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`SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR
`SCANNING BROADCASTS
`Inventors: Kelly M. Christensen, Marina Del Rey,
`CA (US); John Philip Hansen, Austin,
`TX (US); Thomas Daniel Mock,
`Sheffield, PA (US)
`Assignee: Stratos Audio, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US)
`Notice:
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 1374 days.
`Appl. No.: 12/366,483
`Filed:
`Feb. 5, 2009
`Prior Publication Data
`US 2009/0205OOO A1
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`Field of Classification Search
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`Primary Examiner —Nathan Flynn
`Assistant Examiner — Alfonso Castro
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Knobbe Martens Olson &
`Bear LLP
`ABSTRACT
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`The various embodiments disclosed herein provide methods,
`systems, and devices for capturing broadcaststreams, analyZ
`ing the broadcast streams to obtain information about the
`media content transmitted in the broadcast streams, obtaining
`additional information about the media content if available,
`and assigning a unique event identifier specific to the instance
`of broadcast of the broadcast stream and/or media segment
`transmitted in the broadcast stream. In other embodiments,
`the unique event identifier is broadcasted to broadcast receiv
`ing devices. With the unique event identifier, broadcast
`receiving devices can access the obtained information asso
`ciated with the media content.
`2 Claims, 12 Drawing Sheets
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`Receive Broadcast Stream in Broadcast Scanning System
`from Broadcast Source
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`Scan Broadcast Stream in Stream Scanner Module of
`Broadcast Scanning System
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`Analyze Broadcast in Stream Analysis Module of Broadcast
`Scanning System
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`Store Analysis in Media Storage Database of Broadcast
`Scanning System
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`Provide Access to Analysis (for example, broadcast unique
`event identifier associated with analysis)
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`1.
`SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR
`SCANNING BROADCASTS
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`CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED
`APPLICATIONS
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`The present application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C.
`119(c) to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/026,433, filed
`Feb. 5, 2008, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its
`entirety, including specifically but not limited to the systems,
`methods, and devices relating to Scanning broadcasts.
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`BACKGROUND
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`1. Field
`The disclosure relates generally to the field of broadcast
`ing, and in particular methods, systems, and devices for scan
`ning broadcasts.
`2. Description of the Related Art
`The traditional broadcasting industry, including radio and
`television, is a multi-billion dollar industry with hundreds of
`millions of listeners, viewers, and users. Traditional broad
`casting is generally a one way medium wherein content and/
`or data is distributed from broadcasters to users. The same is
`generally true for new broadcast mediums, such as internet
`broadcasting, podcasting, and the like. Additionally, when a
`user is watching or listening to media on a media player, Such
`as an IPOD(R), the ability to interact with such broadcasts is
`limited. New technologies are being developed to allow users
`to interact with both traditional and new broadcast media.
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`SUMMARY
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`In certain embodiments, a centralized broadcast scanning
`system comprising: a stream Scanner module fixed at a spe
`cific location, the stream scanner module configured to
`receive a plurality of broadcast streams from a plurality of
`broadcast sources, wherein each of the plurality of broadcast
`streams comprise at least a media content; a dedicated Scan
`ning system module configured to periodically sample a spe
`cific broadcast stream from a specific broadcast Source and to
`receive at least one alternate data stream pertaining to the
`media content in the specific broadcast stream, wherein the
`alternate data stream is from at least one alternate source; a
`stream analysis module configured to process the specific
`broadcast stream to determine an identification of the media
`content in the specific broadcast stream, wherein the deter
`mination is based at least on the media content and the alter
`nate data stream; a data mining and reporting system module
`configured to generate a database entry comprising at least
`the identification of the media content from the stream analy
`sis module; a central management module configured to
`assign the media content a unique event identifier, wherein
`the unique event identifier is unique to a specific instance of
`the media content in the specific broadcast stream; a media
`storage database module configured to store in the media
`storage database at least the unique event identifier and the
`database entry, wherein the unique event identifier is database
`linked to the database entry; and a device monitoring module
`configured to access from a plurality of user devices the
`specific broadcast stream received by each of the plurality of
`user devices, to communicate to a specific user device the
`unique event identifier of each specific instance of the media
`content in the specific broadcast stream received by the spe
`cific user device and to obtain from the specific user device at
`least one of the unique event identifiers communicated to the
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`specific user device, wherein the unique event identifier
`obtained is used to obtain the database entry in the storage
`database.
`In some embodiments, a distributed broadcast scanning
`system comprising: a central management module config
`ured to electronically communicate with a plurality of broad
`cast receiving devices, wherein each broadcast receiving
`device comprises at least: a stream Scanner module config
`ured to receive a specific broadcast stream from a broadcast
`Source, wherein the broadcast stream comprises at least a
`media content and an associated data linked to the media
`content; a stream analysis module configured to analyze the
`specific broadcast stream to determine an identification of the
`media content in the specific broadcast stream, wherein the
`determination is based at least in part on the associated data;
`a distributed scanning management system module config
`ured to generate a database entry comprising at least the
`identification of the media content from the stream analysis
`module and to transmit the database entry to the central man
`agement module; the central management module is further
`configured to comprise at least: a management module con
`figured to process the database entry and to assign the media
`content a unique event identifier, wherein the unique event
`identifier is unique to a specific instance of the media content
`in the specific broadcast stream; a media storage database
`module configured to store in a media storage database at
`least the unique event identifier and the database entry,
`wherein the unique event identifier is database linked to the
`database entry; and a device monitoring module configured to
`transmit the unique identifier to at least one of the plurality of
`broadcast receiving devices.
`In certain embodiments, a method for uniquely identifying
`media, comprising in no particular order, obtaining a trans
`mission of a media segment; analyzing the media segment to
`identify the content; assigning a unique identifier that
`uniquely identifies the specific instance of transmission of the
`media segment; storing the unique identifier in a database and
`at least part of the analyses of the media segment identifying
`the content of the media segment; transmitting the unique
`identifier to a plurality of user devices accessing the media
`segment; and obtaining from at least one of the plurality of
`user device a user interaction with the media segment and at
`least the unique identifier associated with the specific
`instance of the transmission of the media segment.
`In some embodiments, a method for uniquely identifying
`media, comprising in no particular order, obtaining a data
`stream associated with a transmission of a media segment;
`extracting at least an associated data from the data stream;
`analyzing the associated data extracted from the data stream;
`assigning a unique identifier that uniquely identifies the spe
`cific instance of the transmission of the media segment; and
`storing the unique identifier in a database and at least part of
`the analyses of the associated data extracted from the data
`stream; transmitting the unique identifier to a plurality of user
`devices accessing the media segment; and obtaining from at
`least one of the plurality of user device a user interaction with
`the media segment and at least the unique identifier associated
`with the specific instance of the transmission of the media
`Segment.
`In certain embodiments, a method for associating a unique
`identifier specific to a instance of a media segment in a data
`stream with the media segment in a user device, the method
`comprising: obtaining a transmission of the media segment
`from a broadcast source; transmitting at least enough data to
`identify the broadcast source to a broadcast scanning system;
`accessing from the broadcast scanning system the data stream
`associated with the media segment; extracting from the data
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`the media segment; presenting at least the specific instance of
`the media segment to a user of the user device; detecting a
`user input regarding the specific instance of the media seg
`ment; and transmitting at least the unique identifier specific to
`the instance of the media segment.
`For purposes of this Summary, certain aspects, advantages,
`and novel features of the invention are described herein. It is
`to be understood that not necessarily all Such advantages may
`beachieved in accordance with any particular embodiment of
`the invention. Thus, for example, those skilled in the art will
`recognize that the invention may be embodied or carried out
`in a manner that achieves one advantage or group of advan
`tages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other
`advantages as may be taught or Suggested herein.
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`the associated description are provided to illustrate one or
`more preferred embodiments of the invention, and not to limit
`the scope of the invention.
`FIG. 1 illustrates a high-level block diagram of one
`embodiment of a broadcast system comprising a broadcast
`Scanning System.
`FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of one embodiment of a
`broadcast system with an expanded view of one embodiment
`of a broadcast source.
`FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of one embodiment of a
`broadcast scanning system with an expanded view of one
`embodiment of the broadcast scanning system.
`FIG. 3A illustrates a block diagram depicting one embodi
`ment of a computer system configured to run Software for
`implementing one or more embodiments of the broadcast
`Scanning System.
`FIG. 4 illustrates a flow-chart diagram of one embodiment
`of a method of Scanning broadcast streams.
`FIG. 5 illustrates one embodiment of a broadcast system
`wherein the broadcast scanning system comprises a central
`ized broadcast Scanning system.
`FIG. 6 illustrates a block diagram of one embodiment of a
`broadcast system wherein the broadcast scanning system
`comprises a distributed broadcast Scanning system.
`FIG. 7 illustrates a block diagram of one embodiment of a
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`broadcast system wherein a broadcast scanning system com
`prises a centralized scanning system combined with a distrib
`uted broadcast Scanning system.
`FIG. 8 illustrates a flow-chart diagram of one embodiment
`ofa method of scanning, analyzing, storing broadcaststreams
`and/or further communicating with broadcast receiving
`devices.
`FIG. 9 illustrates one embodiment of various types of data
`that are stored in the media storage device and/or are related
`to a broadcast stream.
`FIG.10 illustrates one embodiment of various types of data
`that are stored in the media storage device and/or are related
`to a broadcast receiving device.
`FIG. 11 illustrates one embodiment of a broadcast scan
`ning system comprising a broadcast response and business
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`skill in the art that the invention described herein extends
`beyond the specifically disclosed embodiments, examples
`and illustrations and includes other uses of the invention and
`obvious modifications and equivalents thereof. Embodiments
`of the invention are described with reference to the accompa
`nying figures, wherein like numerals refer to like elements
`throughout. The terminology used in the description pre
`sented herein is not intended to be interpreted in any limited
`or restrictive manner simply because it is being used in con
`10 junction with a detailed description of certain specific
`embodiments of the invention. In addition, embodiments of
`the invention can comprise several novel features and no
`single feature is solely responsible for its desirable attributes
`or is essential to practicing the inventions herein described.
`The various embodiments disclosed herein provide meth
`ods, systems, and devices for capturing broadcast streams,
`analyzing the broadcast streams to obtain information about
`the media content transmitted in the broadcast streams,
`obtaining additional information about the media content if
`available, and assigning a unique event identifier specific to
`the instance of broadcast of the broadcast stream and/or
`media segment transmitted in the broadcast stream. In other
`embodiments, the unique event identifier is broadcasted to
`broadcast receiving devices. With the unique event identifier,
`broadcast receiving devices can access the obtained informa
`tion associated with the media content.
`The terms “broadcast” or “broadcaststream” or “broadcast
`signal' or “media stream’ as used herein are interchangeable
`and the terms broadly refer to, without limitation, data, infor
`mation or programming distributed over a wide variety of
`media such as terrestrial radio, over-the-air (or terrestrial)
`television, cable, satellite, internet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular
`and/or mobile networks, peer-to-peer networks, Local Area
`Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WAN's), combi
`nations of the same, or the like. Broadcasts, broadcast
`streams, broadcast signals and/or media streams can be of the
`type, without limitation, textual, audio-visual, and/or visual,
`and/or can comprise content such as television shows, mov
`ies, news, radio programming, advertisements, public
`announcements, news, pictures, videos, letters, emails, pod
`casts, combinations of the same, or the like.
`The terms “broadcast source' or “broadcaster are inter
`changeable as used herein, and all terms broadly comprise
`systems and/or devices that transmit broadcast streams, com
`prising without limitation broadcast stations and/or towers
`that transmit radio and/or television signals, servers and/or
`other devices that push data feeds over wired and/or wireless
`networks, such as the internet, LANs, WAN's, combinations
`of the same, or the like.
`The terms “scanning” or “scan as used herein broadly
`refer to the process of capturing any type of broadcast from
`the Source and/or from a data stream, comprising broadcast
`streams from broadcast systems. The terms 'scanner and
`“broadcast Scanning system are interchangeable and broadly
`refer to devices that are capable of capturing a broadcast. A
`scanner can be without limitation incorporated into other
`devices, such as televisions, radios, computers, laptops, cell
`phones and/or other wireless devices, PDAs, cable and/or
`satellite boxes, combinations of the same, or the like.
`As used herein, the terms “broadcast receiving device' or
`“broadcast receiving system” refers to any device or plurality
`of devices that are capable of receiving broadcast streams,
`and a broadcast receiving device can without limitation be
`incorporated into other devices, such as a personal computer,
`a laptop computer, a cellular phone, a GPS system, a Black
`berry(R) device, a portable computing device, a server, a com
`puter workstation, a local area network of individual comput
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`ers, an interactive kiosk, a personal digital assistant, an
`interactive wireless communications device, a digital media
`player, a handheld computer, an embedded computing
`device, cable and/or satellite boxes, other home and/or audio
`entertainment devices, combinations of the same, or the like.
`Broadcast receiving devices can also comprise a scanner.
`As used herein, the terms “data stream,” “alternate broad
`cast stream.” “alternate broadcast signal.” “alternate data
`stream,” “other media stream,” “other data stream.” “subcar
`rier data stream.” “accompanying stream.” “associated data
`stream.” “IP data stream” or “closed captioning data stream”
`broadly refer to any type of data or information pertaining to
`a broadcast stream. Data stream, alternate broadcast stream,
`alternate broadcast signal, alternate data stream, other media
`stream, other data stream, Subcarrier data stream, accompa
`nying stream, associated data stream, IP data stream and/or
`closed captioning data stream can be of the type, without
`limitation, ancillary data pertaining to a media stream Such as:
`Internet Protocols, XML, SOAP. PERL, J2ME, JAVA,
`GPRS, HSDPA/UMTS/3G, RBDS, RDS, DARC, GPRS,
`Program Associated Data (PAD). In Band On Channel
`(IBOC), Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM), digital radio, digital
`television, streaming media, open or closed captioning and/or
`transcripts, combinations of the same, or the like.
`The terms “broadcast network,” “network, or “communi
`cations medium' as used herein are interchangeable and refer
`to any type of communications medium (unidirectional and/
`orbidirectional) wherein a broadcast source(s), a broadcast
`receiving device(s), and/or a broadcast Scanning device(s)
`can communicate with the internet and/or other third party
`databases. For example, in a radio broadcast network, a radio
`station transmits radio broadcast signals to a plurality of radio
`receivers. Broadcast networks comprise mono-directional
`systems and/or bi-directional systems. Other examples of
`broadcast networks comprise but are not limited to broadcast
`ing to broadcast receiving devices and/or scanners over air
`waves, Subcarrier channels and/or frequencies, cable and/or
`satellite, cellular and/or wireless connections, internet, Vir
`tual private network (VPN) connections over the internet,
`private networks (for example, ISDN, T1, combinations of
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`the same, or the like.), wireless and/or wired direct connec
`tions between two or more devices, combinations of the same,
`or the like.
`The term “unique event identifier, as used herein is abroad
`term that refers to any means for identifying a specific
`instance of the broadcast stream. In certain embodiments, a
`broadcaster may generate its own “broadcaster media event
`identifier that may be specific to the instance of the broad
`cast, and/or that is separate from the “unique event identifier.”
`The terms “digital fingerprint’ or “fingerprint’ as used
`herein can comprise without limitation least-squares spectral
`analysis (LSSA), hash-Sums, wave form analysis, spectral
`analysis, harmonic analysis, watermarking, combinations of
`the same, or the like. As used herein, the term “media content
`refers to content being broadcasted in the broadcast stream.
`For example, media content can comprise a song, a video, a
`program, a show, an advertisement, combinations of the
`same, or the like.
`The terms “computer.” “computer server,” “computing
`system.” “computer clients.” “servers,” or “computing system
`devices, as used herein are interchangeable terms, and the
`terms broadly refer, without limitation, to a machine that
`manipulates data according to a list of instructions, combina
`tions of the same, or the like.
`FIG. 1 is a high-level block diagram illustrating one
`embodiment of a broadcast system 100. As illustrated, the
`broadcast system 100 comprises a broadcast source 120, a
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`160, third party databases 143 and a network 180. In the
`illustrated embodiment of FIG. 1, the broadcast source 120,
`the broadcast receiving system 140, third party databases 143,
`and the broadcast scanning system 160 communicate with
`each other through the network 180.
`With reference to FIG. 1, the broadcast source 120, in one
`embodiment, can be a radio station; the broadcast receiving
`system 140 can comprise one or more radio tuners; and/or the
`broadcast Scanning system 160 can be a standalone device,
`wherein both the radio tuners and/or the scanner are config
`ured to receive a broadcast stream 121 from the radio station
`120. In FIG. 1, the broadcast source 120 is located at a
`distance from the broadcast receiving system 140 and/or the
`broadcast Scanning system 160. In other embodiments, the
`broadcast source 120, the broadcast receiving system 140,
`and the broadcast Scanning system 160 can be on the same
`device, for example, a media player. In some embodiments,
`the broadcast receiving device 140 and the broadcast scan
`ning system 160 can be on the same device. For example, the
`broadcast receiving device 140 can be a cellular phone that is
`enabled to receive radio and/or television broadcast streams
`121, and the cellular phone is also configured to be a scanner
`that scans the broadcast stream 121 being received.
`Referring to FIG. 1, the broadcast stream 121 can be trans
`mitted using the airwaves, Subcarrier channels and/or fre
`quencies, satellite, cable, cellular, wireless, internet, wired
`direct connections between two or more devices, combina
`tions of the same, or the like. In other embodiments, the
`broadcast source 120 may transmit a broadcast stream in
`conformance with various radio standards, such as the Radio
`Broadcast Data System (RBDS) standard. The broadcast
`source 120 may transmit the broadcast stream 121 in many
`other forms, comprising satellite radio, satellite television,
`radio, cable television, internet, digital radio, IP data streams,
`media being played on media devices, such as an IPOD,
`combinations of the same, or the like.
`In one embodiment, network 180 uses the same commu
`nication means to enable communication between broadcast
`source 120, broadcast receiving device 140 and broadcast
`scanning system 160. Network 180 can use a plurality of
`communication means to enable communication between
`broadcast source 120, broadcast receiving device 140 and/or
`broadcast Scanning system 160. In some embodiments, the
`communication means in network 180 between broadcast
`source 120 and broadcast receiving device 140 is distinct
`from the communication means in network 180 between
`broadcast scanning system 160 and broadcast receiving
`device 140. In certain embodiments, the communication
`means in network 180 from broadcast scanning system 160
`and broadcast receiving device 140 is distinct from the com
`munication means in network 180 from broadcast receiving
`device 140 and broadcast scanning system 160. In one
`embodiment, the communication means in network 180 from
`broadcast scanning system 160 and broadcast receiving
`device 140 is the same as the communication means in net
`work 180 from broadcast receiving device 140 and broadcast
`scanning system 160. In some embodiments, the communi
`cation means in network 180 to enable communication
`between broadcast source 120, broadcast receiving device
`140 and broadcast scanning system 160 are all unidirectional
`communication means. In one embodiment, the communica
`tion means in network 180 to enable communication between
`broadcast source 120, broadcast receiving device 140 and
`broadcast Scanning system 160 are all bidirectional commu
`nication means. In certain embodiments, the communication
`means in network 180 to enable communication between
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`broadcast scanning system 160 are a mix