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Wag Acquisition, L.l.c.

Media Werbung, LLC

Harry E Emerson, Iii

Gerald M LeBow

William A Grywalski

Radu Butarascu

Internet streaming from broadcast radio or television stations is described wherein triggers for dynamic content from internal or external systems cause an encoder system to generate command messages, and optionally to synchronize those command messages with any delays associated with the triggering events. Command messages are delivered through a streaming media distribution system to client media players which obtain or present the dynamic content, in association with any desired configuration changes to the appearance of the media player or the method or manner in which the dynamic content is presented.

Internet streaming and dynamic display of web cam videos

A radio station transmits its broadcast audio content, including audible advertisements, to listeners over the Internet via an Internet Hosting Service that provides listener access to radio station content. A computing system at the radio station digitizes the audio, and supplies marking information that identifies the beginning and duration of commercials. The digital marking information is supplied with the radio station's audio to the Internet Hosting Service. The Internet Hosting Service maintains a repository of replacement audio commercials along with information about the commercials including duration. Upon receiving the digital marker indicating the presence of a commercial, the Internet Hosting Service selects a replacement commercial of comparable duration from its repository. The Internet Hosting Service then substitutes the replacement commercial for the original broadcast commercial and produces an edited audio program for delivery to the listeners that carries advertising of higher value than the original advertising.

System for modifying and targeting advertising content of internet radio broadcasts

Internet streaming from broadcast radio may carry replacement ads for those ads broadcast terrestrially. Video ads may replace audio ads. Some Internet media players are not capable of playing video ads, and for those the audio-only portion of the video ad is streamed. Script commands are sent to compatible media players capable of video, causing them to access and play the actual video ad.

Streaming the audio portion of a video ad to incompatible media players

Radio stations broadcasting syndicated content for which the broadcast automation system is not provided with the artist and title of songs has a software application in an associated computer that receives and analyzes the audio stream to detect songs, and creates a digital fingerprint of the songs. Fingerprints are compared against an acoustic fingerprinting song database to obtain the artist and title of the song. When a match is discovered, the song artist and title are provided to encoding software that inserts the artist and title into the radio station's digital broadcast for receipt and display by compatible radio receivers, and are transmitted on the Internet to simulcast media players of listeners for presentation of the artist and title of songs as they are playing.

Discovery of music artist and title for syndicated content played by radio stations

Internet streaming from broadcast radio or television stations is described wherein triggers for dynamic content from internal or external systems cause an encoder system to generate command messages, and to synchronize those command messages with any delays associated with the triggering events. Command messages are delivered through a streaming media distribution system to client media players which obtain or present the dynamic content, in association with any desired configuration changes to the appearance of the media player or the method or manner in which the dynamic content is presented.

Internet streaming and the presentation of dynamic content

Internet streaming from broadcast radio or television stations is described wherein triggers for dynamic content originated from a system having a TCP Channel to a TCP Distribution Service are received by an encoder system also having a TCP Channel, and cause the encoder system to generate command messages, and optionally to synchronize those command messages with any delays associated with the triggering events. Command messages are delivered through a streaming media distribution system to client media players which obtain or present the dynamic content, in association with any desired configuration changes to the appearance of the media player or the method or manner in which the dynamic content is presented.

Internet streaming and TCP service to dynamically reconfigure user displays

Internet streaming from broadcast radio or television stations is described wherein triggers for dynamic content from internal or external systems cause an encoder system to generate command messages, and to optionally synchronize those command messages with any delays associated with the triggering events. Command messages are delivered through a streaming media distribution system to client media players which obtain or present the dynamic content, in association with any desired configuration changes to the appearance of the media player or the method or manner in which the dynamic content is presented.

Internet streaming and dynamic reconfiguration of user displays

Methods and apparatus for a radio station to communicate station identification and song metadata and audio for songs as they are played to an acoustic analysis system for song recognition to users of the acoustic analysis system.

Discovery of music artist and title by a radio station connection to an acoustic fingerprinting service provider

Telephone central office-switching system integrated interface devices such as those for DSL, Voice over IP, cable-TV, fixed wireless, and Internet capable wireless cellular are further integrated into integrated interface device systems. Such systems share common facilities including a router function, messaging function, and a common voice communications channel. The messaging function is arranged to provide call setup and associated messages which enable a calling device which calls an Integrated Device to establish an Internet communication simply by dialing the telephone number of the Integrated Device. Integrated Devices have both an Internet connection and a telephone number; the Internet connection has an associated IP address. Call setup messages include telephone numbers and IP addresses. The integrated router function is enabled to edge route Internet data traffic within the system and to and from other such systems, without the data traversing further into the Internet. Further integration is achieved by incorporating the associated central office switch into the integrated assembly, forming an integrated central office system. Conversion of the switch into a pure packet switch which packetizes analog voice traffic into IP format enables voice, data, and inter-system messaging traffic to be edge routed via the integral routing function, transforming the PSTN to a network based entirely on Internet protocols.

Integrated telephone central office systems for integrating the internet with the public switched telephone network

A plurality of Integrated Devices are provided with an Internet connection and a telephone number. The telephone number has associated telephone connectivity via a telephone line, such that the Integrated Devices can be connected to by dialing the associated telephone number via telephones on the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The Internet connection has an associated Internet protocol (IP) address which is dynamically assigned when one device calls the telephone number of a called device via the PSTN. The dynamically assigned IP address for a first one of the calling or called device is provided to the other device, which initiates an Internet connection between them by sending an Internet message to the dynamically assigned IP address of the first device. Local and intermediate proxy servers perform dynamic IP address management, providing privacy and security for user IP addresses and data transmissions. Encryption keys are provided by PSTN digital messaging capabilities to calling and called devices for subsequent encryption of communications data transported across the Internet. The Internet is thereby integrated with the PSTN. Significant benefits, including the richness of Internet communications, become available by simply dialing the telephone number of suitably equipped devices or systems.

Integrating the internet with the public switched telephone network

Integrated Devices enable the integration of the Internet with the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). A device can place a telephone call to an Integrated Device via dialing on the PSTN and have the call consummated over the Internet via a mechanism of messaging between the associated devices and systems.

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Harry E Emerson, Iii