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).

  • Publication number: 20240056630
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Pat D. Fearn, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching, Mark W. Sherman
  • Patent number: 11812102
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Pat D. Fearn, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching, Mark W. Sherman
  • Publication number: 20230251642
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: John M. Qin, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching
  • Patent number: 11644824
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GRACENOTE, INC.
    Inventors: John M. Qin, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching
  • Publication number: 20230126270
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching, Hidenori Tanaka, Kaviarasu Vetriselvi, Samit Raul
  • Publication number: 20220260983
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: John M. Qin, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching
  • Patent number: 11360466
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Qin, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching
  • Publication number: 20200221171
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Pat D. Fearn, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching, Mark W. Sherman
  • Publication number: 20200218247
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: John M. Qin, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching