Delivery of content associated with a broadcast work
View Patent ↗A processing system provides works associated with a unified number system (UNS) identifier, and the UNS identifier itself, for broadcast. The system receives a request for content associated with a broadcast work, where the request includes the UNS identifier included in the broadcast. In response to the request, the system obtains the requested content using the UNS identifier included in the request, and delivers the requested content to an end user associated with the end-user device. The type of requested content can be identified based on previously obtained user preferences, so that even if two user-devices send requests including the same UNS identifier, the content provided to each end user or end-user device can be different.
1. An interactive broadcasting system comprising:
a processing system configured to:
provide, to a broadcaster, broadcast content including particular works associated with a unified number system (UNS) identifier, wherein the broadcast content includes the UNS identifier;
receive, from an end-user device, a request for content associated with a broadcast work, wherein the request for content includes the UNS identifier included in the broadcast content;
a database storing the content associated with the broadcast work;
the processing system further configured to, in response to the request for content associated with the broadcast work:
obtain the content associated with the broadcast work from the database using the UNS identifier included in the request for content received from the end-user device; and
deliver the content associated with the broadcast work to an end user associated with the end-user device.
2. The interactive broadcasting system of claim 1 , wherein the processing system is further configured to:
receive, from a plurality of end-user devices, requests for content associated with a same broadcast work, wherein the requests for content include a same UNS identifier; and
provide different content to the plurality of end-user devices, even though requests from different end-users include the same UNS identifier.
3. The interactive broadcasting system of claim 2 , wherein the processing system is further configured to:
determine the different content to be provided to the plurality of end-user devices based, at least in part, on subscriber preferences.
4. The interactive broadcasting system of claim 1 , wherein the content associated with the broadcast work includes a copy of the broadcast work.
5. The interactive broadcasting system of claim 1 , wherein the content associated with the broadcast work includes information related to an artist associated with the broadcast work.
6. The interactive broadcasting system of claim 1 , wherein the processing system is further configured to:
in response to receiving, from the end-user device, the request for content associated with the broadcast work, deliver the content associated with the broadcast work to a device other than the end-user device requesting the content associated with the broadcast work.
7. The interactive broadcasting system of claim 1 , wherein the request for content associated with a broadcast work further includes:
information indicating a time at which the request for content associated with a broadcast work was generated, and a radio station to which the end-user device was tuned at a time the request was generated.
8. The interactive broadcasting system of claim 1 , wherein the request for content associated with the broadcast work includes a tag generated proximate in time to a broadcast of the broadcast work, and transmitted subsequent to the end-user device connecting to a two-way communication network.
9. A method for use in a broadcasting system including at least one processor and associated memory, the method comprising:
providing, to a broadcaster, broadcast content including particular works associated with a unified number system (UNS) identifier, wherein the broadcast content includes the UNS identifier;
receiving, from an end-user device, a request for content associated with a broadcast work, wherein the request for content includes the UNS identifier included in the broadcast content;
in response to the request for content associated with the broadcast work:
obtaining the content associated with the broadcast work using the UNS identifier included in the request for content received from the end-user device; and
delivering the content associated with the broadcast work to an end user associated with the end-user device.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving, from a plurality of end-user devices, requests for content associated with a same broadcast work, wherein the requests for content include a same UNS identifier; and
providing different content to the plurality of end-user devices, even though requests from different end-users include the same UNS identifier.
11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
determining the different content to be provided to the plurality of end-user devices based, at least in part, on subscriber preferences.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the content associated with the broadcast work includes a copy of the broadcast work.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the content associated with the broadcast work includes information related to an artist associated with the broadcast work.
14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
in response to receiving, from the end-user device, the request for content associated with the broadcast work, delivering the content associated with the broadcast work to a device other than the end-user device requesting the content associated with the broadcast work.
15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the request for content associated with a broadcast work further includes:
information indicating a time at which the request for content associated with a broadcast work was generated, and a radio station to which the end-user device was tuned at a time the request was generated.
16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the request for content associated with the broadcast work includes a tag generated proximate in time to a broadcast of the broadcast work, and transmitted subsequent to the end-user device connecting to a two-way communication network.
17. 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;
a processing system configured to:
obtain end-user preferences related to delivery of content associated with a broadcast work;
provide, to a broadcaster, broadcast content including particular works associated with a unified number system (UNS) identifier, wherein the broadcast content includes the UNS identifier;
receive, from an end-user device, a request for content associated with the broadcast work, wherein the request for content includes the UNS identifier included in the broadcast content;
the processing system further configured to, in response to the request for content associated with the broadcast work:
obtain particular content associated with the broadcast work from the content database using the UNS identifier included in the request for content received from the end-user device, wherein the particular content associated with the broadcast work is obtained based, at least in part on the end-user preferences; and
deliver the particular content associated with the broadcast work to an end user based, at least in part on the end-user preferences.
18. The content delivery system of claim 17 , wherein the processing system is further configured to:
receive, from a plurality of end-user devices, requests for content associated with a same broadcast work, wherein the requests for content include a same UNS identifier; and
provide different content to the plurality of end-user devices, even though requests from different end-users include the same UNS identifier.
19. The content delivery system of claim 17 , wherein the content associated with the broadcast work includes a copy of the broadcast work.
20. The content delivery system of claim 17 , wherein the processing system is further configured to:
in response to receiving, from the end-user device, the request for content associated with the broadcast work, download the content associated with the broadcast work to a device other than the end-user device requesting the content associated with the broadcast work.