US 12,348,810 B2
Incorporating user-recorded feedback into media broadcast
Albert Curtis Mitchell, Nashville, TN (US); Michael Scott Woodruff, Linden, NJ (US); Adam Michael Roberts, DeLand, FL (US); Steven Douglas Wight, Oxnard, CA (US); Siu Leung Chan, Jericho, NY (US); Jacob Earl Bolton, Howell, MI (US); Stephen William Bain, Nashville, TN (US); Qian Chang, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Davis Scott Harlan, Spring, TX (US)
Filed by iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/964,107.
Prior Publication US 2024/0129573 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 21/274 (2011.01); H04N 21/233 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/274 (2013.01) [H04N 21/2335 (2013.01); H04N 21/23424 (2013.01); H04N 21/234309 (2013.01); H04N 21/262 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving from a first device, at a processing system including at least one processor and associated memory:
a user-generated media recording recorded by a media consumer through a public-user interface presented on the first device, wherein the user-generated media recording is a recording of the media consumer captured on the first device during a media broadcast; and
first metadata including information linking the user-generated media recording to the media broadcast;
storing the user-generated media recording and the first metadata in one or more storage devices
associating supplemental metadata with the user-generated media recording, the supplemental metadata including information related to delivery of the user-generated media recording, and information identifying a pre-recorded media show being consumed by the media consumer at a time the user-generated media recording was created; and
transmitting, based at least in part on the supplemental metadata, a version of the user-generated media recording and at least a portion of the first metadata and the supplemental metadata to a private-user interface on a second device, wherein the private-user interface is configured to receive input from a host of the media broadcast indicating selection of the version of the user-generated media recording for broadcast during the media broadcast.