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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2024
Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn, Mason, OH (US);
iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A method includes tuning an end user device to a first media station in response to first tuning input received at the end user device, extracting, at the end user device, a station identifier from content obtained from the first media station, and obtaining access information associated with a second media station based on the station identifier of the first media station. In response to second tuning input requesting the end user device to tune to the first media station, instead of tuning to the first media station, retrieving the second media station based on the access information.