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US00835.9192B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,359,192 B2 Issa et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jan. 22, 2013 (54) SYSTEMAND METHOD FOR INTERNET 5,579,537 A 11/1996 Takahisa RADIO STATION PROGRAM DISCOVERY 5,594,601 A 1/1997 Mimicket al. 5,654,719 A 8, 1997 Kunii 5,704,017 A 12/1997 Heckerman et al. (75) Inventors: Alfredo C. Issa, Apex, NC (US); 5,757,939 A 5/1998 Begeja et al. Richard J. Walsh, Raleigh, NC (US); 5,790,754 A 8, 1998 MoZer et al. Christopher M. Amidon, Apex, NC 5,812,937 A 9, 1998 Takahisa et al. 5,842,161 A 11/1998 Cohrs et al. (US) 5,864,753. A 1/1999 Morita et al. 5,872,747 A 2f1999 Johnson (73) Assignee: Lemi Technology, LLC, Portsmouth, 5,898,910 A 4/1999 Miyake et al. NH (US) (Continued) (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS U.S.C. 154(b) by 663 days. EP O841180 A2 5, 1998 (Continued) (21) Appl. No.: 12/273,709 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (22) Filed: Nov. 19, 2008 Robert Ambrogi. "Full-text searching of podcasts.” http://www. (65) Prior Publication Data legaline.com/2006/01/full-text-searching-of-podcasts.html, Jan. 11, US 2010/O1248.92 A1 May 20, 2010 2006, copyright 2002-2008 Robert J. Ambrogi, 2 pages. (Continued) (51) Int. Cl. G06F 7/27 (2006.01) Primary Examiner — Qi Han (52) U.S. Cl. ....... 704/9: 704/3: 704/4; 704/10; 704/231; 704/251 (57) ABSTRACT (58) Field of Classification Search .................. 704/4, 9, An Internet radio station program discovery service is pro 704/3, 231, 251, 10 vided. In general, the discovery service subscribes to or See application file for complete search history. downloads a number of Internet radio station programs. For (56) References Cited each radio station program, the discovery service analyzes audio content of the radio station program to dynamically U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS categorize the radio station program over time. 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