Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transmission of streaming station associated with over-the-air broadcast station
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Application No.: US17460593Application Date: 2021-08-30
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Publication No.: US12211071B2Publication Date: 2025-01-28
- Inventor: Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn
- Applicant: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX San Antonio
- Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX San Antonio
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C
- Main IPC: G06Q30/0251
- IPC: G06Q30/0251 ; H04B1/08 ; H04H20/24 ; H04H20/26 ; H04H60/44 ; H04L65/611 ; H04L67/02 ; H04L67/12 ; H04W4/80

Abstract:
A method includes receiving, from a requesting device, a broadcast station identifier associated with an over-the-air broadcast station. In response to receiving the station identifier, returning to the requesting device an address of a streaming station corresponding to the over-the-air broadcast station. A determination is made regarding whether the requesting device will insert advertisements locally. In response to determining that the requesting will insert advertisements locally, custom advertisements are transmitted to the requesting device for insertion into the streaming station corresponding to the over-the-air broadcast station.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210391935A1 TRANSMISSION OF STREAMING STATION ASSOCIATED WITH OVER-THE-AIR BROADCAST STATION Public/Granted day:2021-12-16
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