Patents by Inventor Damon P. Fasching
Damon P. Fasching has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12342039Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, sending, by the media playback device to a server, a preview request, the preview request identifying a second channel that is different from the first channel; (ii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, a response to the preview request, the response including identifying information corresponding to content being provided on the second channel; and (iii) while the media playback device is playing back the content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information corresponding to content being provided on the second channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2023Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: GRACENOTE, INC.Inventors: Pat D. Fearn, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching, Mark W. Sherman
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Publication number: 20250164982Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, generating, by the media playback device, a query fingerprint using second content received on a second channel; (ii) sending, by the media playback device, the query fingerprint to a server that maintains a reference database containing a plurality of reference fingerprints; (iii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, identifying information corresponding to a reference fingerprint of the plurality of reference fingerprints that matches the query fingerprint; and (iv) while the media playback device is playing back the first content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 22, 2025Inventors: John Meng Qin, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching
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Patent number: 12242257Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, generating, by the media playback device, a query fingerprint using second content received on a second channel; (ii) sending, by the media playback device, the query fingerprint to a server that maintains a reference database containing a plurality of reference fingerprints; (iii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, identifying information corresponding to a reference fingerprint of the plurality of reference fingerprints that matches the query fingerprint; and (iv) while the media playback device is playing back the first content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.Inventors: John M. Qin, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching
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Publication number: 20240056630Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, sending, by the media playback device to a server, a preview request, the preview request identifying a second channel that is different from the first channel; (ii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, a response to the preview request, the response including identifying information corresponding to content being provided on the second channel; and (iii) while the media playback device is playing back the content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information corresponding to content being provided on the second channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Pat D. Fearn, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching, Mark W. Sherman
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Patent number: 11812102Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, sending, by the media playback device to a server, a preview request, the preview request identifying a second channel that is different from the first channel; (ii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, a response to the preview request, the response including identifying information corresponding to content being provided on the second channel; and (iii) while the media playback device is playing back the content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information corresponding to content being provided on the second channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.Inventors: Pat D. Fearn, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching, Mark W. Sherman
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Publication number: 20230251642Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, generating, by the media playback device, a query fingerprint using second content received on a second channel; (ii) sending, by the media playback device, the query fingerprint to a server that maintains a reference database containing a plurality of reference fingerprints; (iii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, identifying information corresponding to a reference fingerprint of the plurality of reference fingerprints that matches the query fingerprint; and (iv) while the media playback device is playing back the first content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: John M. Qin, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching
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Patent number: 11644824Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, generating, by the media playback device, a query fingerprint using second content received on a second channel; (ii) sending, by the media playback device, the query fingerprint to a server that maintains a reference database containing a plurality of reference fingerprints; (iii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, identifying information corresponding to a reference fingerprint of the plurality of reference fingerprints that matches the query fingerprint; and (iv) while the media playback device is playing back the first content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: GRACENOTE, INC.Inventors: John M. Qin, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching
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Publication number: 20230126270Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) encountering, by a media playback device of a vehicle, a trigger to update a list of currently tunable radio stations; (ii) based on encountering the trigger to update the list of currently tunable radio stations, updating, by the media playback device, the list of currently tunable radio stations using a location of the vehicle and radio station contour data stored in a local database of the media playback device; and (iii) displaying, by the media playback device, a station list using the list of currently tunable radio stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching, Hidenori Tanaka, Kaviarasu Vetriselvi, Samit Raul
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Publication number: 20220260983Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, generating, by the media playback device, a query fingerprint using second content received on a second channel; (ii) sending, by the media playback device, the query fingerprint to a server that maintains a reference database containing a plurality of reference fingerprints; (iii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, identifying information corresponding to a reference fingerprint of the plurality of reference fingerprints that matches the query fingerprint; and (iv) while the media playback device is playing back the first content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: John M. Qin, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching
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Patent number: 11360466Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, generating, by the media playback device, a query fingerprint using second content received on a second channel; (ii) sending, by the media playback device, the query fingerprint to a server that maintains a reference database containing a plurality of reference fingerprints; (iii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, identifying information corresponding to a reference fingerprint of the plurality of reference fingerprints that matches the query fingerprint; and (iv) while the media playback device is playing back the first content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.Inventors: John M. Qin, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching
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Publication number: 20200218247Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, generating, by the media playback device, a query fingerprint using second content received on a second channel; (ii) sending, by the media playback device, the query fingerprint to a server that maintains a reference database containing a plurality of reference fingerprints; (iii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, identifying information corresponding to a reference fingerprint of the plurality of reference fingerprints that matches the query fingerprint; and (iv) while the media playback device is playing back the first content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: John M. Qin, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching
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Publication number: 20200221171Abstract: In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, sending, by the media playback device to a server, a preview request, the preview request identifying a second channel that is different from the first channel; (ii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, a response to the preview request, the response including identifying information corresponding to content being provided on the second channel; and (iii) while the media playback device is playing back the content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information corresponding to content being provided on the second channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Pat D. Fearn, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching, Mark W. Sherman