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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2005
Kevin Mitzel, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jeff Lockledge, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John Dombrowski, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
David Birks, New Egypt, NJ (US);
Ray Lowe, North Caldwell, NJ (US);
Jerry Tarpley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kevin Mitzel, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jeff Lockledge, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John Dombrowski, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
David Birks, New Egypt, NJ (US);
Ray Lowe, North Caldwell, NJ (US);
Jerry Tarpley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method (and) for a user of a multichannel broadcasting service listening to a particular channel provides alerts about the content currently available on other channels which are of interest to the user. Auxiliary data streams of interest can be presented for display in conjunction with the audio transmission of a related or unrelated channel. The system and method include storing criteria associated with programming or auxiliary content of interest to a user and searching for unique identifiers within the broadcast signal signifying the availability of content which meets the criteria. Content of interest can be, for example, traffic information (and), sports games available on other channels, sports scores, stock or other trading instruments prices, news headlines or travel information.