Patents by Inventor Joseph Harb

Joseph Harb 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).

  • Patent number: 11736215
    Abstract: A synchronization server creates an augmented radio listener experience by providing additional information, especially visual information, over a concurrent, parallel data connection to a user device during the radio broadcast. The additional information is synchronized to the radio broadcast item then playing, based on an event message received by the synchronization server from the radio station equipment. The synchronization server can implement real-time interactions between connected radio listeners and a disk jockey dashboard of the radio station. The synchronization server optionally can personalize advertisement content for transmission to user devices based on user profile information and audience criteria provided by the advertiser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph Harb
  • Publication number: 20200228215
    Abstract: A synchronization server creates an augmented radio listener experience by providing additional information, especially visual information, over a concurrent, parallel data connection to a user device during the radio broadcast. The additional information is synchronized to the radio broadcast item then playing, based on an event message received by the synchronization server from the radio station equipment. The synchronization server can implement real-time interactions between connected radio listeners and a disk jockey dashboard of the radio station. The synchronization server optionally can personalize advertisement content for transmission to user devices based on user profile information and audience criteria provided by the advertiser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Joseph HARB
  • Publication number: 20180189800
    Abstract: Hybrid interactive radio may be implemented utilizing an interactive radio server configured to receive now playing data (“NPD”) from a radio station on-air automation system server, the NPD identifying FM radio broadcast content now playing over the air from the radio station. In operation, the interactive radio server may acquire supplemental information from a database server in near-real time, based on the NPD. Utilizing a wireless telecom data connection, the interactive radio server may transmit the supplemental information to a hybrid interactive application running in a smart phone or a head unit of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Joseph Harb
  • Patent number: 9940632
    Abstract: In response to a track playing on a broadcast radio station, the corresponding artist name is used as a key to access a database of artist messages, news and events information associated with that artist, that may be automatically distributed and geo-targeted while the track is playing. Distribution of the supplemental artist-related content extends to the radio broadcast—via RDS and HD, to the Internet, social media and various mobile devices. The supplement content may comprise messages pre-programmed by the artist, agents, or music labels. The supplemental content may be geo-targeted to include local tour dates, media appearances, related news, album releases and other data tied to the artist's song that is playing on the radio or on a streaming application. Further, the system may feed messages directly from the artist's existing social platforms, to provide further engagement of listeners while the track is playing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventor: Joseph Harb
  • Patent number: 9448860
    Abstract: Method and software architecture for providing data-change alerts corresponding to data changes in a data system to external (of the data system) applications. A computer user interface is provided to enable a user to identify user interface (UI) objects corresponding to a user interface of an application used to access the data system to provide data-change alert support for. For example, the UI objects may comprise screens, views, applets, fields, and columns. Based on the alert-enabled UI objects, data-change alert triggers are generated to monitor for data-change events (e.g., inserts, updates, and deletes) that cause changes to data in the data system corresponding to those alert-enabled UI objects. In response to data changes in the data system corresponding to alert-enabled UI objects, appropriate triggers are executed to initiate generation of data-change alerts comprising data values that have been changed. The data-change alerts are then pushed to the external application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Hsin Lee, Joseph Harb
  • Publication number: 20150193516
    Abstract: In response to a track playing on a broadcast radio station, the corresponding artist name is used as a key to access a database of artist messages, news and events information associated with that artist, that may be automatically distributed and geo-targeted while the track is playing. Distribution of the supplemental artist-related content extends to the radio broadcast—via RDS and HD, to the Internet, social media and various mobile devices. The supplement content may comprise messages pre-programmed by the artist, agents, or music labels. The supplemental content may be geo-targeted to include local tour dates, media appearances, related news, album releases and other data tied to the artist's song that is playing on the radio or on a streaming application. Further, the system may feed messages directly from the artist's existing social platforms, to provide further engagement of listeners while the track is playing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventor: Joseph Harb
  • Patent number: 8918333
    Abstract: Method and device for: receiving a playlist identifying a media item comprising a song or an advertisement, or a combination thereof, storing the playlist in a database, associating the identified media item with a first supplemental data and a second supplemental playlist data, sending the first supplemental data to a radio station server to be broadcast substantially simultaneously with the associated media item, and displaying the second supplemental data on a website, wherein the display is configured for accessing by a computer and mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph Harb
  • Patent number: 8718538
    Abstract: A portable device is used to capture, in real time, data sufficient to identify a product or service promoted, or a music track played, on a broadcast medium such as radio. The device determines a current frequency setting of a nearby radio by short-range broadcast of a brief audio-frequency signature so as to form a feedback path from the radio sufficient to determine the frequency or station currently playing. The captured data is communicated to a services server to enable quick and convenient purchase of the desired product or service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph Harb
  • Publication number: 20140046775
    Abstract: Method and device for: receiving station identified content data, receiving a request for synchronized content from a user device, identifying station identified content identifiers in the station identified content data, identifying and retrieving content associated with the identifiers from an external repository, synchronizing retrieved content with station identified content data, and sending synchronized content to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph HARB
  • Publication number: 20130179275
    Abstract: Method and device for: receiving a playlist identifying a media item comprising a song or an advertisement, or a combination thereof, storing the playlist in a database, associating the identified media item with a first supplemental data and a second supplemental playlist data, sending the first supplemental data to a radio station server to be broadcast substantially simultaneously with the associated media item, and displaying the second supplemental data on a website, wherein the display is configured for accessing by a computer and mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventor: Joseph Harb
  • Patent number: 8462645
    Abstract: Enhanced features and functionality of a radio station website, and offline advertising operations are disclosed to improve listener interactions, provide improved services to users, and enable more effective radio or television-based advertising.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Inventor: Joseph Harb
  • Patent number: 8391155
    Abstract: A portable device is used to capture, in real time, data sufficient to identify an item, such as a product or service promoted, or a music track played, on a broadcast medium such as radio or television. The capture device can be a standalone implementation, or an application program executable on a personal communication device such as a cell phone or Blackberry. The capture device communicates the captured data to a remote server via a selected wired or wireless channel, or the internet, and the server provides services to support the user in responding to the radio or television broadcast item that corresponds to the captured data. The server on demand downloads to the user additional digital content associated with the identified radio broadcast item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Inventor: Joseph Harb
  • Patent number: 8310985
    Abstract: A portable device is used to capture, in real time, data sufficient to identify an item, such as a product or service promoted, or a music track played, on a broadcast medium such as radio or television. The capture device can be a standalone implementation, or an application program executable on a personal communication device such as a cell phone or Blackberry. The capture device communicates the captured data to a remote server via a selected wired or wireless channel, or the internet, and the server provides services to support the user in responding to the radio or television broadcast item that corresponds to the captured data. The server on demand downloads to the user additional digital content associated with the identified radio broadcast item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Inventor: Joseph Harb
  • Patent number: 8296195
    Abstract: A portable device is used to capture, in real time, data sufficient to identify a product or service promoted, or a music track played, on a broadcast medium such as radio or television. The capture device can be a standalone implementation, or an application program executable on a personal communication device such as a cell phone or Blackberry. The capture device communicates the captured data to a remote server via a selected wired or wireless channel, or the internet, and the server provides services to support the user in responding to the radio or television broadcast item that corresponds to the captured data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventor: Joseph Harb
  • Patent number: 8185394
    Abstract: A method for providing access to data via a voice interface. In one embodiment, the system includes a voice recognition unit and a speech processing server that work together to enable users to interact with the system using voice commands guided by navigation context sensitive voice prompts, and provide user-requested data in a verbalized format back to the users. Digitized voice waveform data are processed to determine the voice commands of the user. The system also uses a “grammar” that enables users to retrieve data using intuitive natural language speech queries. In response to such a query, a corresponding data query is generated by the system to retrieve one or more data sets corresponding to the query. The user is then enabled to browse the data that are returned through voice command navigation, wherein the system “reads” the data back to the user using text-to-speech (TTS) conversion and system prompts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Siebel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon Jones, Richard Gorman, Jesse Ambrose, Joseph Harb, Chris Haven
  • Patent number: 7545917
    Abstract: A system for providing access to data via a voice interface. In one embodiment, the system includes a voice recognition unit and a speech processing server that work together to enable users to interact with the system using voice commands guided by navigation context sensitive voice prompts, and provide user-requested data in a verbalized format back to the users. Digitized voice waveform data are processed to determine the voice commands of the user. The system also uses a “grammar” that enables users to retrieve data using intuitive natural language speech queries. In response to such a query, a corresponding data query is generated by the system to retrieve one or more data sets corresponding to the query. The user is then enabled to browse the data that are returned through voice command navigation, wherein the system “reads” the data back to the user using text-to-speech (TTS) conversion and system prompts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Siebel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon Jones, Richard Gorman, Jesse Ambrose, Joseph Harb, Chris Haven
  • Publication number: 20090052635
    Abstract: A method for providing access to data via a voice interface. In one embodiment, the system includes a voice recognition unit and a speech processing server that work together to enable users to interact with the system using voice commands guided by navigation context sensitive voice prompts, and provide user-requested data in a verbalized format back to the users. Digitized voice waveform data are processed to determine the voice commands of the user. The system also uses a “grammar” that enables users to retrieve data using intuitive natural language speech queries. In response to such a query, a corresponding data query is generated by the system to retrieve one or more data sets corresponding to the query. The user is then enabled to browse the data that are returned through voice command navigation, wherein the system “reads” the data back to the user using text-to-speech (TTS) conversion and system prompts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Shannon Jones, Richard Gorman, Jesse Ambrose, Joseph Harb, Chris Haven
  • Patent number: 7493259
    Abstract: A method for providing access to data via a voice interface. In one embodiment, the system includes a voice recognition unit and a speech processing server that work together to enable users to interact with the system using voice commands guided by navigation context sensitive voice prompts, and provide user-requested data in a verbalized format back to the users. Digitized voice waveform data are processed to determine the voice commands of the user. The system also uses a “grammar” that enables users to retrieve data using intuitive natural language speech queries. In response to such a query, a corresponding data query is generated by the system to retrieve one or more data sets corresponding to the query. The user is then enabled to browse the data that are returned through voice command navigation, wherein the system “reads” the data back to the user using text-to-speech (TTS) conversion and system prompts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Siebel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon Jones, Richard Gorman, Jesse Ambrose, Joseph Harb, Chris Haven
  • Patent number: 7493260
    Abstract: A method and system for building/updating grammars in voice access systems is disclosed. The method includes receiving a grammar update request from a voice access system, retrieving data, filtering the data and providing the filtered data to the voice access system. The grammar update request identifies a navigation context of a user interface provided by a data system. The user interface provides access to information in the data system. The data is retrieved from the data system and pertains to the navigation context. The filtering is performed to obtain filtered data pertaining to user interface (UI) objects enabled for grammar updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Siebel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Harb, David George, Chris Haven, Dennis Ferry, Wen-Hsin Lee, Jaya Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20080318529
    Abstract: A portable device is used to capture, in real time, data sufficient to identify an item, such as a product or service promoted, or a music track played, on a broadcast medium such as radio or television. The capture device can be a standalone implementation, or an application program executable on a personal communication device such as a cell phone or Blackberry. The capture device communicates the captured data to a remote server via a selected wired or wireless channel, or the internet, and the server provides services to support the user in responding to the radio or television broadcast item that corresponds to the captured data. The server on demand downloads to the user additional digital content associated with the identified radio broadcast item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Joseph Harb