Apparatus, system, and method for audio based browser cookies
A system and method for providing digital audio services is described. One embodiment is a method for proving digital audio services, comprising receiving, using a communications interface, an audio stream from a content provider; determining a timestamp for a first audio stream segment; determining a timestamp for a second audio stream segment; updating a playlist with a representation of the audio stream; receiving a query for content information; and sending offer information, in response to receiving the query for content information.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by an application running on an endpoint device configured to emit ambient audio via a speaker, a digital copy of an audio input, wherein the application is configured to detect audio via a microphone of the endpoint device;
extracting metadata from the digital copy of the audio input;
responsive to determining that the metadata includes a sampling trigger, capturing a sample of the ambient audio based on parameters indicated by the sampling trigger; and
generating a cookie based on the sample, wherein the cookie is associated with an identifier of the endpoint device.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining an available Internet browser to link the cookie to based on either of:
an Internet browser with a highest measured data use of installed browsers installed on the endpoint device; or
an Internet browser with a highest measured battery usage of installed browsers installed on the endpoint device.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting content corresponding to the cookie at a webpage on the endpoint device.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a location of the content on the webpage is determined based on the cookie.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata includes a sampling length of the sampling and an audio length of ambient audio data to be captured during the sampling.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
determining, based on the sample length and the audio length of the sample, a wait time that indicates a time period between the triggering and sending the sample to a backend server.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein capturing the sample comprises digitally extracting segments of the digital copy of the audio input.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cookie identifies the endpoint device and a characteristic of the audio input.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sampling trigger is a Radio Data System signal or a Radio Broadcast Data System signal.
10. An endpoint device comprising:
a listening apparatus configured to receive audio data played locally by a device; and
a memory including instructions that when executed cause the endpoint device to perform actions comprising:
receiving, by an application running on the endpoint device, a digital copy of an audio input, wherein the application is configured to detect audio via the listening apparatus of the endpoint device;
extracting metadata from the digital copy of the audio input;
responsive to determining that the metadata includes a sampling trigger, capturing a sample of the audio data based on parameters indicated by the sampling trigger;
generating a cookie based on the sample, wherein the cookie is associated with an identifier of the endpoint device; and
determining an available Internet browser to link the cookie to based on either of:
an Internet browser with a highest measured data use of installed browsers installed on the endpoint device; or
an Internet browser with a highest measured battery usage of installed browsers installed on the endpoint device.
11. The endpoint device of claim 10 , further comprising:
presenting content corresponding to the cookie at a webpage on the endpoint device.
12. The endpoint device of claim 11 , wherein a location of the content on the webpage is determined based on the cookie.
13. The endpoint device of claim 10 , wherein the metadata includes a sampling length of the sampling and an audio length of ambient audio data to be captured during the sampling.
14. The endpoint device of claim 13 , further comprising:
determining, based on the sample length and the audio length of the sample, a wait time that indicates a time period between the triggering and sending the sample to a backend server.
15. The endpoint device of claim 14 , wherein capturing the sample comprises digitally extracting segments of the digital copy of the audio input.
16. The endpoint device of claim 10 , wherein the cookie identifies the endpoint device and a characteristic of the audio input.
17. The endpoint device of claim 10 , wherein the sampling trigger is a Radio Data System signal or a Radio Broadcast Data System signal.
18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform actions comprising:
receiving, by an application running on an endpoint device configured to emit ambient audio via a speaker, a digital copy of an audio input, wherein the application is configured to detect audio via a microphone of the endpoint device;
extracting metadata from the digital copy of the audio input;
responsive to determining that the metadata includes a sampling trigger, capturing a sample of the ambient audio based on parameters indicated by the sampling trigger; and
generating a cookie based on the sample, wherein the cookie is associated with an identifier of the endpoint device.
19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , the actions further comprising:
determining an available Internet browser to link the cookie to based on either of:
an Internet browser with a highest measured data use of installed browsers installed on the endpoint device; or
an Internet browser with a highest measured battery usage of installed browsers installed on the endpoint device.
20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , the actions further comprising:
presenting content corresponding to the cookie at a webpage on the endpoint device.