Broadcast response system

• US 10,498,472 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2018
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: StratosAudio, Inc.
• Original Assignee: StratosAudio, Inc.
• Inventors: Christensen, Kelly M., Thomas, Barry D., Smyth, Thomas J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ayotunde, Ayodeji O
• Application Number:
  US16/167,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20190199461A1
• Time in Patent Office: 406 Days
• Field of Search: 455 306
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0605 Supply or demand aggregation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/30 by a single channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/34 using an out-of-band subcarrier signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/93 which locates resources of other pieces of information, e.g. URL [Uniform Resource Locator]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/13 radio data system/radio broadcast data system [RDS/RBDS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/30 characterised by the use of a return channel, e.g. for collecting users' opinions, for returning broadcast space/time information or for requesting data
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/37 via a different channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/33 Arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/37 for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/61 Arrangements for services using the result of monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups H04H60/29-H04H60/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/63 for services of sales data processing systems or methods specially adapted for electronic commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/74 using programme related information, e.g. title, composer or interpreter
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 : Network streaming of media packets
• 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: H04N 21/2543 : Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26258 : for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/274 : Storing end-user multimedia data in response to end-user request , e.g. network recorder
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 : Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 : End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 : for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6118 : involving cable transmission, e.g. using a cable modem
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6181 : involving transmission via a mobile phone network arrangements for providing broadcast or conference services to substation in data switching networks in combination with wireless systems H04L12/189; wireless uplink channel access H04W74/004
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 : comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 : Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A broadcast response system provides, e.g., a radio broadcast listener with the ability to obtain media content such as music or speech while listening to the radio. The user can respond to items in the radio broadcast such as advertisements, fund raising drives, or interactive listener polls during the broadcast. Data such as song title and artist, author or publisher and the IP address for the location where the digital version of the content is stored, can be transmitted using, e.g., the RBDS/RDS data stream. A reference number representing song title and artist, author or publisher and the IP address for the location where the digital version of the content is stored can also be employed for ease of implementation. This reference number can reside in a lookup table to be accessed by broadcast response server.

Claims

1. A method for a broadcast receiving device to receive a broadcast stream comprising each specific broadcast of a uniquely identifiable broadcast segment, the each specific broadcast of the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment received in association with a unique identifier, the method comprising:

receiving the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment and data in association with the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment, the data including at least the unique identifier that is specific to each specific instance of the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment, information about the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment and error checking data;

checking the data using the error checking data to confirm a correct reception of the data;

decoding the data based on a data specification associated with the reception of the data;

storing at least a portion of the decoded data; and

outputting at least a portion of the information about the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment via the broadcast receiving device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment includes at least one of the following:

a title, an artist, an advertiser, an identification of a broadcaster of the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment, cut information, availability for downloading, publisher.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast segment received transmission method corresponds to at least one of the following:

analog radio, digital radio, satellite radio, Internet, cell phone network, cable, wireless.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data specification corresponds to at least one of the following:

HD radio, Radio Broadcast Data Service, Digital Audio Broadcasting, XM Ready Radio, Sirius Ready Radio, Internet Protocol.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the association of the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment and the data corresponds to at least one of the following:

time multiplexing, frequency multiplexing, separate transmitting methods.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting an input associated with the outputting of at least the portion of the information about the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment;

preparing a response data packet including at least the unique identifier; and

transmitting the response data packet.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the outputting corresponds to at least one of the following:

a visual presentation, an audible presentation, a data transmission, sending to a port.

8. A system enabling communication between a broadcast receiving system and a database system via a computing device in communication with one or more computer readable storage medium, the system comprising:

the computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to establish a first connection between the computing device and the broadcast receiving system, the first connection enabling transfer of identifying data that enables a unique identification of a specific occurrence of a broadcast segment received by the broadcast receiving system, the first connection enabling transferring the identifying data that enables the unique identification of the specific occurrence of the broadcast segment received by the broadcast receiving system; and

a memory that enables storing, in the one or more computer readable storage medium, the identifying data that enables the unique identification of the specific occurrence of the broadcast segment received by the broadcast receiving system transferred via the first connection,

wherein the computing device is further configured to establish a second connection between the computing device and the database system, the second connection enabling transfer of the identifying data that enables the unique identification of the specific occurrence of the broadcast segment received by the broadcast receiving system, the second connection enabling transferring the identifying data that enables the unique identification of the specific occurrence of the broadcast segment received by the broadcast receiving system stored in the one or more computer readable storage medium.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first connection utilizes at least one of the following:

a wired connection, a wireless connection, a removable memory device.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the second connection utilizes at least one of the following:

a wired connection, a wireless connection, a removable memory device, a second computing device.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the broadcast receiving system further receives at least one of the following:

a content provider name associated with the broadcast segment, a title associated with the broadcast segment, a broadcaster associated with the broadcast segment, an option associated with the broadcast segment, an additional identifier associated with the broadcast segment.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the second connection further enables transferring from the computing device to the database system at least one of the following:

an identifier associated with the computing device, an identifier associated with an account, an identifier associated with the broadcast receiving system, an identifier associated with a source of the broadcast segment.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the identifying data includes at least one of the following:

an identification of the communications device, an identification of a user of the communication device, an identification of a billing account, an identification of account details, an identification of a phone number, an Internet Protocol address, an identification number.

14. A system enabling one or more receiver modules to receive identifying data corollary to each specific broadcast of a uniquely identifiable broadcast segment associated with a broadcast stream, the each specific broadcast of the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment received in association with a lookup table enabled identifier obtained from a database server, the system comprising:

the one or more receiver modules, wherein the one or more receiver modules are configured to receive a data stream associated with the each specific broadcast of the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment;

a decoder module usable by at least one processor to extract from the data stream at least the lookup table enabled identifier associated with the each specific broadcast of the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment, whereby the format of the at least the lookup table enabled identifier is compared and validated using a format obtained from the database server;

a memory usable by the one or more receiver modules configured to store the at least the validated lookup table enabled identifier associated with the each specific broadcast of the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment, the storing of the validated the at least the lookup table enabled identifier associated with the each specific broadcast of the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment; and

the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor correlates the validated the at least the lookup table enabled identifier associated with the each specific broadcast of the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment with the identifying data for outputting to at least one data output usable by the one or more receiver modules.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the identifying data includes at least one of the following:

a title, an artist, an advertiser, an identification of a broadcaster of the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment, cut information, availability for downloading, publisher.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the broadcast stream corresponds to at least one of the following:

analog radio, digital radio, satellite radio, cable, wireless, Internet, cell phone network.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the format obtained from the database server corresponds to at least one of the following:

HD radio, Radio Broadcast Data Service, Digital Audio Broadcasting, XM Ready Radio, Sirius Ready Radio, Internet Protocol.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the broadcast stream and the data stream are correlated by least one of the following:

time multiplexing, frequency multiplexing, separate transmitting methods.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one processor further detects an input associated with the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment and prepares a response data packet including at least the lookup table enabled identifier associated with the each specific broadcast of the uniquely identifiable broadcast segment;

and

wherein the system further comprises a transmitter for transmitting the response data packet.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the outputting corresponds to at least one of the following:

a visual presentation, a audible presentation, a data transmission, sending to a port.