System and method for ordering and delivering media content
US6957041B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 13, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04H2201/37
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An Automatic Purchase System (APS) provides a radio broadcast listener with the ability to conveniently purchase media content such as music or speech while listening to the radio. The user can respond to items in the radio broadcast such as advertisements, fund raising drives such as those conducted by public radio, or interactive listener polls during the broadcast. Data such as song title and artist, author or publisher and the IP address for the location where the digital version of the content is stored, can be transmitted using the RBDS/RDS data stream. A reference number representing song title and artist, author or publisher and the IP address for the location where the digital version of the content is stored can also be employed for ease of implementation. This reference number can reside in a lookup table to be accessed by the APS server software on a Data Server located at the broadcast site, a remote site or both for purposes of redundancy. Transmission of purchase requests from a Technology Enabled Radio (TER) is provided via wireless transmission, or by accessing the Internet using a personal computer or through a cellular or wireless phone.
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