ALTERNATE MEDIA STATION SELECTION USING SITUATIONAL PARAMETER HISTORY

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14918739

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A media receiver identifies attributes of a media station to which the media receiver is currently tuned. The media receiver monitors the signal quality of the media station. If the signal quality of the media station drops below a quality threshold, the receiver chooses an alternate station having similar content, and then tunes to the alternate station until the signal quality of the original station improves. When the signal quality of the original station rises above a re-tune threshold, the receiver can switch back to the original station. The receiver can monitor and record user listening patterns, station-switching patterns, and situational parameters, to identify times or locations at which station switches occur. This information can be used to select appropriate alternative stations, to perform pre-emptive station switches, and to determine when a station's content will be buffered with the expectation that a station's signal will drop below the quality threshold.

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IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC20880 STONE OAK PARKWAY SAN ANTONIO TX 78258

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Albl, Michael Lincoln Cincinnati, US 9 17
Hill, Evan A Bend, US 13 131
Jellison, Tanya R Ogallala, US 8 30
Littlejohn, Jeffrey Lee Cincinnati, US 98 410
Lockhart, Jacqueline J Poway, US 32 462
Lockhart, Kevin R Ogallala, US 32 462
Myers, Theodore N Fort Collins, US 17 168
Wooden, Richard D Ogallala, US 39 564
Zigler, Jeffrey D Omaha, US 35 515

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