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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2010
Marcel Barbulescu, Falls Church, VA (US);
Elan Joel Blutinger, Washington, DC (US);
Joseph Bous, Washington, DC (US);
Thomas M. Isaacson, Huntingtown, MD (US);
Marcel Barbulescu, Falls Church, VA (US);
Elan Joel Blutinger, Washington, DC (US);
Joseph Bous, Washington, DC (US);
Thomas M. Isaacson, Huntingtown, MD (US);
Alpine Audio Now, LLC, Reston, VA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for streaming audio via a telephone call. The method includes receiving a telephone call from a user via a client device, presenting available audio streams to the user and receive an audio stream selection from the user, contacting a website associated with the selection and communicating the selected audio stream with the user, and while streaming the audio stream, replacing advertisements with new advertisements selected from an advertisement database. The system includes modules configured to control a processor to perform the method. The system may also include modules configured to control a processor to receive a telephone call from a client device, receive streaming audio from a website, detect an advertisement identifier associated with an advertisement, supersede the advertisement with a new advertisement or insert an advertisement, and communicate the streaming audio with the new advertisement to the client device.