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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2017
Applicant:

Stratosaudio, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);

Inventors:

Kelly M. Christensen, Mill Creek, WA (US);

John Phillip Hansen, Austin, TX (US);

Thomas Daniel Mock, Sheffield, PA (US);

Assignee:

STRATOSAUDIO, INC., Kirkland, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04H 60/37 (2008.01); H04H 60/64 (2008.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/266 (2011.01); H04N 21/278 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04H 20/14 (2008.01); H04H 20/22 (2008.01); H04H 20/24 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); G11B 27/10 (2013.01); H04H 60/37 (2013.01); H04H 60/64 (2013.01); H04N 7/16 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/26603 (2013.01); H04N 21/278 (2013.01); H04N 21/433 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4343 (2013.01); H04N 21/4345 (2013.01); H04N 21/8113 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); A63F 2300/8023 (2013.01); H04H 20/14 (2013.01); H04H 20/22 (2013.01); H04H 20/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

The various embodiments disclosed herein provide methods, systems, and devices for capturing broadcast streams, analyzing the broadcast streams to obtain information about the media content transmitted in the broadcast streams, obtaining additional information about the media content if available, and assigning a unique event identifier specific to the instance of broadcast of the broadcast stream and/or media segment transmitted in the broadcast stream. In other embodiments, the unique event identifier is broadcasted to broadcast receiving devices. With the unique event identifier, broadcast receiving devices can access the obtained information associated with the media content.


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