System and method for communicating streaming audio to a telephone device

• US 9,432,516 B1
• Filed: 03/03/2010
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Audionow Ip Holdings, Llc
• Original Assignee: Alpine Audio Now, Llc
• Inventors: Barbulescu, Marcel, Blutinger, Elan Joel, Bous, Joseph, Isaacson, Thomas M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Elahee, Md S
• Application Number:
  US12/716,623
• Time in Patent Office: 2,372 Days
• Field of Search: 379/92.03, 379/88.17, 37920201-20601, 379/88.13, 379/93.21, 379/158, 709/205, 709/248, 725/61, 455/41.2, 702/182
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/82 using signals not modulated onto a carrier
• 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 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a computer-implemented method, system and tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage media for communicating information between a radio host and a calling device. The method includes receiving a request from a group of devices for live streaming audio from a website, connecting the group of devices to the website in response to the received request, streaming audio from website to the group of devices, receiving input during the live streaming audio from at least one of the group of devices, aggregating the input from the at least one of the group of devices, and presenting the aggregated input to the radio host, wherein the radio host can respond in the live streaming audio to the presented aggregated input. Users can queue a personal playlist and share playlists of audio generated from web-based articles for telephonic playback.

Claims

1. A method of communicating information, the method comprising:

receiving a request by a user from a device for audio from a website, the audio comprising a live program broadcast for multiple users and available for streaming to a browser from the website to yield a received request;

in response to the received request, connecting the device to the website to yield a connection;

streaming the live program broadcast from the website to the device;

receiving, automatically and without input from the user during the live program broadcast via the device, data comprising individual interests of the user;

aggregating the data with other data from other users to yield aggregated data;

presenting the aggregated data to a program host, wherein the program host provides live comments during the live program broadcast to the multiple users and wherein the live program broadcast comprises at least in part audio imported from another host'"'"'s live show; and

receiving a selection of a selected user by the program host to contact as part of the live program broadcast.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received request is a telephone call from the device to an audio system that connects the device with the website that streams audio.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection the user occurs via a web-based selection by the program host.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein individual users also indicate their willingness to be selected by the program host and wherein only those who so indicate have their information presented to the program host.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the program host streams live audio via a website.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the aggregated data to the program host further comprises presenting a graphical image summarizing the aggregated data.

7. A system for communicating information between a program host and a calling device, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving a request by a user from the calling device for audio from a website, the audio comprising a live program broadcast for multiple users and available for streaming to a browser from the website to yield a received request;

in response to the received request, connecting the calling device to the website;

streaming the live program from the website to the calling device;

receiving, automatically and without input from the user during the live program via the calling device, data comprising individual interests of the user;

aggregating the data with other data from other users to yield aggregated data;

presenting the aggregated data to the program host, wherein the program host provides live comments during the live program to the multiple users and wherein the live program broadcast comprises at least in part audio imported from another host'"'"'s live show; and

receiving a selection of a selected user by the program host to contact as part of the live program.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the request for streaming audio is a telephone call from the calling device to an audio system that connects the calling device with the website that streams audio.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to communicate information between a program host and a calling device according to operations comprising:

receiving a request by a user from the calling device for audio from a website, the audio comprising a live program broadcast for multiple users and available for streaming to a browser from the website to yield a received request;

in response to the received request, connecting the calling device to the website to yield a connection;

streaming the live program from the website to the calling device;

receiving, automatically and without input from the user during the live program via the calling device, data comprising individual interests of the user;

aggregating the data with other data from other users to yield aggregated data;

presenting the aggregated data to the program host, wherein the program host provides live comments during the live program broadcast to the multiple users and wherein the live program broadcast comprises at least in part audio imported from another host'"'"'s live show; and

receiving a selection of a selected user by the program host to contact as part of the live program.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the selection of the selected user occurs via a web-based selection by the program host.