System and method for downloading music selections
First Claim
1. A system for providing a user with one or more music selections being played by a radio station, the system comprising:
- a database for storing a plurality of music selections being played by the radio station;
a communications network for permitting a user to connect to the database and the radio station and to select one or more of the music selections from the database;
means for retrieving the one or more selections from the database; and
means for communicating the one or more selections to the user over the communications network so that the user orders the music selections based on the music selections being played by the radio station.
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Abstract
A digital radio broadcast station which includes a common digital database having stored therein a plurality of at least several hundred (preferably at least 1800) different selections of music to be played and broadcast by the radio station. A processor system is provided for programming the operation of the digital radio broadcast station with a sequence of music selections, which are subsequently retrieved in order from the common digital database and played over the digital radio broadcast station. The processor system preferably includes a main computer system for operating the radio station, and also a backup computer system for operating the radio station in the event of a failure of the main computer system. The processor system is preferably based upon reduced instruction set computing architecture, and preferably comprises an IBM RS/6000 system with an AIX operating system. The common digital database comprises a disk array storage, preferably a dual port RAID disk array. The digital radio broadcast station also includes a plurality of work station consoles for use by personnel responsible for operating the radio station such as disc jockeys and engineers.
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1. A system for providing a user with one or more music selections being played by a radio station, the system comprising:
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a database for storing a plurality of music selections being played by the radio station; a communications network for permitting a user to connect to the database and the radio station and to select one or more of the music selections from the database; means for retrieving the one or more selections from the database; and means for communicating the one or more selections to the user over the communications network so that the user orders the music selections based on the music selections being played by the radio station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for providing a user with one or more music selections based on the playlist generated by a radio station, the method comprising:
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storing a plurality of music selections being played by the radio station in a digital database; selecting one or more music selections from the digital database over a communications network; retrieving the one or more selections from the digital database; and communicating the one or more selections to the user over the communications network so that the user orders the music selections based on the music selections being played by the radio station. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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