Broadcast profiling system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12367235-B2
Application number	US-202217872781-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2022
Priority date	Jan 2, 2015
Publication date	Jul 22, 2025
Grant date	Jul 22, 2025

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a broadcast profiling system. An example apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory to compare a preference included in a user profile with a portion of a content station profile to determine whether the preference included in the user profile satisfies a threshold difference from the portion of the content station profile, in response to the threshold difference being satisfied, generate a station recommendation for a user associated with the user profile, and transmit an instruction to a device associated with the user, the instruction including the station recommendation, the instruction configured to cause a radio pre-set to be adjusted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory to:
detect a change from a first media content to a second media content being broadcast on a broadcast station;
in response to detecting the change from the first media content to the second media content, update a content station profile for the broadcast station based on a first characteristic of the second media content, wherein the first characteristic of the second media content is at least one of a genre, an era, or a mood of the second media content associated with a time context based on a timestamp associated with the second media content, wherein the update of the content station profile includes one of: (i) adding the first characteristic of the second media content to the content station profile when the content station profile does not include the first characteristic or (ii) incrementing a first count associated with the first characteristic in the content station profile when the content station profile includes the first characteristic;
in response to detecting the change from the first media content to the second media content, compare a user profile with the content station profile to determine whether the user profile satisfies a threshold difference from the content station profile, wherein comparing the user profile with the content station profile comprises comparing a histogram of the user profile with a histogram of the content station profile;
in response to the threshold difference being satisfied, generate a station recommendation for a user associated with the user profile; and
transmit an instruction to a device associated with the user, the instruction including the station recommendation, the instruction configured to cause a radio pre-set to be adjusted.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the content station profile includes a characteristic of first broadcast data associated with a first time context associated with first identifying information.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the content station profile includes a characteristic of second broadcast data associated with a second time context associated with second identifying information.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first broadcast data and the second broadcast data are received at a server computer from a listening station.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the update of the content station profile for the broadcast station is further based on a second characteristic of the second media content, wherein the second characteristic is at least another one of the genre, the era, or the mood of the second media content associated with the time context.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the change from the first media content to the second media content comprises a change from a first song to a second song.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
determine at least one of a time, season, or holiday associated with the change; and
store the at least one of the time, season, or holiday associated with the change in the content station profile.

8. A method, comprising:
detecting a change from a first media content to a second media content being broadcast on a broadcast station;
in response to detecting the change from the first media content to the second media content, updating a content station profile for the broadcast station based on a first characteristic of the second media content, wherein the first characteristic of the second media content is at least one of a genre, an era, or a mood of the second media content associated with a time context based on a timestamp associated with the second media content, wherein updating the content station profile includes one of: (i) adding the first characteristic of the second media content to the content station profile when the content station profile does not include the first characteristic or (ii) incrementing a first count associated with the first characteristic in the content station profile when the content station profile includes the first characteristic;
in response to detecting the change from the first media content to the second media content, comparing a user profile with the content station profile to determine whether the user profile satisfies a threshold difference from the content station profile, wherein comparing the user profile with the content station profile comprises comparing a histogram of the user profile with a histogram of the content station profile;
in response to the threshold difference being satisfied, generating a station recommendation for a user associated with the user profile; and
transmitting an instruction to a device associated with the user, the instruction including the station recommendation, the instruction configured to cause a radio pre-set to be adjusted.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the content station profile includes a characteristic of first broadcast data associated with a first time context associated with first identifying information.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the content station profile includes a characteristic of second broadcast data associated with a second time context associated with second identifying information.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first broadcast data and the second broadcast data are received at a server computer from a listening station.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the update of the content station profile for the broadcast station is further based on a second characteristic of the second media content, wherein the second characteristic is at least another one of the genre, the era, or the mood of the second media content associated with the time context.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the change from the first media content to the second media content comprises a change from a first song to a second song.

14. The method of claim 8 , further including:
determining at least one of a time, season, or holiday associated with the change; and
storing the at least one of the time, season, or holiday associated with the change in the content station profile.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that are executable by at least one processor to cause a computing device to:
detect a change from a first media content to a second media content being broadcast on a broadcast station;
in response to detecting the change from the first media content to the second media content, update a content station profile for the broadcast station based on a first characteristic of the second media content, wherein the first characteristic of the second media content is at least one of a genre, an era, or a mood of the second media content associated with a time context based on a timestamp associated with the second media content, wherein the update of the content station profile includes one of: (i) adding the first characteristic of the second media content to the content station profile when the content station profile does not include the first characteristic or (ii) incrementing a first count associated with the first characteristic in the content station profile when the content station profile includes the first characteristic;
in response to detecting the change from the first media content to the second media content, compare a user profile with the content station profile to determine whether the user profile satisfies a threshold difference from the content station profile, wherein comparing

Assignees

• Gracenote Inc

Inventors

• Cremer Markus K
• Sharma Rishabh
• Chien Michael Yeehua
• Jeyachandran Suresh
• Quinn Paul Emmanuel

Classifications

• G06F16/639

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• G06F16/683 Primary

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