Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Guide generation for music-related content in a broadcast radio environment
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Application No.: US15483226Application Date: 2017-04-10
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Publication No.: US10277343B2Publication Date: 2019-04-30
- Inventor: Jason Carlock
- Applicant: iBiquity Digital Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MD Columbia
- Assignee: Ibiquity Digital Corporation
- Current Assignee: Ibiquity Digital Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Columbia
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Wessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; H04H60/37 ; H04H20/12 ; H04H20/57 ; G06F17/30 ; G06F3/16

Abstract:
Tools and techniques are provided for identifying, collecting, and processing music-related content within a radio broadcast environment. In one embodiment, a method is provided for processing music-related broadcast radio data. The method includes receiving a plurality of broadcast radio station signals; identifying each radio station signal as an analog signal or a digitally broadcast signal in response to the identified radio station signals; obtaining a broadcast sample from at least one of the radio stations; identifying at least one music-related information element missing from the broadcast sample; obtaining missing music-related information elements; updating a computer server with the obtained music-related information elements; and generating and communicating a music guide including the updated information to various user devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180294906A1 GUIDE GENERATION FOR MUSIC-RELATED CONTENT IN A BROADCAST RADIO ENVIRONMENT Public/Granted day:2018-10-11
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