Internet radio station and disc jockey system

• US 7,349,663 B1
• Filed: 04/24/2003
• Issued: 03/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Leave A Little Room Foundation
• Original Assignee: Leave A Little Room Foundation
• Inventors: Joseph, Robert L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sobutka, Philip J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): REGO, DOMINIC E
• Application Number:
  US10/422,691
• Time in Patent Office: 1,797 Days
• Field of Search: 455/3.02, 455/3.06, 455/414.1, 455/461, 370/338, 370/401, 370/235, 370/395.5, 370/404, 370/265.09, 370/310, 379/218, 379/219, 705/35, 709/231, 709/246, 709/224, 713/163
• US Class Current: 455/3.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/82 using signals not modulated onto a carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/06 Arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate

Abstract

A method for producing a network-based radio show includes transmitting a plurality of segments over a network to a radio station server wherein the plurality of segments contain a plurality of voice tracks and an identification of song tracks located on the radio station server. The plurality of segments are verified and arranged into a play list on the radio station server. The play list is broadcast from the radio station server onto the network to create a network-based radio show, via the network.

Claims

1. A method for producing a network-based radio show comprising:

transmitting a plurality of segments over a network to a radio station server wherein the plurality of segments contain a plurality of voice tracks and an identification of song tracks located on the radio station server;

verifying and arranging the plurality of segments into a play list on the radio station server; and

broadcasting the play list from the radio station server onto the network to create a network-based radio show, via the network;

wherein the play list is generated by a dynamic show creation module comprising

a performing arts report based upon a log file wherein the log file is generated by a SHOUTCAST module;

an analyzer, coupled to the performing arts report, for extracting a plurality of statistics; and

a dynamic show creator, coupled to the analyzer, that develops a playlist based on the plurality of statistics.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the network is an Internet.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein a producer verifies the plurality of segments for a set of criteria.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the set of criteria comprises a number of voice tracks, a number of songs and a number of commercials.

5. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the set of criteria comprises a minimum number of voice tracks, a minimum number of songs and a minimum number of commercials.

6. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the set of criteria comprises a maximum number of voice tracks, a maximum number of songs and a maximum number of commercials.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein a plurality of disc jockeys can listen to the plurality of song tracks, located on the radio station server, before sending the plurality of segments over the network to the radio station server.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the radio station server further comprises:

a player module for playing the plurality of segments;

a broadcasting module, coupled to the player module for broadcasting the play list.

9. The method as recited in claim 8 further comprising an accounting module for paying the plurality of disc jockeys upon sending a completed play list.

10. A system for a network-based radio show comprising:

a network radio station server, coupled to a network, for hosting a plurality of segments arranged by a producer into a play list wherein the play list is available to a plurality of users via the network; and

a plurality of disc jockey stations that create and upload the plurality of segments over the network to the radio station server;

wherein the play list is generated by a dynamic show creation module comprising

a performing arts report based upon a log file wherein the log file is generated by a broadcasting module;

an analyzer, coupled to the performing arts report, for extracting a plurality of statistics; and

a dynamic show creator, coupled to the analyzer, that develops a playlist based on the plurality of statistics.

11. The system as recited in claim 10 wherein the network is an Internet.

12. The system as recited in claim 10 wherein the producer verifies the plurality of segments for a set of criteria, before the plurality of segments are arranged into a play list.

13. The system as recited in claim 10 wherein the radio station server further comprises:

a player module for playing the plurality of segments;

a broadcasting module, coupled to the player module for broadcasting the play list.

14. The system as recited in claim 13 further comprising an accounting module for paying the plurality of disc jockeys upon sending a completed play list.