US 12,242,257 B2
Generation of media station previews using a secondary tuner
John M. Qin, San Francisco, CA (US); Suresh Jeyachandran, Alameda, CA (US); and Damon P. Fasching, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Gracenote, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by GRACENOTE, INC., Emeryville, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/301,869.
Application 18/301,869 is a continuation of application No. 17/737,732, filed on May 5, 2022, granted, now 11,644,824.
Application 17/737,732 is a continuation of application No. 16/729,947, filed on Dec. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,360,466, issued on Jun. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/788,604, filed on Jan. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0251642 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05B 19/42 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); H04N 5/50 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/42 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); H04N 5/50 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
while a media playback device is playing back first content received on a first channel broadcast by a first radio station, determining, by the media playback device using a classifier, that second content received on a second channel comprises audio content, wherein the second content is broadcast by a second radio station;
generating, by the media playback device, using the audio content, a query fingerprint based on the determining that the second content comprises the audio content;
sending, by the media playback device, a preview request comprising the query fingerprint to a server that maintains a reference database containing a plurality of reference fingerprints;
in response to sending the preview request, receiving, by the media playback device from the server, identifying information corresponding to a reference fingerprint of the plurality of reference fingerprints that matches the query fingerprint; and
while the media playback device is playing back the first content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information.