SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCHEDULING INTERACTIVE MEDIA AND EVENTS

• US 20090183208A1
• Filed: 12/12/2008
• Published: 07/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: StratosAudio, Inc.
• Original Assignee: StratosAudio, Inc.
• Inventors: Christensen, Kelly M., Mock, Thomas Daniel, Hansen, John Phillip
• Granted Patent: US 8,631,448 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25866 Management of end-user data customer care in data networks H04L41/5077
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25883 being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/262 Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission, generating play-lists scheduling strategies for dispatcher in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/4881; arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services H04H60/06; flow control in packet networks H04L47/10; establishing a time schedule or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8166 involving executable data, e.g. software arrangements for executing specific programs G06F9/44; broadcasting computer programmes in broadcast systems H04H20/91; involving the movement of software or configuration parameters H04L67/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

The user can respond to a media segment wherein the media segment may be associated with a schedulable event. Software on the device can then schedule the event into an electronic calendar system, and/or may use data associated with the media segment. At the appropriate time, the electronic calendar system may notify the user of the scheduled broadcast and/or event.

Claims

1. A system for scheduling interactive media and events, comprising:

an interactive media transmission associated with at least one event, wherein a unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity is transmitted in association with the interactive media transmission;

a database associated with the interactive media transmission, wherein the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity resides in a look up table;

an interactive media receiver;

a monitor module to determine whether the notification criteria for the scheduled event has occurred, associated with the interactive media receiver;

an input module for a user to select the interactive media transmission received by the interactive media receiver;

a communications module for communicating between the interactive media receiver, the monitor module associated with the interactive media receiver, and the database associated with the interactive media transmission, wherein the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity is communicated to the database associated with the interactive media transmission upon the user selection of the interactive media transmission received by the interactive media receiver; and

wherein the at least one event is scheduled in the monitor module after the user selects the interactive media transmission received by the interactive media receiver.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitor module associated with the interactive media receiver is integrated with the interactive media receiver.

2. A system for scheduling interactive media and events, comprising:

an interactive broadcast media transmission associated with at least one media or an event;

a database associated with the interactive broadcast media transmission;

an interactive broadcast media receiver;

a calendar associated with the interactive broadcast media receiver, wherein the calendar is configured to allow a user to select the interactive broadcast media transmission received by the interactive broadcast media receiver;

a communications connection configured to communicate between the interactive broadcast media receiver, the calendar associated with the interactive broadcast media receiver, and the database associated with the interactive broadcast media transmission; and

wherein the at least one event is scheduled on the calendar after the user selects the interactive broadcast media transmission received by the interactive broadcast media receiver.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the calendar associated with the interactive media receiver is integrated with the interactive media receiver.

5. A computer-implemented method for scheduling interactive media and events, comprising:

receiving, in a broadcast receiver device, at least a broadcast, wherein the broadcast comprises an interactive media transmission, at least one option associated with the interactive media transmission, and a unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity of the interactive media transmission, wherein the interactive media transmission is associated with a scheduled event;

presenting, using the broadcast receiver device, the interactive media transmission and the at least one option associated with the interactive media transmission;

receiving, through an input module connected to the broadcast receiver device, a selection by a user of at least one option associated with the interactive media transmission;

transmitting, through a network connection using the broadcast receiver device, the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity to a schedule delivery system server;

receiving from the schedule delivery system server, through the network connection using the broadcast receiver device, scheduling data specific to the interactive media transmission and user scheduling preference data;

generating a calendar reminder in the broadcast receiver device based on the scheduling data and the user scheduling preference data, wherein the calendar reminder causes the broadcast receiver device to produce an alert.

6. The computer-implemented method for scheduling interactive media and events of claim 5, wherein the alert is a song specific to the scheduled event.

7. The computer-implemented method for scheduling interactive media and events of claim 5, wherein the user scheduling preference data comprises an amount of time to before the scheduled event to set the calendar reminder.

8. A computer system for scheduling interactive media and events, comprising:

a scheduler control module configured to operate on a server that receives a schedule for at least event;

wherein the scheduler control system associates an interactive broadcast media transmission with the at least one event;

wherein the scheduler control module determines an recipient interactive broadcast media receiver;

a database associated with an interactive broadcast media transmission; and

a scheduling delivery module that communicates the interactive broadcast media transmission associated with the at least one media or event to the interactive broadcast media receiver.

a means for communicating between the scheduler control module, the scheduling delivery module, the interactive broadcast media receiver, and the database associated with the interactive broadcast media transmission.

9. A method for scheduling interactive media and events, comprising:

associating at a server an interactive media transmission with at least one event;

selecting a recipient interactive media receiver to receive the interactive media transmission; and

communicating the interactive media transmission to the interactive media receiver.