Granted Patent B2

US 12,248,969 · App. 18/489,916 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Inventor: Jeffrey Thramann (Boulder, CO)

Assignee: AUDDIA INC.

G06Q30/0277G06F16/4387G06F16/639G06Q30/00H04L43/106H04L65/60H04N21/4394H04N21/812H04N21/8358H04N21/858H04L67/02

Abstract

Claims (54)

1. A method comprising:

identifying, from an audio sample received at an endpoint device, a broadcast station associated with the audio sample;

in response to the identification of the broadcast station, generating a cookie configured to tailor content presented in a browser, the cookie stored in digital storage of the endpoint device;

receiving, by a server, a first indication that a user engaged with first content presented in the browser at the endpoint device;

creating an association between the user and the first content based on the first indication;

strengthening, by the server, the association between an identifier of the user and an identifier of the broadcast station by inserting a call to action in the content; and

in response to the strengthening, causing the browser to present second content related to the broadcast station based on the cookie.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the browser from available Internet browsers installed on the endpoint device 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 audio sample includes a sampling length of the audio sample and an audio length of ambient audio data to be captured during sampling.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

determining, based on the sampling length and the audio length of the audio sample, a wait time that indicates a time period between triggering and sending the audio sample to the server.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cookie identifies the endpoint device and a characteristic of the audio sample.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a sampling trigger is a Radio Data System signal or a Radio Broadcast Data System signal.

9. 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:

identifying, from an audio sample received at the listening apparatus, a broadcast station associated with the audio sample;

in response to the identification of the broadcast station, generating a cookie configured to tailor content presented in a browser, the cookie stored in the memory of the endpoint device;

receiving, by a server, a first indication that a user engaged with first content presented in the browser at the endpoint device;

creating an association between the user and the first content based on the first indication;

strengthening, by the server, the association between an identifier of the user and an identifier of the broadcast station by inserting a call to action in the content; and

in response to the strengthening, causing the browser to present second content related to the broadcast station based on the cookie.

10. The endpoint device of claim 9 , the instructions further comprising:

determining the browser from available Internet browsers installed on the endpoint device 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 9 , the instructions 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 9 , wherein the audio sample includes a sampling length of the audio sample and an audio length of ambient audio data to be captured during sampling.

14. The endpoint device of claim 13 , the instructions further comprising:

determining, based on the sampling length and the audio length of the audio sample, a wait time that indicates a time period between triggering and sending the audio sample to the server.

15. The endpoint device of claim 9 , wherein the cookie identifies the endpoint device and a characteristic of the audio sample.

16. The endpoint device of claim 9 , wherein a sampling trigger is a Radio Data System signal or a Radio Broadcast Data System signal.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform actions comprising:

identifying, from an audio sample received at an endpoint device, a broadcast station associated with the audio sample;

in response to the identification of the broadcast station, generating a cookie configured to tailor content presented in a browser, the cookie stored in digital storage of the endpoint device;

receiving, by a server, a first indication that a user engaged with first content presented in the browser at the endpoint device;

creating an association between the user and the first content based on the first indication;

strengthening, by the server, the association between an identifier of the user and an identifier of the broadcast station by inserting a call to action in the content; and

in response to the strengthening, causing the browser to present second content related to the broadcast station based on the cookie.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , the actions further comprising:

determining the browser from available Internet browsers installed on the endpoint device 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.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , the actions further comprising:

presenting content corresponding to the cookie at a webpage on the endpoint device.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein a location of the content on the webpage is determined based on the cookie.

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