US 10,320,502 B2Granted

Audio capture

AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC

InventorChris Kennedy

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Abstract

A system may allow users to automatically record radio programs for later consumption. When a user is listening to a radio program in the car, and arrives at the destination, the user's mobile device may capture an audio sample of the radio station, along with a GPS location of the user, and may transmit this information to a radio station application server. The server may use the location to identify a list of candidate radio stations, and may compare the audio sample with reference recordings of the candidate radio stations, to identify the radio station and program. The program may then be recorded for the user and subsequently played back at the user's convenience and on a device selected by the user, such as a mobile device, television, computer, DVR, or the like.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving, by one or more computing devices and from a user device, a request to record audio content associated with an airing audio station, wherein the request to record the audio content associated with the airing audio station comprises a request to record a remaining portion of an audio station program, the remaining portion aired subsequent to the request to record the audio content associated with the airing audio station;
receiving, by the one or more computing devices, location information corresponding to the user device;
determining, based on the location information, a candidate list of audio stations;
causing display of the candidate list of audio stations;
receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a user selection of an indicator of the airing audio station from the candidate list of audio stations;
preparing, based on the user selection of the indicator of the airing audio station, a recording by the one or more computing devices of the airing audio station;
and
sending, to a device associated with a user of the user device and different from the one or more computing devices, a message with a link to the recording of the airing audio station.

5 more elements

A system comprising:

a user device;
and
a computing device comprising:
one or more processors;
and
memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:
receive, from the user device, a request to record audio content associated with an airing audio station, wherein the request to record the audio content associated with the airing audio station comprises a request to record a remaining portion of an audio station program, the remaining portion aired subsequent to the request to record the audio content associated with the airing audio station;
receive location information corresponding to the user device;
determine, based on the location information, a candidate list of audio stations;
cause display of the candidate list of audio stations;
receive a user selection of an indicator of the airing audio station from the candidate list of audio stations;
prepare, based on the user selection of the indicator of the airing audio station, a recording of the airing audio station;
and
send, to a different device associated with a user of the user device and different from the computing device, a message with a link to the recording of the airing audio station.

11 more elements

An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;
memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
receive, from a user device, a request to record audio content associated with an airing audio station, wherein the request to record the audio content associated with the airing audio station comprises a request to record a remaining portion of an audio station program, the remaining portion aired subsequent to the request to record the audio content associated with the airing audio station;
receive location information corresponding to the user device;
determine, based on the location information, a candidate list of audio stations;
cause display of the candidate list of audio stations;
receive a user selection of an indicator of the airing audio station from the candidate list of audio stations;
prepare, based on the user selection of the indicator of the airing audio station, a recording of the airing audio station;
and
send, to a device associated with a user of the user device, a message with a link to the recording of the airing audio station.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/740,887Filed 14 Jan 2013
Published: US 2014/0200694 A117 Jul 2014
Granted: 11 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04H 60/27
Arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linking to broadcast information or broadcast space-time; Broadcast-related systems:…
G06F 16/68
Of audio data: retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
G06F 16/683
Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually: using metadata automatically…
G06F 16/687
Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually: using geographical or…

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US 2014/0200694 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Jul 2014
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