Method and system for providing an audio element cache in a customized personal radio broadcast

• US 9,268,775 B1
• Filed: 05/10/2013
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dedicated Licensing LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: Black Hills Media, LLC (Concert Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: De Bonet, Jeremy S., Viola, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Todd, Gregory
• Application Number:
  US13/891,330
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/635 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/637 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialization, adaptation or distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/639 using playlists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/735 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1854 with non-centralised forwarding system, e.g. chaincast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] H04L51/04; selective video distribution H04N21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• 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 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 : being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 : Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4667 : Processing of monitored end-user data, e.g. trend analysis based on the log file of viewer selections
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 : involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 : involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/165 : Centralised control of user terminal subsequent to an upstream request signal H04N7/17345; Registering at central by two-way working H04N7/17309

Abstract

A method of playing preselected content by a processor-based communications device includes receiving an Internet radio broadcast from a personal radio server system, pre-selecting audio elements, storing the pre-selected audio elements, and playing the stored pre-selected audio elements by the processor-based communications device.

Claims

1. A method of operating a server to provide a customized broadcast comprising:

maintaining a user profile including information relating to a preference of a user associated with the user profile;

maintaining a user listening history comprising a list identifying at least a portion of a plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements previously transmitted to a user device and a time at which each Internet radio broadcast element of the at least a portion of the plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements was previously played by the user device;

in response to the user device logging in and without selection from the user device, automatically caching a plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements sufficient to be played for a pre-determined time period and comprising a plurality of song broadcast elements and a plurality of advertising broadcast elements based on the user profile and the user listening history; and

transmitting the cached plurality of broadcast elements to the user device;

wherein the plurality of broadcast elements further comprise a personalized broadcast element that includes a reference to a name of the user associated with the user device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein caching the plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements comprises caching a predetermined number of song broadcast elements and a predetermined number of advertisement broadcast elements.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the predetermined number of song broadcast elements is at least one hundred song broadcast elements that relate to the user profile.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the predetermined time period is at least one hour.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the predetermined time period is at most one hour.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein caching a plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements further comprises caching at least one of introductions for the broadcast song elements, outroductions for the broadcast song elements, news reports, and disc jockey audio elements.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting time critical information to the user device comprising at least one of stock quotes, weather information, and traffic information.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

without selection from the user device, automatically selecting an alert broadcast element selected from a group consisting of a weather alert broadcast element, a traffic alert broadcast element, and a stock price alert broadcast element based on the user profile;

halting transmission of one of the plurality of broadcast elements to the user device prior to completion of the transmission of the one of the plurality of broadcast elements; and

transmitting the alert broadcast element to the user device while the transmission of the one of the plurality of broadcast elements is halted.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the advertisement broadcast elements comprises advertisements based on demographics in the user profile.

10. A server for providing a customized broadcast comprising:

a network interface for communicating with a network; and

memory; and

a processor in communication with the memory and the network interface and adapted to;

maintain a user profile including information relating to a preference of a user associated with the user profile;

maintain a user listening history comprising a list identifying at least a portion of a plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements previously transmitted to a user device and a time at which each Internet radio broadcast element of the at least a portion of the plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements was previously played by the user device;

in response to the user device logging in and without selection from the user device, automatically cache a plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements sufficient to be played for a pre-determined time period and comprising a plurality of song broadcast elements and a plurality of advertising broadcast elements based on the user profile and the user listening history; and

transmit the cached plurality of broadcast elements to the user device;

wherein the plurality of broadcast elements further comprise a personalized broadcast element that includes a reference to a name of the user associated with the user device.

11. The server of claim 10 wherein to cache the plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements, the processor is adapted to cache a predetermined number of song broadcast elements and a predetermined number of advertisement broadcast elements.

12. The server of claim 11 wherein the predetermined number of song broadcast elements is at least one hundred song broadcast elements that relate to the user profile.

13. The server of claim 10 wherein the predetermined time period is at least one hour.

14. The server of claim 10 wherein the predetermined time period is at most one hour.

15. The server of claim 10 wherein to cache a plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements, the processor is further adapted to cache at least one of introductions for the broadcast song elements, outroductions for the broadcast song elements, news reports, and disc jockey audio elements.

16. The server of claim 10 wherein the processor is further adapted to transmit time critical information to the user device comprising at least one of stock quotes, weather information, and traffic information.

17. The server of claim 10 wherein the server is further adapted to:

without selection from the user device, automatically selecting an alert broadcast element selected from a group consisting of a weather alert broadcast element, a traffic alert broadcast element, and a stock price alert broadcast element based on the user profile;

halting transmission of one of the plurality of broadcast elements to the user device prior to completion of the transmission of the one of the plurality of broadcast elements; and

transmitting the alert broadcast element to the user device while the transmission of the one of the plurality of broadcast elements is halted.

18. The server of claim 10 wherein the advertisement broadcast elements comprises advertisements based on demographics in the user profile.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with software for instructing a processor to:

maintain a user profile including information relating to a preference of a user associated with the user profile;

maintain a user listening history comprising a list identifying at least a portion of a plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements previously transmitted to a user device and a time at which each Internet radio broadcast element of the at least a

portion of the plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements was previously played by the user device;

in response to the user device logging in and without selection from the user device, automatically cache a plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements sufficient to be played for a pre-determined time period and comprising a plurality of song broadcast elements and a plurality of advertising broadcast elements based on the user profile and the user listening history; and

transmit the cached plurality of broadcast elements to the user device;

wherein the plurality of broadcast elements further comprise a personalized broadcast element that includes a reference to a name of the user associated with the user device.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 wherein to cache the plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements, the processor is adapted to cache a predetermined number of song broadcast elements and a predetermined number of advertisement broadcast elements.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 wherein to cache a plurality of Internet radio broadcast elements, the processor is further adapted to cache at least one of introductions for the broadcast song elements, outroductions for the broadcast song elements, news reports, and disc jockey audio elements.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 wherein the server is further adapted to:

without selection from the user device, automatically select an alert broadcast element selected from a group consisting of a weather alert broadcast element, a traffic alert broadcast element, and a stock price alert broadcast element based on the user profile;

halt transmission of one of the plurality of broadcast elements to the user device prior to completion of the transmission of the one of the plurality of broadcast elements; and

transmit the alert broadcast element to the user device while the transmission of the one of the plurality of broadcast elements is halted.