US 12,342,039 B2
Generation of media station previews using a reference database
Pat D. Fearn, Albuquerque, NM (US); Suresh Jeyachandran, Alameda, CA (US); Damon P. Fasching, San Francisco, CA (US); and Mark W. Sherman, San Leandro, CA (US)
Assigned to GRACENOTE, INC., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Gracenote, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/467,272.
Application 18/467,272 is a continuation of application No. 16/718,087, filed on Dec. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,812,102.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/788,563, filed on Jan. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0056630 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/278 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/44016 (2013.01) [H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/278 (2013.01); H04N 21/439 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that upon execution by one or more processors cause performance of a set of operations comprising:
while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content broadcast by a first broadcast station on a first channel:
determining that the first channel is associated with a first genre;
determining a second channel that is associated with the first genre and has a frequency within a threshold frequency range from of a first frequency of the first channel;
in response to determining that the first channel is associated with the first genre and determining the second channel that is associated with the first genre and has a frequency within a threshold frequency range of the first frequency of the first channel, selecting the second channel; and
in response to selecting the second channel, receiving identifying information corresponding to content being broadcast on the second channel; and
while the media playback device is playing back the content broadcast on the first channel, providing for display at least a portion of the identifying information corresponding to the content being broadcast on the second channel.