US 11,812,102 B2
Generation of media station previews using a reference database
Pat D. Fearn, Albuquerque, NM (US); Suresh Jeyachandran, Alameda, CA (US); Damon P. Fasching, San Francisco, CA (US); and Mark W. Sherman, San Leandro, CA (US)
Assigned to Gracenote, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US)
Filed by Gracenote, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/718,087.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/788,563, filed on Jan. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0221171 A1, Jul. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/278 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/44016 (2013.01) [H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/278 (2013.01); H04N 21/439 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content broadcast by a first broadcast station on a first channel:
determining, by the media playback device, that the first channel is associated with a first genre,
determining, by the media playback device, that a second channel is associated with the first genre and has a frequency within a threshold frequency range from the first channel,
in response to determining that the first channel is associated with the first genre, selecting, by the media playback device, from a plurality of channels different from the first channel, the second channel based on the second channel being associated with the first genre of the first channel and the second channel having a frequency within the threshold frequency range from the first channel, and
in response to selecting the second channel based on the second channel being associated with the first genre of the first channel, sending, by the media playback device to a server, a preview request identifying a call sign of a second broadcast station that broadcasts content on the second channel;
receiving, by the media playback device from the server, a response to the preview request, wherein the response includes identifying information corresponding to content being broadcast on the second channel; and
while the media playback device is playing back the content broadcast on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information corresponding to content being broadcast on the second channel.