface on the computing device through which a player controls the computing device;

a media player operating on the computing device that plays the content received from the server and which is controlled by the user interface;

at least one auto-content selector function selectable from the media player and providing a user with content related to a particular subject matter that is automatically added to the sequence of items based on detected information about the user; and

wherein the content related to a particular subject matter is played on the media player for the user in the sequence of items.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the content related to the particular subject matter that is played on the media player for the user in the sequence of items is played in an order according to a priority set by the user.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the media player is linked through an internet browser.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the media player resides locally on a mobile device.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the detected information about the user comprises geolocation information.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the user is alerted to a content update using a notification.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the notification is in text form.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein the notification is a visual notification.

9. The system of claim 6 wherein the notification is an audible notification.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein items automatically added to the sequence of items are played after the current content being played is completed.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein items automatically added to the sequence are played immediately upon receipt, interrupting any content that is currently being played.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein the subject matter comprises weather.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein the subject matter comprises traffic.