Information storage and retrieval device
First Claim
1. A method of providing directed search for a web site address broadcast over a radio, the method comprising:
- creating a database containing one or more web site identifiers input by an advertiser associated with the radio broadcast of the web site address;
permitting a user to search the database by inputting at least one of the web site identifiers; and
providing to the user a search response including one or more web site addresses broadcast over a radio, wherein the one or more web site identifiers include at least one member of the group consisting of;
a location where a listener may receive a radio broadcast of the web site address;
a time of day when the listener may receive the radio broadcast of the web site address;
a date or dates on which the web site address may be broadcast over the radio; and
the name of a disc jockey, celebrity or personality associated with the broadcast of the web site address.
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Abstract
A method of providing directed search for a web site address identified via a media channel and a method for creating a directed search database of web sites identified via a media channel. A preferred method of providing directed search for a web site address identified via a media channel comprises creating a database containing one or more web site identifiers associated with the identification of the web site address; permitting a user to search the database by inputting at least one of the web site identifiers; and providing to the user a search response including one or more web site addresses identified via the media channel. A preferred method for creating a directed search database of web sites identified via a media channel comprises providing each of a plurality of information providers access to a secured portion of the database; providing each information provider a plurality of identifier categories; allowing each information provider to store in the secured portion of the database a plurality of identifiers associated with a web site identified via a media channel, wherein each identifier corresponds to an identifier category; and creating a search query with the plurality of identifier categories, wherein a user searches the database by inputting at least one identifier in the search query, and a search result including a web site associated with the input identifier is provided when the search query is executed.
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8 Claims
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1. A method of providing directed search for a web site address broadcast over a radio, the method comprising:
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creating a database containing one or more web site identifiers input by an advertiser associated with the radio broadcast of the web site address;
permitting a user to search the database by inputting at least one of the web site identifiers; and
providing to the user a search response including one or more web site addresses broadcast over a radio, wherein the one or more web site identifiers include at least one member of the group consisting of;
a location where a listener may receive a radio broadcast of the web site address;
a time of day when the listener may receive the radio broadcast of the web site address;
a date or dates on which the web site address may be broadcast over the radio; and
the name of a disc jockey, celebrity or personality associated with the broadcast of the web site address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
the subject matter of interest to the listener, the identifying call-letters for the radio station on which the web site address was broadcast, the frequency of the radio station on which the web site address was broadcast, a product associated with the broadcast web site address, the product also broadcast over the radio, and a service associated with the broadcast web site address, the service also broadcast over the radio.
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4. The method of claim 1, wherein the database is password protected.
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5. A method for creating a directed search database of web sites broadcast over a radio, comprising:
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providing each of a plurality of information providers access to a secured portion of the database;
providing each information provider one or more identifier categories;
allowing each information provider to store in the secured portion of the database one or more identifiers associated with a web site broadcast over the radio, each identifier corresponding to an identifier category; and
creating a search query with the one or more identifier categories, wherein the one or more identifiers include at least one member of the group consisting of;
a location where a listener may receive a radio broadcast of the web site address;
a time of day when the listener may receive the radio broadcast of the web site address;
a date or dates on which the web site address may be broadcast over the radio; and
the name of a disc jockey, celebrity or personality associated with the broadcast of the web site address, and wherein a user searches the database by inputting at least one identifier in the search query, and a search result including a web site associated with the input identifier is provided when the search query is executed. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
the subject matter of interest to the listener, the identifying call-letters for the radio station on which the web site address was broadcast, the frequency of the radio station on which the web site address was broadcast, a product associated with the broadcast web site address, the product also broadcast over the radio, and a service associated with the broadcast web site address, the service also broadcast over the radio.
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