Granted Patent B2

US 10,819,466 · App. 16/223,718 · Granted Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

Claims (42)

1. A system comprising:

a memory configured to store transmission data and reception data; and

a processor configured to:

determine that the transmission data indicates that first data was transmitted via a digital radio channel, the first data transmitted concurrently with transmission of an analog signal;

determine that the reception data indicates that second data was received via the digital radio channel, wherein the first data has a first size that is less than a second size of the second data;

detect an error in transmission of the first data based on a comparison of adjacent portions of the first data to non-adjacent portions of the second data; and

in response to detecting the error in transmission of the first data:

initiate display of a default image concurrently with output of an audio signal, the audio signal based on the analog signal; and

initiate retransmission of the first data to cause second particular data to be output subsequent to an output of the default image,

wherein the second particular data corresponds to the retransmitted first data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transmission data includes a transmission timestamp indicating that the first data was transmitted during a radio broadcast period, and wherein the reception data includes a reception timestamp indicating that the second data was received during the radio broadcast period.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a receiver configured to receive the first data and the transmission data via a network from a provider device, the transmission data indicating that the provider device initiated transmission of the first data via the digital radio channel during a radio broadcast period.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a receiver configured to receive the second data and the reception data via a network from a receiver device, the reception data indicating that the receiver device received the second data via the digital radio channel during a radio broadcast period.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

compare a first portion of the first data to a first particular portion of the second data;

in response to determining that the first portion of the first data matches the first particular portion of the second data, compare a second portion of the first data to a second particular portion of the second data; and

in response to determining that the first portion of the first data does not match the first particular portion of the second data, compare the first portion of the first data to the second particular portion of the second data.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the first portion of the first data is adjacent to the second portion of the first data, and wherein the first particular portion of the second data is adjacent to the second particular portion of the second data.

7. A method comprising:

determining, at a server, that transmission data indicates that a provider device transmitted first data via a digital radio channel, the first data transmitted concurrently with transmission of an analog signal;

determining, at the server, that reception data indicates that a receiver device received second data via the digital radio channel;

detecting an error in transmission of the first data based on a comparison of adjacent portions of the first data to non-adjacent portions of the second data; and

in response to detecting the error in transmission of the first data, initiating retransmission of the first data to cause second particular data to be output concurrently with output of an audio signal, wherein the second particular data corresponds to the retransmitted first data, and wherein the audio signal is based on the analog signal.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first data has a first size that is less than a second size of the second data.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising generating an alert message in response to detecting the error in transmission of the first data.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising storing the alert message in a memory, providing the alert message to a display, providing the alert message to a device, or a combination thereof.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising, in response to detecting the error in transmission of the first data, initiating display of a default image prior to output of the second particular data.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising receiving the first data and the transmission data from the provider device, the transmission data indicating that the provider device initiated transmission of the first data via the digital radio channel during a radio broadcast period.

13. The method of claim 7 , further comprising receiving the second data and the reception data from the receiver device, the reception data indicating that the receiver device received the second data via the digital radio channel during a radio broadcast period.

14. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first data is retransmitted during a radio broadcast period, and wherein the second particular data is based on third data that is received via the digital radio channel during the radio broadcast period.

15. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first data is retransmitted during a second radio broadcast period, wherein the second particular data is received during the second radio broadcast period, and wherein the first data includes at least one of traffic data, weather data, image data, album art data, or station logo data.

16. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first data was transmitted via the digital radio channel using an in-band on-channel (IBOC) signal.

17. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first data was transmitted multiple times via the digital radio channel during a radio broadcast period.

18. The method of claim 7 , wherein the audio signal is output during a time period, wherein a default image is output during a first portion of the time period, and wherein retransmission of the first data causes the second particular data to be output during a second portion of the time period.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining that transmission data indicates that first data was transmitted via a digital radio channel, the first data transmitted concurrently with transmission of an analog signal;

determining that reception data indicates that second data was received via the digital radio channel, wherein the first data has a first size that is less than a second size of the second data;

detecting an error in transmission of the first data based on a comparison of adjacent portions of the first data to non-adjacent portions of the second data; and

in response to detecting the error in transmission of the first data:

initiating display of a default image concurrently with output of an audio signal, the audio signal based on the analog signal; and

initiating retransmission of the first data to cause second particular data to be output subsequent to an output of the default image, wherein the second particular data corresponds to the retransmitted first data.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 19 , wherein the digital radio channel corresponds to a particular frequency modulation (FM) frequency or a particular analog modulation (AM) frequency.

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