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Systems, methods, and devices for scanning broadcasts

US9584843B2 · kind B2 · utility

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83References

15Claims

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Assignee

STRATOSAUDIO, INC. · US

Inventors

Kelly M. Christensen · Mill Creek, US
John Phillip Hansen · Austin, US
Thomas Daniel Mock · Sheffield, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 8, 2016
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04H2201/40
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The various embodiments disclosed herein provide methods, systems, and devices for capturing broadcast streams, analyzing the broadcast streams to obtain information about the media content transmitted in the broadcast streams, obtaining additional information about the media content if available, and assigning a unique event identifier specific to the instance of broadcast of the broadcast stream and/or media segment transmitted in the broadcast stream. In other embodiments, the unique event identifier is broadcasted to broadcast receiving devices. With the unique event identifier, broadcast receiving devices can access the obtained information associated with the media content.

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