Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems, methods, and devices for associating a contact identifier with a broadcast source
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Application No.: US14461168Application Date: 2014-08-15
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Publication No.: US09781751B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Allen P. Haughay, Jr. , Ryan Perry
- Applicant: Apple Inc. , BJ Watrous
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W76/02 ; H04H20/93 ; H04H40/27 ; H04H60/33 ; H04H60/74 ; H04H60/91 ; H04H40/18 ; H04H20/38 ; H04H60/27 ; H04H60/82 ; H04H60/94 ; H04M1/725

Abstract:
A media device including a broadcast receiver that receives broadcast media from a plurality of broadcast sources where the broadcast receiver is tunable to a first broadcast source. The media device also includes a data store that stores a list of contact identifiers where each contact identifier is associated with a broadcast source. The media device includes a user interface that: i) provides a prompt to a user to enable the user to initiate contact with the first broadcast source, and ii) receives a user indication to initiate contact with the first broadcast source. The media device further includes a transceiver that initiates the contact with the first broadcast source by sending a communications session request via a communications network to the first broadcast source that includes a contact identifier associated with the first broadcast source.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150071214A1 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ASSOCIATING A CONTACT IDENTIFIER WITH A BROADCAST SOURCE Public/Granted day:2015-03-12
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