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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2011
David Corts, Nashville, TN (US);
Bryce Wells, Nashville, TN (US);
Paul Signorelli, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Lee Hunter, Darien, CT (US);
Terrance Snyder, Washingtonville, NY (US);
David Corts, Nashville, TN (US);
Bryce Wells, Nashville, TN (US);
Paul Signorelli, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Lee Hunter, Darien, CT (US);
Terrance Snyder, Washingtonville, NY (US);
Impulse Radio, Inc., Larchmont, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system is presented for coordinating the transmission of supplemental digital data to accompany broadcast data, and in particular, analog radio broadcasts, among a plurality of broadcasters. The supplemental digital data may provide information about the particular broadcast data being transmitted (i.e. cut data) or may be supplemental to such data (i.e. news, weather and traffic data). The supplemental digital data to be presented is sorted based on particular algorithms which may take into account broadcaster-specified criteria such as target audience, time of day, type of broadcast data presented, and the like. The supplemental digital data may be audio data, visual data, or audio-visual data for presentation with the broadcast data. The supplemental digital data may further be advertisement data. The advertisement data may be sold by the broadcasters or the party coordinating the IBOC transmission of the supplemental digital data. The supplemental digital data may play simultaneously with muted broadcast data or at a user-specified time.