Substituting streaming station for over-the-air broadcast
AssigneeiHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
InventorJeffrey Lee Littlejohn
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Abstract
A method includes receiving at a media broadcast system, via a first packet-switched network interface, a station identifier transmitted from a hybrid media device using a second packet-switched network interface included in the hybrid media device. The station identifier corresponds to an over-the-air media station received by an over-the-air tuner included in the hybrid media device. An address of a streaming media station corresponding to the station identifier is transmitted from the media broadcast system to the hybrid media device. A request to receive the streaming media station is transmitted from the hybrid media device and received at the media broadcast system, which transmits the streaming media station to the hybrid media device, in response to the request.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- receiving at a media broadcast system, via a first packet-switched network interface, a packetized communication including a station identifier transmitted from a hybrid media device using a second packet-switched network interface included in the hybrid media device, and wherein the station identifier corresponds to an over-the-air media station received by an over-the-air tuner included in the hybrid media device;
- transmitting a packetized communication including an address of a streaming media station corresponding to the station identifier from the media broadcast system to the hybrid media device;
- receiving, at the media broadcast system, a request from the hybrid media device to receive the streaming media station;
- and
- transmitting the streaming media station, from the media broadcast system to the hybrid media device, in response to the request from the hybrid media device.
A media broadcast system comprising:
- a first processing system including:
- a processor;
- a packet-switched network interface coupled to the processor, and configured to receive a packetized communication including a station identifier transmitted from a hybrid media device, wherein the station identifier corresponds to an over-the-air media station received by an over-the-air tuner included in the hybrid media device;
- the processor configured to select an address of a streaming media station corresponding to the station identifier;
- the packet-switched network interface further configured to transmit to the hybrid media device a packetized communication including the address of the streaming media station corresponding to the station identifier;
- a second processing system configured to implement a streaming server, the streaming server configured to:
- receive a request from the hybrid media device specifying the address of the streaming media station;
- and
- in response to the request from the hybrid media device, transmit the streaming media station to the hybrid media device.
A media broadcast system comprising:
- an over-the-air broadcast system coupled to a media automation system and configured to broadcast an over-the-air media station based on information received from the media automation system;
- a streaming broadcast system coupled to the media automation system and configured to transmit a streaming media station based on the information received from the media automation system;
- a processor and associated memory configured to implement a web service configured to:
- configured to receive a packetized communication including a station identifier transmitted from a hybrid media device tuned to the over-the-air media station, wherein the station identifier corresponds to the over-the-air media station;
- select an address of the streaming media station corresponding to the station identifier;
- transmit to the hybrid media device a packetized communication including the address of the streaming media station corresponding to the station identifier;
- the streaming broadcast system further configured to:
- receive a request from the hybrid media device to receive the streaming media station;
- and
- in response to the request from the hybrid media device, transmit the streaming media station to the hybrid media device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.