Method and system for the delivery of user requested program content using broadcast channels
First Claim
1. A method for delivery and notification of user requested radio content, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a radio control center, user requests for radio content, the user requests being transmitted to the radio control center over a wireless network and wherein the user requests include user requests for scheduled radio content and user requests for unscheduled radio content;
determining, by the radio control center, that a first user request from a first user is a user request for an item of scheduled radio content, and in response thereto, sending information including a scheduled time and broadcast channel corresponding to the item of scheduled radio content to the first user; and
determining, by the radio control center, that a second user request from a second user is a user request for an item of unscheduled radio content and determining that a number of user requests corresponding to the item of unscheduled radio content received within a predefined period of time exceeds a threshold value, wherein the item of unscheduled radio content belongs to a particular category, and in response thereto, scheduling the item of unscheduled radio content for transmission over a particular broadcast channel corresponding to the particular category.
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure describe a method and system for the delivery and notification of user requested radio content. Aspects include a radio unit that is physically integrated with and is part of a telematics unit and receives user requested content data from a radio control center over a wireless network. The radio unit processes the user requested content data using a user request application. Further, the user requested data includes the scheduled times for one or more items of user requested content. The user request application orders the scheduled times for the one or more items of user requested content chronologically and displays the one or more items of user requested content data on the user display accordingly.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for delivery and notification of user requested radio content, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a radio control center, user requests for radio content, the user requests being transmitted to the radio control center over a wireless network and wherein the user requests include user requests for scheduled radio content and user requests for unscheduled radio content; determining, by the radio control center, that a first user request from a first user is a user request for an item of scheduled radio content, and in response thereto, sending information including a scheduled time and broadcast channel corresponding to the item of scheduled radio content to the first user; and determining, by the radio control center, that a second user request from a second user is a user request for an item of unscheduled radio content and determining that a number of user requests corresponding to the item of unscheduled radio content received within a predefined period of time exceeds a threshold value, wherein the item of unscheduled radio content belongs to a particular category, and in response thereto, scheduling the item of unscheduled radio content for transmission over a particular broadcast channel corresponding to the particular category. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for delivery and notification of user requested radio content, the system comprising:
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a radio control center having a server configured with a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium having a software application comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, enable the server to process user requests for radio content and schedule broadcasting of unscheduled radio content based upon user requests for the unscheduled radio content; and a database including a schedule for transmitting radio content for a set of broadcast channels, the schedule including, for each broadcast channel, a listing of scheduled radio content entries, each scheduled radio content entry including;
a radio content identification, and a scheduled broadcast times for the identified radio content;wherein the server is configured by the software application such that when the software application is executed by the processor, the server performs the steps of; receiving user requests for radio content, the user requests being received by the server via a network interface and wherein the user requests include user requests for scheduled radio content and user requests for unscheduled radio content; determining that a first user request from a first user is a user request for an item of scheduled radio content, and in response thereto, sending information including a scheduled time and broadcast channel corresponding to the item of scheduled radio content to the first user; and determining that a second user request from a second user is a user request for an item of unscheduled radio content and determining that a number of user requests corresponding to the item of unscheduled radio content received within a predefined period of time exceeds a threshold value wherein the item of unscheduled radio content belongs to particular category, and in response thereto, scheduling the item of unscheduled radio content for transmission over a particular broadcast channel corresponding to the particular category. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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