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US 2014/0180818 A1Published application
System and method for streaming customized commercial radio-style broadcasts to business establishments
AssigneeCustom Radio Network, Inc.
InventorsJohn MISTLER, Henry MECKE
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Abstract
A system and method for delivering customized audio streams to business establishments are described. Business establishment are provided with live, commercial radio-style programmed audio streams, with interstitial elements produced and custom tailored to support the branding, atmospheric, energetic, and promotional needs of each business, while generating revenue from outside advertisers and sponsors.
Claims33
A system comprising:
- a data storage system having stored thereon at least a first and a second radio commercial;
- and
- a server system configured to:
- retrieve the first and the second radio commercials from the data storage system,
- generate a customized first playlist comprising the first radio commercial and one or more songs, the customized first playlist explicitly tailored for a first business subscriber,
- generate a customized second playlist comprising the second radio commercial and one or more songs, the customized second playlist explicitly tailored for a second business subscriber,
- transmit, through a network, to at least one business location of the first business subscriber, a first streaming radio broadcast comprising the customized first playlist, and
- transmit, through the network, to at least one business location of the second business subscriber, a second streaming radio broadcast comprising the customized second playlist.
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A device comprising:
- an input-output interface for communicatively coupling the device to a network and receiving therefrom, a customized streaming radio broadcast comprising a customized playlist that includes at least one radio commercial and one or more songs, the customized playlist explicitly tailored for a first business subscriber;
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- a processor configured to process and convert the customized streaming radio broadcast into an audio signal that is reproducible through a speaker system located in at least one business location of the first business subscriber.
A system comprising:
- a first plurality of receiving devices located at a first business establishment location, each of the first plurality of receiving devices configured to receive a first streaming customized radio broadcast by using a first Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that uniquely identifies a first server configured to provide the first streaming customized radio broadcast to each of the first plurality of receiving devices, the first streaming customized radio broadcast comprising a first plurality of radio commercials explicitly targeting the first business establishment location on the basis of a differentiation between the first business establishment location and a second business establishment location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.