Cataloging radio stations
AssigneeGateway, Inc.
InventorsGlenn E. Jystad, Kim C. Smith
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and signal-bearing medium that presents a station list of sources of audio in a user interface from which the user may select. The station list may include attributes of the audio, such as a channel and description. The station list may be kept on a per-user basis, so that all users may have their own list. Further, the users may access and select audio to be played from their station list anywhere in a network, regardless of where the list was created.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving attribute data that describes a source of audio data, a description of the audio data, and a channel;
- incorporating the attribute data into a station list;
- and
- sending the station list to an agent in a network.
A signal-bearing medium bearing instructions that when executed by a processor comprise:
- requesting attribute data from an agent in a network, wherein the attribute data is associated with a user and wherein the attribute data comprises a plurality of channels, a plurality of respective descriptions associated with the channels, and a plurality of respective addresses of sources associated with the channels;
- incorporating the attribute data into a station list;
- and
- displaying the plurality of channels and the plurality of respective descriptions.
A signal-bearing medium encoded with a data structure accessed by an agent that executes on a computer, the data structure comprising:
- an identifier of a channel of audio data;
- a description of the channel;
- and
- an address of a source of the audio data, wherein the agent is to create the data structure and send the data structure to an audio network interface card connected to the computer via a network.
A system comprising:
- a computer comprising an agent to create a station list comprising channels of audio data, wherein the station list is associated with a user;
- and
- an audio network interface card connected to the computer via a network, wherein the audio network interface card is to receive the station list, display the channels, request audio data associated with a selected channel, and send the audio data to a playback device connected to the audio network interface card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.