Patents by Inventor John David Crowley

John David Crowley 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).

  • System and method for dynamic playback switching of live and previously recorded audio content
    Patent number: 12206933
    Abstract: A method including, at a media content server, receiving a pre-modified live digital audio stream, modifying the pre-modified live digital audio stream to produce a live digital audio stream, at a time-shifted media server, storing the pre-modified live digital audio stream, at an alternative content server, identifying and storing respective alternative content start/stop tags, at a client device, receiving the live digital audio stream, in response to a playback command by a user, transmitting a time-shifted digital audio stream request, in response to the time-shifted digital audio stream request, the time-shifted media server streaming the time-shifted digital audio stream, the client device, identifying an upcoming alternative content period, in response to determining that the upcoming alternative content period is within a pre-determined timing threshold, transmitting an alternative content request, receiving a second alternative content, ceasing to output the time-shifted digital audio stream, and out
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Audacy Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Pacino, Nicholas Constantine Booth, John David Crowley
  • System and Method for Dynamic Playback Switching of Live and Previously Recorded Audio Content
    Publication number: 20240292055
    Abstract: A method including, at a media content server, receiving a pre-modified live digital audio stream, modifying the pre-modified live digital audio stream to produce a live digital audio stream, at a time-shifted media server, storing the pre-modified live digital audio stream, at an alternative content server, identifying and storing respective alternative content start/stop tags, at a client device, receiving the live digital audio stream, in response to a playback command by a user, transmitting a time-shifted digital audio stream request, in response to the time-shifted digital audio stream request, the time-shifted media server streaming the time-shifted digital audio stream, the client device, identifying an upcoming alternative content period, in response to determining that the upcoming alternative content period is within a pre-determined timing threshold, transmitting an alternative content request, receiving a second alternative content, ceasing to output the time-shifted digital audio stream, and out
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Audacy Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Pacino, Nicholas Constantine Booth, John David Crowley
  • System and Methods of Real-Time Creation of Electronic Programming Guides for Radio Broadcasts
    Publication number: 20240187117
    Abstract: A method including while receiving a live digital audio stream from one or more remote servers and outputting the live digital audio stream via a speaker of a client device, receiving the updated content schedule from the one or more remote servers, generating and displaying a real-time programming guide user-interface including the updated content schedule and least one content segment component corresponding to at least one of the content segment data in the updated content schedule. The method further includes transmitting a content segment digital audio signal request to the one or more remote servers for a prior portion of the live digital audio stream corresponding to the content segment data; and, in response to receiving the prior portion of the live digital audio stream, ceasing outputting the live digital audio stream and outputting the prior portion of the live digital audio stream corresponding to the content segment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: AUDACY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: John Michael Pacino, Nicholas Constantine Booth, John David Crowley
  • System and methods of real-time creation of electronic programming guides for radio broadcasts
    Patent number: 11881930
    Abstract: A method including while receiving a live digital audio stream from one or more remote servers and outputting the live digital audio stream via a speaker of a client device, receiving the updated content schedule from the one or more remote servers, generating and displaying a real-time programming guide user-interface including the updated content schedule and least one content segment component corresponding to at least one of the content segment data in the updated content schedule. The method further includes transmitting a content segment digital audio signal request to the one or more remote servers for a prior portion of the live digital audio stream corresponding to the content segment data; and, in response to receiving the prior portion of the live digital audio stream, ceasing outputting the live digital audio stream and outputting the prior portion of the live digital audio stream corresponding to the content segment data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: AUDACY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: John Michael Pacino, Nicholas Constantine Booth, John David Crowley
  • System and method for dynamic playback switching of live and previously recorded audio content
    Patent number: 11812099
    Abstract: A method including, at a media content server, receiving a pre-modified live digital audio stream, modifying the pre-modified live digital audio stream to produce a live digital audio stream, at a time-shifted media server, storing the pre-modified live digital audio stream, at an alternative content server, identifying and storing respective alternative content start/stop tags, at a client device, receiving the live digital audio stream, in response to a playback command by a user, transmitting a time-shifted digital audio stream request, in response to the time-shifted digital audio stream request, the time-shifted media server streaming the time-shifted digital audio stream, the client device, identifying an upcoming alternative content period, in response to determining that the upcoming alternative content period is within a pre-determined timing threshold, transmitting an alternative content request, receiving a second alternative content, ceasing to output the time-shifted digital audio stream, and out
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AUDACY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: John Michael Pacino, Nicholas Constantine Booth, John David Crowley
  • System and Methods of Real-Time Creation of Electronic Programming Guides for Radio Broadcasts
    Publication number: 20230067512
    Abstract: A method including while receiving a live digital audio stream from one or more remote servers and outputting the live digital audio stream via a speaker of a client device, receiving the updated content schedule from the one or more remote servers, generating and displaying a real-time programming guide user-interface including the updated content schedule and least one content segment component corresponding to at least one of the content segment data in the updated content schedule. The method further includes transmitting a content segment digital audio signal request to the one or more remote servers for a prior portion of the live digital audio stream corresponding to the content segment data; and, in response to receiving the prior portion of the live digital audio stream, ceasing outputting the live digital audio stream and outputting the prior portion of the live digital audio stream corresponding to the content segment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: AUDACY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: John Michael Pacino, Nicholas Constantine Booth, John David Crowley
  • System and Method for Dynamic Playback Switching of Live and Previously Recorded Audio Content
    Publication number: 20220368977
    Abstract: A method including, at a media content server, receiving a pre-modified live digital audio stream, modifying the pre-modified live digital audio stream to produce a live digital audio stream, at a time-shifted media server, storing the pre-modified live digital audio stream, at an alternative content server, identifying and storing respective alternative content start/stop tags, at a client device, receiving the live digital audio stream, in response to a playback command by a user, transmitting a time-shifted digital audio stream request, in response to the time-shifted digital audio stream request, the time-shifted media server streaming the time-shifted digital audio stream, the client device, identifying an upcoming alternative content period, in response to determining that the upcoming alternative content period is within a pre-determined timing threshold, transmitting an alternative content request, receiving a second alternative content, ceasing to output the time-shifted digital audio stream, and out
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Entercom Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Pacino, Nicholas Constantine Booth, John David Crowley
  • System and methods of real-time creation of electronic programming guides for radio broadcasts
    Patent number: 11483084
    Abstract: A method including while receiving a live digital audio stream from one or more remote servers and outputting the live digital audio stream via a speaker of a client device, receiving the updated content schedule from the one or more remote servers, generating and displaying a real-time programming guide user-interface including the updated content schedule, the real-time programming guide user-interface including at least one content segment component corresponding to at least one of the content segment data in the updated content schedule, and, in response to a content selection command at the at least one content segment component, transmitting a content segment digital audio signal request to the one or more remote servers for a prior portion of the live digital audio stream corresponding to the content segment data; and, in response to receiving the prior portion of the live digital audio stream, ceasing outputting the live digital audio stream and outputting the prior portion of the live digital audio s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Audacy Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Pacino, Nicholas Constantine Booth, John David Crowley
  • System and method for dynamic playback switching of live and previously recorded audio content
    Patent number: 11350159
    Abstract: A method including, at a media content server, receiving a pre-modified live digital audio stream, modifying the pre-modified live digital audio stream to produce a live digital audio stream, at a time-shifted media server, storing the pre-modified live digital audio stream, at an alternative content server, identifying and storing respective alternative content start/stop tags, at a client device, receiving the live digital audio stream, in response to a playback command by a user, transmitting a time-shifted digital audio stream request, in response to the time-shifted digital audio stream request, the time-shifted media server streaming the time-shifted digital audio stream, the client device, identifying an upcoming alternative content period, in response to determining that the upcoming alternative content period is within a pre-determined timing threshold, transmitting an alternative content request, receiving a second alternative content, ceasing to output the time-shifted digital audio stream, and out
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Entercom Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Pacino, Nicholas Constantine Booth, John David Crowley
  • System and Methods of Real-Time Creation of Electronic Programming Guides for Radio Broadcasts
    Publication number: 20220103273
    Abstract: A method including while receiving a live digital audio stream from one or more remote servers and outputting the live digital audio stream via a speaker of a client device, receiving the updated content schedule from the one or more remote servers, generating and displaying a real-time programming guide user-interface including the updated content schedule, the real-time programming guide user-interface including at least one content segment component corresponding to at least one of the content segment data in the updated content schedule, and, in response to a content selection command at the at least one content segment component, transmitting a content segment digital audio signal request to the one or more remote servers for a prior portion of the live digital audio stream corresponding to the content segment data; and, in response to receiving the prior portion of the live digital audio stream, ceasing outputting the live digital audio stream and outputting the prior portion of the live digital audio s
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Entercom Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Pacino, Nicholas Constantine Booth, John David Crowley
  • System and Method for Dynamic Playback Switching of Live and Previously Recorded Audio Content
    Publication number: 20220103890
    Abstract: A method including, at a media content server, receiving a pre-modified live digital audio stream, modifying the pre-modified live digital audio stream to produce a live digital audio stream, at a time-shifted media server, storing the pre-modified live digital audio stream, at an alternative content server, identifying and storing respective alternative content start/stop tags, at a client device, receiving the live digital audio stream, in response to a playback command by a user, transmitting a time-shifted digital audio stream request, in response to the time-shifted digital audio stream request, the time-shifted media server streaming the time-shifted digital audio stream, the client device, identifying an upcoming alternative content period, in response to determining that the upcoming alternative content period is within a pre-determined timing threshold, transmitting an alternative content request, receiving a second alternative content, ceasing to output the time-shifted digital audio stream, and out
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Entercom Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Pacino, Nicholas Constantine Booth, John David Crowley
  • System and methods of real-time creation of electronic programming guides for radio broadcasts
    Patent number: 10985854
    Abstract: A method including while receiving a live digital audio stream from one or more remote servers and outputting the live digital audio stream via a speaker of a client device, receiving the updated content schedule from the one or more remote servers, generating and displaying a real-time programming guide user-interface including the updated content schedule, the real-time programming guide user-interface including at least one content segment component corresponding to at least one of the content segment data in the updated content schedule, and, in response to a content selection command at the at least one content segment component, transmitting a content segment digital audio signal request to the one or more remote servers for a prior portion of the live digital audio stream corresponding to the content segment data; and, in response to receiving the prior portion of the live digital audio stream, ceasing outputting the live digital audio stream and outputting the prior portion of the live digital audio s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Entercom Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Pacino, Nicholas Constantine Booth, John David Crowley
  • System and method for dynamic playback switching of live and previously recorded audio content
    Patent number: 10972785
    Abstract: A method including, at a media content server, receiving a pre-modified live digital audio stream, modifying the pre-modified live digital audio stream to produce a live digital audio stream, at a time-shifted media server, storing the pre-modified live digital audio stream, at an alternative content server, identifying and storing respective alternative content start/stop tags, at a client device, receiving the live digital audio stream, in response to a playback command by a user, transmitting a time-shifted digital audio stream request, in response to the time-shifted digital audio stream request, the time-shifted media server streaming the time-shifted digital audio stream, the client device, identifying an upcoming alternative content period, in response to determining that the upcoming alternative content period is within a pre-determined timing threshold, transmitting an alternative content request, receiving a second alternative content, ceasing to output the time-shifted digital audio stream, and out
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Entercom Communications Corp.
    Inventors: John Michael Pacino, Nicholas Constantine Booth, John David Crowley