Delivery of enhanced content related to a broadcast work
View Patent ↗A preference related to the broadcast of a work, for example a song, advertisement, or enhanced content associated with the work can be obtained from an end user. The work is associated with one of a plurality of unique identifiers, such as a unified numbering system (UNS) identifier, and the UNS identifier can be used to associate enhanced content associated with the work. The UNS identifier and the user's preference for enhanced content can be used to select and deliver appropriate enhanced content to end users or other subscribers. The enhanced content can be delivered to an end user's device to coincide with the broadcast of the work.
1. An interactive broadcasting system comprising:
a processing system configured to:
provide broadcast content to a broadcaster, the broadcast content including particular works and unified number system (UNS) identifiers associated with the particular works;
receive, from an end user device, selections indicating enhanced content preferred by the end user;
an enhancing database storing enhanced content associated, based on the UNS identifier, with the particular works;
the processing system further configured to:
determine whether the broadcaster is broadcasting a first work, wherein determining whether the broadcaster is broadcasting the first work includes receiving a push-now-playing (PNP) message that includes a UNS identifier;
use a first UNS identifier associated with the first work to obtain, from the enhancing database, first enhanced content corresponding to the selections received from the end user device; and
deliver the first enhanced content to the end user during a time when the broadcaster is broadcasting the first work.
2. The interactive broadcasting system of claim 1 , wherein the processing system is further configured to:
obtain a plurality of selections indicating requests for enhanced content from a plurality of users, wherein at least some of the requests indicate a preference for the same enhanced content; and
generate a notification indicating a number of the requests that indicate the preference for the same enhanced content.
3. The interactive broadcasting system of claim 1 , wherein the end user device includes a selection means for selecting at least a portion of radio broadcast to be tagged.
4. The interactive broadcasting system of claim 3 , wherein the selections include information indicating a time at which the selection means was activated, and a radio station to which the end user device was tuned at the time the selection means was activated.
5. The interactive broadcasting system of claim 1 , wherein the processing system is further configured to:
receive, from a plurality of different end user devices, selections indicating enhanced content preferred by a plurality of different end users; and
deliver different enhanced content to the different end users during a time when the broadcaster is broadcasting the first work.
6. The interactive broadcasting system of claim 5 , wherein the processing system is further configured to provide different amounts of enhanced content to the different end users.
7. A method for use in a broadcasting system, the method comprising:
providing broadcast content to a broadcaster, the broadcast content including particular works and unified number system (UNS) identifiers associated with the particular works;
receiving, from an end user device, selections indicating enhanced content preferred by the end user;
using a first UNS identifier associated with a first work to obtain first enhanced content corresponding to the selections received from the end user device, wherein the first enhanced content is obtained from an enhancing database storing a plurality of enhanced content associated with the particular works based, at least in part, on the UNS identifiers;
determining that the first work is either being broadcast by the broadcaster or pending broadcast by the broadcaster, wherein determining whether the broadcaster is broadcasting the first work includes receiving a push-now-playing (PNP) message that includes the UNS identifier; and
delivering the first enhanced content to the end user in response to the determining.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
obtaining a plurality of selections indicating requests for enhanced content from a plurality of end users, wherein at least some of the requests indicate a preference for the same enhanced content; and
generating a notification indicating a number of the requests that indicate the preference for the same enhanced content.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein determining whether the broadcaster is broadcasting the first work includes receiving a message from the broadcaster indicating at time at which that the first work is scheduled to be broadcast.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the selections include information indicating both a time at which the end user generated a tag, and a radio station to which the end user device was tuned at the time the tag was generated.
11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
receiving, from a plurality of different end users, selections indicating enhanced content preferred by the plurality of different end users; and
delivering different enhanced content to the different end users in response to the determining.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein delivering includes delivering different amounts of enhanced content to the different end users.
13. A content delivery system comprising:
a content database storing a plurality of content items obtained from various sources, the plurality of content items associated with unified number system (UNS) identifiers;
an enhancing database storing a plurality of enhanced content items associated the plurality of content items by the UNS identifiers;
a processing system configured to:
receive, from an end user, selections indicating enhanced content items preferred by the end user;
provide at least some of the plurality of content items to a broadcaster;
determine that a first content item is being broadcast, wherein determining that the first content item is being broadcast includes receiving a push-now-playing (PNP) message that includes the UNS identifier;
select a first enhanced content item based on a first UNS identifier associated with the first content item and further based on the selections received from the end user; and
deliver the first enhanced content item to the end user at a time corresponding to the broadcast of the first content item.
14. The content delivery system of claim 13 , wherein the processing system is further configured to:
receive a plurality of selections indicating requests for enhanced content from a plurality of end users, wherein at least some of the requests indicate a preference for the same enhanced content item; and
transmit a notification to the broadcaster that specifies how many of the requests indicate the preference for the same enhanced content item.
15. The content delivery system of claim 13 , wherein the first enhanced content item is delivered to the end user via an end user device, the end user device including a button configured to generate a tag when actuated.
16. The content delivery system of claim 15 , wherein the selections include information indicating a time at which the button was actuated, and a radio station to which the end user device was tuned at the time the button was actuated.
17. The content delivery system of claim 13 , wherein the processing system is further configured to:
receive, from a plurality of different end users, selections indicating enhanced content preferred by a plurality of different end users; and
deliver different enhanced content to the different end users at the time corresponding to the broadcast of the first content item.
18. The content delivery system of claim 17 , wherein the processing system is further configured to provide different amounts of enhanced content to the different end users.