System and method for user logging of audio and video broadcast content
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1. A system for real-time user logging of specific broadcast content, comprising:
- a content server for obtaining a playlist from each of one or more content sources, each content source broadcasting content as described by playlist entries in the corresponding playlist;
a user device for connecting to the content server; and
an application installed on the user device, the application providing a registration function, a real-time logging function, and a communicating function,the registration function enabling the user to register on the user device, as part of initiation of the application on the device, an association between a unique selection action of the user and a corresponding particular content source, the unique selection action being dependent upon, and in accordance with, an interface protocol implemented on the user device,the real-time logging function enabling the user to select the specific broadcast content by performing the corresponding unique selection action at a date and time when the specific broadcast content is being heard or seen by the user on the particular content source, andthe communicating function of the application thereafter identifying the particular content source and the date and time of the selection to the content server;
wherein the content server identifies from the playlist for the selected content source, using the communicated date and time of the selection, a playlist entry describing the specific broadcast content broadcasted by the content source at the date and time of the selection.
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Abstract
A system and method for a user to log broadcast content at the time of the broadcast by selecting the content source on a device, the device having been configured to send the user'"'"'s selection, date and timestamp, and a unique identification to a content server. The content server obtains a playlist of broadcast content from the content source, and uses the information from the user device to identify on the playlist the specific content selected by the user. The content server delivers the specific content to the user, by electronic mail or via a web page, together with associated content.
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1. A system for real-time user logging of specific broadcast content, comprising:
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a content server for obtaining a playlist from each of one or more content sources, each content source broadcasting content as described by playlist entries in the corresponding playlist; a user device for connecting to the content server; and an application installed on the user device, the application providing a registration function, a real-time logging function, and a communicating function, the registration function enabling the user to register on the user device, as part of initiation of the application on the device, an association between a unique selection action of the user and a corresponding particular content source, the unique selection action being dependent upon, and in accordance with, an interface protocol implemented on the user device, the real-time logging function enabling the user to select the specific broadcast content by performing the corresponding unique selection action at a date and time when the specific broadcast content is being heard or seen by the user on the particular content source, and the communicating function of the application thereafter identifying the particular content source and the date and time of the selection to the content server; wherein the content server identifies from the playlist for the selected content source, using the communicated date and time of the selection, a playlist entry describing the specific broadcast content broadcasted by the content source at the date and time of the selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for real-time logging of specific broadcast content selected by a user, comprising:
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obtaining a playlist from each of one or more content sources, each content source broadcasting content as described by playlist entries in the corresponding playlist; storing the playlist in a database controlled by a content server; registering on a user device an association between a unique selection action of the user and a corresponding particular content source for each of the content sources, the unique selection action being dependent upon, and in accordance with, an interface protocol implemented on the user device, thereby enabling the selection; selecting by the user one of the content sources by performing the corresponding unique selection action at a date and time when the specific broadcast content is being heard or seen by the user on the selected content source; receiving from the user device the date and time of the selection; and identifying from the playlist for the selected content source, using the received date and time of the selection, a playlist entry describing the specific broadcast content broadcasted by the content source at the date and time of the selection. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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