Tagging of broadcast content using a portable media device controlled by an accessory

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9130686-B2
Application number	US-55395809-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2009
Priority date	Dec 20, 2007
Publication date	Sep 8, 2015
Grant date	Sep 8, 2015

Abstract

Track-identifying information can be collected from a broadcast using a portable media device capable of receiving broadcast content in combination with an accessory capable of communicating user input to the portable media player. In some embodiments, the portable media player can detect the presence of track-identifying metadata (a “tag”) within a received broadcast and can alert the accessory when a tag is available for a currently-playing track. If the accessory instructs the portable media player to store the tag, the portable media player can do so and can alert the accessory when a tag for a track has been stored. In some embodiments, the accessory can also remotely control other broadcast-receiving functions of the portable media device, such as entering or exiting a broadcast-receiving mode of operation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An accessory comprising:
a media device interface configured to exchange a plurality of commands with a portable media device;
a user interface configured to receive user input; and
a controller coupled to the media device interface and the user interface, the controller being configured to interpret the received user input as instructions for invoking a functionality of a broadcast receiver of the portable media device and to instruct the media device…

Assignees

• Bolton Lawrence G
• Rathi Shailesh
• Yew Jason J
• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Bolton Lawrence G
• Rathi Shailesh
• Yew Jason J

Classifications

• H04H60/73 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic