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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2016
Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Lincoln Albl, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey D. Zigler, Omaha, NE (US);
Kevin R. Lockhart, Ogallala, NE (US);
Richard D. Wooden, Ogallala, NE (US);
Jacqueline J. Lockhart, Poway, CA (US);
Theodore N. Myers, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Evan A. Hill, Bend, OR (US);
Tanya R. Jellison, Ogallala, NE (US);
iHeartMedia Mangement Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A history of user listening patterns associating geographic locations with media stations is stored and used to aid in selecting a media station. If a media station associated with a current geographical location is available, that station can be automatically tuned by a wireless media receiver. If a media station associated with the current location is not available, an alternate media station that is available at the current geographical location can be selected, and the receiver tuned to the alternate station. The alternate station can be an over-the-air (OTA) station or an Internet Protocol (IP) station. A user can be allowed to select between alternate stations having comparable content, or the user can designate a default alternate station. User listening patterns can be used to determine whether a media station is associated a particular geographic location.