System and method for receiving broadcast audio/video works and for enabling a consumer to purchase the received audio/video works

• US 7,913,273 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2002
• Issued: 03/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Music Choice
• Original Assignee: Music Choice
• Inventors: Rosenberg, Jeremy, Del Beccaro, David J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Miller; John W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chowdhury; Sumaiya A
• Application Number:
  US10/094,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20020120936A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,298 Days
• Field of Search: 725/100, 725/139, 725/142, 725/151, 725/31, 725/28, 725/46
• US Class Current: 725/31
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0609 Buyer or seller confidence or verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A system and method for purchasing broadcast audio and/or video (audio/video) works. According to one embodiment, the system includes a data stream processor that receives a broadcast audio/video data stream and produces from the broadcast audio/video data stream a first audio/video output data stream and a second audio/video output data stream, wherein the broadcast audio/video data stream contains information corresponding to an audio/video work and the first audio/video output stream is in a format that can be recognized and processed by conventional audio/video reproducing equipment; a storage device that stores data included in the second audio/video output data stream, wherein the data corresponds to the audio/video work; and a user interface that enables a user of the system to input to the system an indication that the user desires to purchase the audio/video work.

Claims

1. A method for enabling a user to obtain a copy of a broadcast audio/video work, comprising the steps of:

receiving two audio/video streams substantially simultaneously;

(1) a first audio/video stream and (2) a second audio/video stream, wherein said first audio/video stream comprises the audio/video work formatted according to a first encoding scheme and said second audio/video stream comprises the audio/video work formatted according to a second encoding scheme, wherein said first encoding scheme is different from said second encoding scheme;

determining whether the audio/video work matches a profile associated with the user;

in response to determining that the received audio/video work matches the profile, storing the received audio/video work in a storage device local to the user regardless of whether at the time the audio/video work was received the user indicated a desire to have the audio/video work stored in said storage device and adding to a list of unpurchased works stored in the storage device an identifier identifying the work;

receiving an indication from the user that indicates that the user desires to view the list of unpurchased audio/video works stored in the storage device;

displaying the list in response to the user indicating said desire to view the list;

receiving an indication from the user that indicates that the user desires to obtain a copy of or use the audio/video work; and

processing the audio/video work stored in said storage device in response to the user indicating said desire to obtain the audio/video work.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of processing the audio/video work comprises processing the audio/video work so that at least some of a copy and/or use protection is removed.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after receiving the broadcast data stream, copy and/or use protecting the received audio/video work.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said step of copy and/or use protecting the received audio/video work occurs after the step of storing the audio/video work in the storage device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising playing the audio/video work as it is being received.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising copy and/or use protecting the received audio/video work, wherein said step of copy and/or use protecting the received audio/video work occurs after the step of playing the audio/video work.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of compressing the audio/video prior to storing it in said storage device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said storage device is a persistent storage device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said step of processing the audio/video work comprises the step of determining that the user is authorized to obtain a copy of the audio/video work.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said step of processing the audio/video work further comprises the step of disabling at least some of a copy and/or use protection if the user is determined to be authorized to obtain a copy of the audio/video work.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of processing the audio/video work further comprises the step of creating a compressed version of an audio portion of said audio/video work stored in the storage device using an audio compression scheme.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said audio compression scheme is one of the Windows Media, MP3, or Real Audio compression scheme.

13. A system for enabling a consumer to obtain an audio/video work, comprising:

a stream processor configured to receive from a remote system two audio/video streams

substantially simultaneously;

(1) a first audio/video stream and (2) a second audio/video stream, wherein said first audio/video stream comprises the audio/video work formatted according to a first encoding scheme and said second audio/video stream comprises the audio/video work formatted according to a second encoding scheme, wherein said first encoding scheme is different from said second encoding scheme;

a data store operable to store the audio/video work formatted according to said second encoding scheme; and

a user interface for enabling the consumer to indicate that the consumer desires to obtain a copy of the audio/video work.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said stream processor comprises a first tuner for receiving said first audio/video stream and a second tuner for receiving said second audio/video stream.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein said stream processor comprises one tuner for receiving both of said first and said second audio/video streams.

16. The system of claim 13, further comprising a processing unit that communicates with an authorization system for determining whether the consumer is authorized to obtain a copy of the audio/video work, wherein said processing unit communicates with said authorization system in response to the consumer indicating that the consumer desires to obtain a copy of the audio/video work.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said processing unit processes the audio/video work stored in said storage means in response to receiving from said authorization system an indication that the consumer is authorized to obtain the audio/video work.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said processing unit stores onto a persistent storage device a copy of the audio/video work stored in said storage means in response to receiving from said authorization system said indication.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein said storage means is a volatile storage device.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said volatile storage device comprises random access memory.

21. The system of claim 13, further comprising a processing unit that processes the audio/video work stored in said storage means in response to the consumer indicating that the consumer desires to obtain a copy of the audio/video work.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein said processing unit stores onto a persistent storage device a copy and/or use protected copy of the audio/video work stored in said storage means in response to the consumer indicating that the consumer desires to obtain a copy of the audio/video work.

23. The system of claim 13, wherein the audio/video work stored in said storage means is copy and/or use protected.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein said storage means is a persistent storage device.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein said persistent storage device is a hard disk.

26. A method for enabling a consumer to obtain an audio/video work, comprising:

receiving a first audio/video stream and a second audio/video stream substantially simultaneously, wherein said first audio/video stream comprises the audio/video work formatted according to a first encoding scheme and said second audio/video stream comprises the audio/video work formatted according to a second encoding scheme, wherein said first encoding scheme is different from said second encoding scheme;

storing the audio/video work formatted according to said second encoding scheme in a storage device; and

enabling the consumer to indicate that the consumer desires to obtain a copy of the audio/video work.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein said first audio/video stream is received by a first tuner and said second audio/video stream is received by a second tuner.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein a single tuner receives both of said first audio/video stream and said second audio/video stream.

29. The method of claim 26, further comprising the step of determining whether the consumer is authorized to obtain a copy of the audio/video work in response to the consumer indicating that the consumer desires to obtain a copy of tile audio/video work.

30. The method of claim 29, further comprising the step of processing the audio/video work stored in said storage device in response a determination that the consumer is authorized to obtain the audio/video work.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein said step of processing the audio/video work stored in said storage device comprises the step of storing onto a persistent storage device a copy of the audio/video work stored in said storage device.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein said storage device is a volatile storage device.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein said volatile storage device comprises random access memory.

34. The method of claim 26, further comprising means the step of processing the audio/video work stored in said storage device in response to the consumer indicating that the consumer desires to obtain a copy of the audio/video work.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein said step of processing the audio/video work stored in said storage device comprises the step of storing onto a persistent storage device a copy and/or use protected copy of the audio/video work stored in said storage device.

36. The method of claim 26, further comprising the step of copy and/or use protecting the audio/video work prior to storing it in said storage device.

37. The method of claim 36, wherein said storage device is a persistent storage device.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein said persistent storage device is a hard disk.