Tagging media assets, locations, and advertisements

US8458184B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jesse Dorogusker · Palo Alto, US
• Emily Clark Schubert · San Jose, US
• Michael B. Hailey · Campbell, US
• Steve S. Gedikian · Redwood City, US
• Gregory T. Lydon · Santa Cruz, US
• Lawrence G. Bolton · Fremont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2007
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2013
• Expiry date: May 11, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04H60/73
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An accessory communicates with a PMD to store tags associated with broadcasts in a file maintained in a storage medium of the accessory. In one embodiment, the accessory sends a command to the PMD to create or open a tag file that resides on the PMD. Once opened, the tag file is held open by the PMD until the accessory closes it (or disconnects), allowing multiple tags to be written to one file. Each time the user requests a new tag, the accessory generates a tag containing information descriptive of the broadcast material (e.g., song title, artist, radio station identifier, time of tagging, etc.) and writes the tag to the tag file using a write command to the PMD.