Systems and methods for communicating and rendering electronic program guide information via digital radio broadcast transmission

US8983365B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• iBiquity Digital Corporation · US

Inventors

• Armond Capparelli · Milltown, US
• Joseph F. D'Angelo · Bedminster, US
• Joseph P. Haggerty · Madison, US
• Steven A. Johnson · Salt Lake City, US
• Bei Li · Redwood City, US
• Lia Meller · Summit, US
• Marek Milbar · Huntingdon Valley, US
• Jordan Scott · Ferndale, US
• Chinmay Shah · Piscataway, US
• Kun Wang · New Providence, US
• Girish Warrier · Natick, US
• Christopher R. Gould · Epsom, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2007
• Grant date: Mar 17, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04H2201/186
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for preparing data for broadcast via digital radio broadcast transmission is disclosed comprising the steps of receiving a plurality of content files corresponding to programming information for program content to be broadcast; receiving an index file having a pointer for each of the plurality of content files, wherein the index file is associated with a first logical address; storing the index file and the plurality of content files; scheduling a broadcast rotation of the index file and the plurality of content files (wherein the index file is scheduled for repeated transmission intermittently relative to selected ones of the content files); and transmitting the index file and the plurality of content files to an importer in accordance with the broadcast rotation.