System and method for facilitation of a geographically relevant radio station guide and transmission of supplemental content over the internet
US9887792B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 2, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04H2201/40
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for populating an available radio station broadcast list on a mobile device configured with a radio transmitter is disclosed. The method comprises identifying a plurality of radio stations in a database, each of the plurality of radio stations having a radio station broadcast area, each radio station broadcast area comprising a radio station transmitter location and a plurality of broadcast edge points, receiving a request, from the user device, for a list of available radio stations, the request comprising a geographic location of the user device, determining, for each of the plurality of radio stations, one broadcast edge point in the plurality of broadcast edge points that resides on a line defined by the radio station transmitter location, the geographic location of the user device, and the one broadcast edge point, and transmitting, to the user device, each radio station in the plurality of radio stations where the one broadcast edge point is further from the radio station transmitter location than the geographic location of the user device.
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