Apparatus and methods for accessing information relating to radio television programs
Inactive Publication Date: 2004-09-28
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES AUDIO INNOVATIONS
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Other objects and many of the attendant features of this invention will be more readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the foll
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Even when the information of the song are announced and heard, there are situations where such information cannot easily be retained (such as when a listener is operating an automobile or simply when a listener does not have something to write on or write with).
The problem is especially true for commercials, for which the listeners usually must memorize information that are difficult to memorize, such as telephone numbers and addresses for ordering the products advertised.
If listeners fail to remember these items of information, the effects of the commercials are diminished.
This is time consuming and if several months pass, the viewer may forget the name of the show.
Despite the above described long-felt inconvenience to so many in the audience, no satisfactory solution has so far been found.
Another problem is the high cost of advertisements.
An advertiser may only be able to finance a half-minute prime time commercial on television or radio.
Unfortunately, special decoders are also needed under such method.
However, the system does not retrieve information until the next day, and it requires a television and VCR for such retrieval.
These systems are inaccurate because the sample size is small, diary entries may be erroneous, or require viewer action.
However, despite its importance to advertisers and the media, a satisfactory method for gathering such data has yet to be found.
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The various embodiments of this invention can all be used to provide auxiliary information concerning a program being played on a station to a user. In one embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-3, a receiver includes a radio receiver, a memory, a clock, and a port for connection to a central station via a telephone line. When the user wishes to obtain auxiliary information concerning a received program, the user presses a button, which causes the station (the station the radio is tuned to), the day and the time (SDT), to be stored in the memory, which can later be downloaded to the central processor station for accessing the auxiliary information associated with the SDT for the program. In FIGS. 3 and 4, the memory and clock are housed with the radio. In the embodiment of FIG. 8 the memory and clock are separate from a radio or a television and the memory and clock are coupled via a connector to the radio or television. To access the auxiliary information the memory is uncoupled from the radi...
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An apparatus and method for ordering supplemental information about programs playing at a broadcast receiver. The method includes reproducing programs from one of a plurality of stations, recording an identification of a station and a time of a program, entering this information into one of a plurality of terminals, coupling the terminal to a depository and identifying a correspondence between the entered station identification and time and a program in a station log to obtain the desired supplemental information.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThis invention relates in general to broadcast media which includes radio and television and to apparatus and methods for obtaining information for transmitted programs.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONA listener of radio may hear a song of interest and decides to buy it, but does not know the title or artist. Frequently the announcer of the radio station does not state the title, artist or other information of the song, or even if the information was announced, it was before the song played. The listener must wait until the song is heard again and hope that the title and artist are announced after the song. Even when the information of the song are announced and heard, there are situations where such information cannot easily be retained (such as when a listener is operating an automobile or simply when a listener does not have something to write on or write with).The problem is especially true for commercials, for which the listeners usually must memorize informati...
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Login to View More IPC IPC(8): G11B33/00G11B33/10H04H9/00H04H1/00H04N7/025H04N7/00H04H20/28H04H20/34H04H60/37H04H60/40H04H60/44H04H60/63
CPCG11B33/10H04H20/28H04H20/34H04H60/37H04H60/40H04H60/44H04H60/63H04N7/002H04N7/025
InventorMANKOVITZ, ROY J.
OwnerINTELLECTUAL VENTURES AUDIO INNOVATIONS