Presenting supplemental information for material currently and previously broadcast by a radio station

A method of presenting supplemental information for material currently and previously broadcast by a radio station, the method comprising:

• receiving audio program segments over the Internet from a broadcast service provider, the audio program segments corresponding to audio content broadcast via radio by the radio station
• receiving program data for individual ones of the audio program segments, the program data comprising a segment code identifying the corresponding audio program segments;
• playing said audio program segments of said received broadcast material on a user's computer;
• forwarding the program data corresponding to one of said program segments to a first server to retrieve a URL (Universal Resource Locator) identifying the network location of supplemental information for said given program segment;
• forwarding said URL to a second server to retrieve the supplemental information;
• presenting said supplemental information on a user's computer concurrent with said program segment of said;
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• providing a history display comprising a collection of display elements, the collection including display elements for program segments previously broadcast with a period of time, individual display elements being configured to display an item of supplemental information related to a previously broadcast program segment, the display presenting display elements in chronological order corresponding to their order of broadcast by the radio station, the display elements including at least one display element corresponding to a program segment not received by the media player, individual ones of said display elements being associated with program data that includes a code identifying the program segment corresponding to said display element, said module being configured to use said program data of a display element to retrieve additional supplemental information upon selection of the display element by a user.

A computer program product, disposed on a computer readable medium, for presenting supplemental information for material currently and previously broadcast by a radio station, the program comprising instructions for causing a processor to:

• receive audio program segments over the Internet from a broadcast service provider, the audio program segments corresponding to audio content broadcast via radio by the radio station
• receive program data for individual ones of the audio program segments, the program data comprising a segment code identifying the corresponding audio program segments;
• play said audio program segments of said received broadcast material on a user's computer;
• forward the program data corresponding to one of said program segments to a first server to retrieve a URL (Universal Resource Locator) identifying the network location of supplemental information for said given program segment;
• forward said URL to a second server to retrieve the supplemental information;
• present said supplemental information on a user's computer concurrent with said program segment of said;
• provide a history display comprising a collection of display elements, the collection including display elements for program segments previously broadcast with a period of time, individual display elements being configured to display an item of supplemental information related to a previously broadcast program segment, the display presenting display elements in chronological order corresponding to their order of broadcast by the radio station, the display elements including at least one display element corresponding to a program segment not received by the media player, individual ones of said display elements being associated with program data that includes a code identifying the program segment corresponding to said display element, said module being configured to use said program data of a display element to retrieve additional supplemental information upon selection of the display element by a user.