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System and method for providing measurement of tracking events with radio broadcast materials via the internet

US6748427B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 2002
Grant dateJun 8, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04H2201/40
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A broadcast material delivery architecture provides coordinated inclusion of supplemental materials with delivered broadcast material. A broadcaster broadcasts the broadcast materials to a plurality of users, the broadcast material being divided into a plurality of segments. Also broadcast is program data associated with the plurality of segments. A user terminal receives the broadcast material from the broadcaster and retrieving supplemental materials related to said plurality of segments of said broadcast material. To retrieve the supplemental materials, the program data are provided to a data server, which provides parameters for the supplemental materials to the user terminal. The user terminal uses the parameters to retrieve supplemental materials from one or more databases. The user terminal plays the supplemental materials in conjunction with the broadcast material.

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