US 9,294,806 C2 (12,560th)
Systems, methods, and devices for scanning broadcasts
Kelly M. Christensen, Mill Creek, WA (US); John Phillip Hansen, Austin, TX (US); and Thomas Daniel Mock, Sheffield, PA (US)
Filed by StratosAudio, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to STRATOSAUDIO, INC., Kirkland, WA (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,103, Jul. 29, 2022.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 9,294,806, issued Mar. 22, 2016, Appl. No. 14/481,747, Sep. 9, 2014.
Reexamination Certificate C1 9,294,806, issued Oct. 3, 2022.
Application 90/019,103 is a continuation of application No. 12/366,483, filed on Feb. 5, 2009, granted, now 8,875,188.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/026,433, filed on Feb. 5, 2008.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Mar. 27, 2024.
Int. Cl. H04H 60/64 (2008.01); G11B 27/10 (2006.01); H04H 60/37 (2008.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/266 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/278 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04H 20/14 (2008.01); H04H 20/22 (2008.01); H04H 20/24 (2008.01)
CPC H04N 21/2665 (2013.01) [G11B 27/10 (2013.01); H04H 60/37 (2013.01); H04H 60/64 (2013.01); H04N 7/16 (2013.01); H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/26603 (2013.01); H04N 21/278 (2013.01); H04N 21/433 (2013.01); H04N 21/4343 (2013.01); H04N 21/4345 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/8113 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); A63F 2300/8023 (2013.01); H04H 20/14 (2013.01); H04H 20/22 (2013.01); H04H 20/24 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1-16 is confirmed.
1. A method for uniquely identifying a media segment through broadcast scanning, the method comprising:
acquiring, using a stream scanner module of a broadcast scanning system comprising a computer processor and an electronic storage medium, third party encoded data associated with an electronic transmission of a media segment, the associated third party encoded data obtained from a data stream corollary to receipt of the electronic transmission of the media segment;
extracting the associated third party encoded data obtained from the data stream corollary to the receipt of the transmission of the media segment;
analyzing, using a stream analysis module of the broadcast scanning system, the associated third party encoded data to initiate identification of the media segment;
generating data that enables a unique identification of a specific instance of acquisition of the associated third party encoded data;
storing in a database the data that enables the unique identification of the specific instance of acquisition of the associated third party encoded data and at least part of the analyses of the associated third party encoded data, to initiate identification of the media segment;
transmitting the data that enables unique identification of the specific instance of acquisition of the associated third party encoded data to a plurality of user devices accessing the media segment; and
obtaining, using a device monitoring module of the broadcast scanning system, from at least one of the plurality of user devices, an interaction with the media segment and at least the data that enables unique identification of the specific instance of acquisition of the associated third party encoded data.