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Method of and system for providing identification of a piece of information

  • US 7,266,343 B1
  • Filed: 09/29/1999
  • Issued: 09/04/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising:

  • (a) playing a musical piece in a radio broadcast by a radio station;

    (b) receiving a telephone message at a first location, whereinthe telephone message includes a portion of the musical piece, does not identify the musical piece and designates a location other than the first location, andthe telephone message is initiated at the location of a first radio receiver receiving the radio broadcast and after the portion of the musical piece is played in the radio broadcast;

    (c) interrogating a data base storing data for identifying musical pieces, said interrogating including(c1) comparing the received portion of the musical piece with musical pieces stored in the data base, and(c2) identifying the musical piece based on the comparison of (c1); and

    (d) sending to the designated location a message including the identification of the musical piece obtained in (c2).

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