Systems and methods for digital radio broadcast with cross platform reception

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9467255-B2
Application number	US-201414580920-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2014
Priority date	Dec 23, 2014
Publication date	Oct 11, 2016
Grant date	Oct 11, 2016

Abstract

Systems and methods are described for rendering content at a digital radio broadcast receiver system. A digital radio broadcast signal comprises data for rendering content at the digital radio broadcast receiver. The digital radio broadcast signal is processed to determine whether the data from the digital radio broadcast transmission contains a data error. A portion of the data containing the data error is identified. A download request is transmitted to a computing system, where the download request requests duplicate data for the portion of the data containing the data error. The duplicate data is received at the digital radio broadcast receiver for the portion of the data containing the error via other wireless communication other than the digital radio broadcast. The duplicate data is processed to provide an uninterrupted rendering of the content.

First claim

It is claimed:

1. A computer-implemented method for rendering content at a digital radio broadcast receiver system, the method comprising:
receiving a digital radio broadcast signal via digital radio broadcast transmission, the digital radio broadcast signal comprising data in a specified format for rendering content at the digital radio broadcast receiver;
processing the digital radio broadcast signal to determine whether the data from the digital radio broadcast transmission contains a data error and identifying a portion of the data containing the data error;
transmitting a first notification to a computing system, the first notification being effective to cause the processing of duplicate data for the portion of the data containing the data error,
receiving the duplicate data at the digital radio broadcast receiver for the portion of the data containing the error via other wireless communication other than the digital radio broadcast transmission based on the first notification, wherein the duplicate data comprises the data in the specified format of the digital radio broadcast signal transmitted by the digital radio broadcast transmitter system; and
selecting the duplicate data instead of selecting the portion of the data that contains the data error to provide corrected data, and processing the corrected data at the digital radio broadcast receiver to provide an uninterrupted rendering of the content.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content is an audio program, wherein the data from the digital radio broadcast transmission comprises audio data, wherein the digital radio broadcast signal includes program data identifying the audio program, and wherein the duplicate data is received without receiving data via the other wireless communication for the entire audio program.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the duplicate data includes a first data structure that is generated by the digital radio broadcast transmitter system, and wherein an identical copy of the first data structure is broadcast by the digital radio broadcast transmitter system for receipt at the digital radio broadcast receiver.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 comprising:
downloading the first data structure from a file server via an Internet protocol, wherein the first data structure is encapsulated in a file to facilitate the downloading of the first data structure via the Internet protocol.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 comprising:
determining, from the digital radio broadcast signal, a subject matter of the content, a name of a person associated with the content, a song title associated with the content, or an album title associated with the content;
transmitting a second notification to a second computing system, the second notification effective to cause processing of second data comprising content that is related to the determined subject matter, name, song title, or album title; and
receiving the second data at the digital radio broadcast receiver via the other wireless communication based on the second notification.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the content that is related to the determined subject matter, name, song title, or album title comprises information related to merchandise, information related to concert tickets, an image, a video, or biographical information.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 comprising:
receiving, via the other wireless communication, data comprising a list of radio stations and associated broadcast frequencies, wherein each radio station of the list is associated with one or more digital radio broadcast signals that are available to the digital radio broadcast receiver based on a location of the digital radio broadcast receiver.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the list of radio stations and associated broadcast frequencies is not generated by the digital radio broadcast receiver based on data received via the digital radio broadcast transmission.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the duplicate data is included in one or more files stored at the computing system, wherein the first notification includes data that identifies the one or more files, and wherein the receiving of the duplicate data at the digital radio broadcast receiver includes:
downloading the one or more files based on the first notification, each of the one or more files including data for rendering approximately 1.5 seconds of audio output, wherein the one or more files do not comprise a portion of a streaming content transfer.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 comprising:
storing the duplicate data in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is included in a baseband processor of the digital radio broadcast receiver.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 comprising:
removing the duplicate data from the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium after the processing of the corrected data.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the duplicate data comprises:
downloading the duplicate data from a file server via a wireless Internet service.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein the downloading of the duplicate data from the file server utilizes an Internet protocol, and wherein the Internet protocol is Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or File Transfer Protocol Secure (FTPS).

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein the digital radio broadcast receiver system includes i) the digital radio broadcast receiver configured to receive the digital radio broadcast signal, and ii) an Internet receiver configured to download the duplicate data from the file server via the wireless Internet service.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the digital radio broadcast receiver system comprises i) an automotive receiver including the digital radio broadcast receiver, and ii) a mobile phone including the Internet receiver.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 comprising:
transferring the duplicate data from the mobile phone to the automotive receiver including the digital radio broadcast receiver.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the digital radio broadcast receiver system comprises a mobile phone that includes the digital radio broadcast receiver and the Internet receiver.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , wherein the mobile phone executes a mobile software application program, and wherein the transmitting of the first notification and the receiving of the duplicate data are performed based on user input received via the mobile application.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the duplicate data does not comprise a portion of a streaming content transfer.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the digital radio broadcast signal includes an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computing system, and wherein the first notification is transmitted to the computing system using the IP address.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 comprising:
determining one or more signal quality measures of the digital radio broadcast signal, the one or more signal quality measures indicating a reception quality of the digital radio broadcast si

Assignees

• Ibiquity Digital Corp

Inventors

• Milbar Marek
• El-Dinary Ashruf S
• Carlock Jason K
• Jury Jeffrey
• Detweiler Jeffrey R
• Tenniswood Timothy L
• Deridder James

Classifications

• H04H20/72

  of terrestrial networks · CPC title

• H04L1/08 Primary

  by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)} · CPC title

• H04H2201/18

  in band on channel [IBOC] · CPC title

• H04L1/20

  using signal quality detector · CPC title

• H04H2201/37

  via a different channel · CPC title