Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing interactive control of radio and other media

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9557902-B2
Application number	US-201414326524-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 9, 2014
Priority date	Oct 5, 2004
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

A method for presenting content to a user through a content management device. The method includes receiving at a content management device content from a plurality of content providers. The content management device generates a supplemental programming data from the content providers. The content management device receives guide programming data from a content-independent programming data source. The content management device generates an interactive program guide in response to the supplemental programming data and the guide programming data, the interactive program guide presenting content available to the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for presenting content on a user mobile device, the method comprising:
receiving, by the user mobile device, multiple feeds of the content that are broadcast from a plurality of content providers;
receiving, by the user mobile device, supplemental programming data broadcast from the plurality of content providers;
receiving, by the user mobile device, guide programming data broadcast from a content-independent programming data source; and
generating, by the user mobile device, an interactive program guide in response to the supplemental programming data and the guide programming data, the interactive program guide presenting the multiple feeds of the content available to a user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user mobile device is a cellular telephone using cellular technology.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising resolving, by the user mobile device, a conflict between the supplemental programming data from the plurality of content providers and the guide programming data from the content-independent programming data source by using the supplemental programming data from the plurality of content providers instead of the guide programming data from the content-independent programming data source to generate the interactive program guide.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiple feeds of the content that are broadcast from the plurality of content providers to the user mobile device are separate from an internet connection to the user mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving at the user mobile device the multiple feeds of the content from the plurality of content providers includes accessing user profile data, comparing the supplemental programming data to the user profile data, and altering a presentation of the interactive program guide based on matching characteristics between the user profile data and the supplemental programming data; and
wherein the content is arranged in the interactive program guide in response to a degree of match between the user profile data and the supplemental programming data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interactive program guide presenting the content available to the user includes presenting stored content stored on the user mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising when a content identifier of the content received from a content provider matches a content identifier of stored content stored on the user mobile device, associating an indication indicating that the stored content is already stored on the user mobile device with the content in the interactive program guide.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the supplemental programming data from a content provider includes call-in information; and
wherein generating the interactive program guide includes displaying a call-in availability indication associated with the content for which call-in is available.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising initiating a call to the content provider providing the content for which call-in is available upon receipt of a user selection of the call-in availability indication.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising presenting an additional action indicator associated with the content and initiating an additional action upon receipt of a user selection of the additional action indicator.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the additional action includes marking the content as a favorite; and
wherein generating the interactive program guide includes placing the content marked as the favorite at a preferred location in the interactive program guide.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the additional action includes initiating a request for downloading the content to the user mobile device; and
wherein the request is for a limited number of plays of the content downloaded.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the additional action includes selecting future content, storing a station identifier for the future content and a start time for the future content, and playing by the user mobile device the future content when a current time matches the start time.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the additional action includes recording the content as received on the user mobile device; and
wherein the additional action includes a request for acquiring additional information related to the content upon the user selection of the additional action indicator.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content includes content broadcast via radio.

16. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, for presenting content, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a user mobile device, cause the user mobile device to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by the user mobile device, multiple feeds of the content that are broadcast from a plurality of content providers;
receiving, by the user mobile device, supplemental programming data broadcast from the plurality of content providers;
receiving, by the user mobile device, guide programming data broadcast from a content-independent programming data source; and
generating, by the user mobile device, an interactive program guide in response to the supplemental programming data and the guide programming data, the interactive program guide presenting the multiple feeds of the content available to a user.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the user mobile device is a cellular telephone using cellular technology.

18. An apparatus for a user mobile device, the apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, in the user mobile device, content broadcast from a plurality of content providers;
receiving, in the user mobile device, supplemental programming data broadcast from the plurality of content providers, wherein the user mobile device is a cellular telephone using cellular technology;
receiving, in the user mobile device, guide programming data broadcast from a content-independent programming data source;
generating, in the user mobile device, an interactive program guide in response to the supplemental programming data and the guide programming data, the interactive program guide presenting the content available to a user; and
displaying the interactive program guide.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the user mobile device resolves a conflict between the supplemental programming data from the plurality of content providers and the guide programming data from the content-independent programming data source by using the supplemental programming data from the plurality of content providers instead of the guide programming data from the content-independent programming data source to generate the interactive program guide.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein audio of the content plays sound through vehicle speakers in a vehicle.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Koch Robert A

Classifications

• H04N21/235

  Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors · CPC title

• G06F3/162

  Interface to dedicated audio devices, e.g. audio drivers, interface to CODECs · CPC title

• H04N21/43622

  Interfacing an external recording device · CPC title

• H04N21/435

  Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream · CPC title

• H04N21/835

  Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates {(protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10)} · CPC title