Active requesting of information for pseudo-live performance
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining whether a device has physically moved from a home area with a home area radio station coverage to a local area having a local radio station coverage;
accessing a local radio station master table to determine at least one local radio station that matches a user preference;
receiving and storing in a storage device information transmitted from the at least one local radio station over a communication network;
receiving over the communication network data transmitted from the home area radio station while the device is outside of the home area radio station coverage; and
generating a pseudo-live performance for the user based on the data transmitted from the home area radio station, wherein at least a portion of the data transmitted from the home area radio station is replaced with the information transmitted from the at least one local radio station, wherein the information transmitted from the at least one local radio station is stored in a database having at least one of a command storage portion, a short term storage portion, a macro portion storing the stored information, the local radio station master table and a portion for long term performance recording.
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Abstract
Mass amounts of information, such as entire libraries of songs or movies, for example, may be stored locally near end-users, and this information may be accessed and reproduced in response to commands received from a transmitting station via a network. When a radio or television station desires to transmit a song or movie, for example, the radio or television station can, rather than transmitting the entire song or movie, merely transmit a command for reproducing the song or movie. An end-user'"'"'s performance reproduction device, such as an enhanced radio or a television set, then accesses and reproduces the locally stored song or movie. Since the radio or television station need not transmit the entire performance, network traffic can be significantly reduced. The performance reproduction device may actively request information from the radio or television station when fresh or additional information is needed.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining whether a device has physically moved from a home area with a home area radio station coverage to a local area having a local radio station coverage; accessing a local radio station master table to determine at least one local radio station that matches a user preference; receiving and storing in a storage device information transmitted from the at least one local radio station over a communication network; receiving over the communication network data transmitted from the home area radio station while the device is outside of the home area radio station coverage; and generating a pseudo-live performance for the user based on the data transmitted from the home area radio station, wherein at least a portion of the data transmitted from the home area radio station is replaced with the information transmitted from the at least one local radio station, wherein the information transmitted from the at least one local radio station is stored in a database having at least one of a command storage portion, a short term storage portion, a macro portion storing the stored information, the local radio station master table and a portion for long term performance recording. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system of providing a pseudo-live performance at a device, the system comprising:
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a first module configured to determine whether the device has physically moved from a home area with a home area radio station coverage to a local area having a local radio station coverage; a second module configured to access a local radio station master table to determine at least one local radio station that matches a user preference; a third module configured to receive and store information transmitted from the at least one local radio station; a fourth module configured to receive data from the home area radio station while the device is outside of the home area radio station coverage; and a fifth module configured to generate a pseudo-live performance for the user based on the data transmitted from the home area radio station, wherein at least a portion of the data transmitted from the home area radio station received while the device is outside a coverage of the home area radio station is replaced with the information transmitted from the at least one local radio station, wherein the information transmitted from the at least one local radio station is a first module configured to determine whether the device has physically moved from a home area with a home area radio station coverage to a local area having a local radio station coverage; a second module configured to access a local radio station master table to determine at least one local radio station that matches a user preference; a third module configured to receive and store information transmitted from the at least one local radio station; a fourth module configured to receive data from the home area radio station while the device is outside of the home area radio station coverage; and a fifth module configured to generate a pseudo-live performance for the user based on the data transmitted from the home area radio station, wherein at least a portion of the data transmitted from the home area radio station received while the device is outside a coverage of the home area radio station is replaced with the information transmitted from the at least one local radio station, wherein the information transmitted from the at least one local radio station is stored in a database having at least one of a command storage portion, a short term storage portion, a macro portion storing the stored information, the local radio station master table and a portion for long term performance recording. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for controlling a computing device to provide a pseudo-live performance at a device, the instructions comprising:
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determining whether a device has physically moved from a home area with a home area radio station coverage to a local area having a local radio station coverage; accessing a local radio station master table to determine at least one local radio station that matches a user preference; receiving and storing information transmitted from the at least one local radio station; receiving data from the home area radio station while the device is outside of the home area radio station coverage; and generating a pseudo-live performance for the user based on the data transmitted from the home area radio station, wherein at least a portion of the data transmitted from the home area radio station is replaced with the information transmitted from the at least one local radio station, wherein the information transmitted from the at least one local radio station is stored in a database having at least one of a command storage portion, a short term storage portion, a macro portion storing the stored information, the local radio station master table and a portion for long term performance recording. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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