Responding to a tuning request by presenting an alternate media station
AssigneeiHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
InventorJeffrey Lee Littlejohn
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Abstract
A method includes tuning an end user device to a first media station in response to first tuning input received at the end user device, extracting, at the end user device, a station identifier from content obtained from the first media station, and obtaining access information associated with a second media station based on the station identifier of the first media station. In response to second tuning input requesting the end user device to tune to the first media station, instead of tuning to the first media station, retrieving the second media station based on the access information.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- tuning an end user device to a first media station in response to first tuning input received at the end user device;
- extracting, at the end user device, a station identifier from content obtained from the first media station;
- obtaining access information associated with a second media station based on the station identifier of the first media station;
- and
- in response to second tuning input requesting the end user device to tune to the first media station, instead of tuning to the first media station, retrieving the second media station based on the access information.
An end user device comprising:
- a processor;
- memory coupled to the processor and storing a program of instructions, the processor configured to execute the program of instructions to cause the end user device to:
- tune the end user device to a first media station in response to first tuning input;
- extract a station identifier from content obtained from the first media station;
- obtain access information associated with a second media station based on the station identifier of the first media station;
- and
- request the end user device to use the access information to retrieve the second media station, instead of tuning to the first media station the first media station, in response to second tuning input.
A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions configured to be stored in a memory and executed by a processor, the program of instructions comprising:
- at least one instruction to tune an end user device to a first media station in response to first tuning input;
- at least one instruction to extract a station identifier from content obtained from the first media station;
- at least one instruction to obtain access information associated with a second media station based on the station identifier of the first media station;
- and
- at least one instruction to request the end user device to use the access information to retrieve the second media station, instead of tuning to the first media station the first media station, in response to second tuning input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.