# US 2025/0095670 A1 · Audio Playout Report for Ride-Sharing Session > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0095670 A1 - Document ID: US20250095670A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/960,863 - Filed: 2024-11-26 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-03 - Assignees: Gracenote, Inc. - Applicants: Gracenote, Inc. - Inventors: Nisarg A. Modi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250095670A1 ## CPC - G06F 16/68: Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually - G10L 25/51: for comparison or discrimination - G06F 3/165: {Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path} - G06F 16/683: using metadata automatically derived from the content - G06F 16/686: {using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title or artist information, time, location or usage information, user ratings} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING ## Abstract In one aspect, an example method to be performed by a computing device includes (a) determining that a ride-sharing session is active; (b) in response to determining the ride-sharing session is active, using a microphone of the computing device to capture audio content; (c) identifying reference audio content that has at least a threshold extent of similarity with the captured audio content; (d) determining that the ride-sharing session is inactive; and (e) outputting an indication of the identified reference audio content. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution, cause performance of a set of operations comprising: capturing audio content while a ride-sharing session is active; identifying reference audio content that matches the captured audio content; and outputting a playout report associated with the identified reference audio content. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the audio content comprises music content. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the audio content comprises audio content other than music. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein identifying the reference audio content that matches the captured audio content comprises: sending, to a computing device, (i) at least a portion of the captured audio content and (ii) an instruction that causes the computing device to compare at least the portion of the captured audio content to a plurality of reference audio content items; and receiving, from the computing device, an indication of a particular reference audio content item of the plurality of reference audio content items that matches the captured audio content. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein identifying the reference audio content that matches the captured audio content comprises: generating audio fingerprint data of the captured audio content; comparing the generated audio fingerprint data to a plurality of reference audio fingerprint items, wherein each respective audio fingerprint item is associated with respective reference audio content; determining that a particular reference audio fingerprint item of the plurality of reference audio fingerprint items that has at least a threshold extent of similarity with the generated audio fingerprint data; and identifying the reference audio content that has at least the threshold extent of similarity with the captured audio content as the respective reference audio content associated with the particular reference audio fingerprint item. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein capturing audio content comprises, while the ride-sharing session is active, capturing audio content via a microphone. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the set of operations further comprises identifying metadata associated with the identified reference audio content. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the metadata comprises one or more of (i) a song title, (ii) an artist, (iii) a genre, (iv) an album title, or (v) a release year. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein outputting the playout report associated with the identified reference audio content further comprises displaying an indication of the metadata associated with the identified reference audio content. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the set of operations further comprises determining that the ride-sharing session is active, and wherein determining that the ride-sharing session is active comprises receiving, via a ride-sharing application, a ride-sharing request. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the set of operations further comprises determining that the ride-sharing session is active, and wherein determining that the ride-sharing session is active comprises receiving, via a ride-sharing application, an indication that a driver has accepted a ride-sharing request. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the set of operations further comprises determining that the ride-sharing session is active, and wherein determining that the ride-sharing session is active comprises determining that a ride-sharing application is navigating a driver to a predetermined location. ### Claim 13 A computer-implemented method comprising: capturing audio content while a ride-sharing session is active; identifying reference audio content that matches the captured audio content; and outputting a playout report associated with the identified reference audio content. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the audio content comprises music content. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the audio content comprises audio content other than music. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein capturing audio content comprises, while the ride-sharing session is active, capturing audio content via a microphone. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the set of operations further comprises identifying metadata associated with the identified reference audio content. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the metadata comprises one or more of (i) a song title, (ii) an artist, (iii) a genre, (iv) an album title, or (v) a release year. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein outputting the playout report associated with the identified reference audio content further comprises displaying an indication of the metadata associated with the identified reference audio content. ### Claim 20 A computing device comprising: one or more processors; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by the computing device, cause the one or more processors to perform a set of operations comprising: capturing audio content while a ride-sharing session is active; identifying reference audio content that matches the captured audio content; and outputting a playout report associated with the identified reference audio content.