Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-level matching facilitating delivery of enhanced content
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Application No.: US16901137Application Date: 2020-06-15
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Publication No.: US10938874B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Jeff Littlejohn , Bobbi Denise Schuster , Keyin Hsu , Jennifer L. Smith
- Applicant: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX San Antonio
- Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX San Antonio
- Agency: Garlick & Markison
- Agent Edward J. Marshall
- Main IPC: H04H7/00
- IPC: H04H7/00 ; H04L29/06 ; H04H60/66 ; H04H60/74 ; H04H60/46 ; H04L12/18 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
A server receives a message from a subscriber. The message includes a subscriber identifier and one or more one or more first identifying attributes associated with a first media-work played-out by the subscriber. The server performs a first-level match between the first identifying attributes and unique identifiers included in a database. In response to the first-level match indicating that the first identifying attributes do not include any of unique identifiers, the server performs a second-level match, which compares the first identifying attributes to content attributes of different media-works linked to the unique identifiers. In response to the second-level match identifying one or more matching first identifying attributes to the content attributes that are linked to a particular unique identifier included in the database, the server selects enhanced content based on the particular unique identifier, and delivers that enhanced content to the subscriber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200314160A1 MULTI-LEVEL MATCHING FACILITATING DELIVERY OF ENHANCED CONTENT Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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