Patent ID: 7058694
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for customizing radio broadcasting for individual end users, comprising: creating a first data structure (referred herein as a VALUE data structure) representative of a first set of properties related to a user; creating a second data structure (referred herein as a KNOWN data structure) representative of whether said first set of properties is known; creating a third data structure (referred herein as a TARGET data structure) representative of a target set of properties related to an audio element; creating a fourth data structure (referred herein as a WANT data structure) representative of whether said target set of properties is wanted; and comparing said first, second, third, and fourth data structures using bit-wise binary operations to determine whether said first set of known properties are wanted as a target set of properties; storing the audio element into a cache memory upon determining that the first set of known properties are wanted as the target set of properties; selecting an audio element from the cache memory; comparing an identifier of the selected audio element to an identifier of a most recently played audio element; and rejecting the selected audio element if it is substantially similar to the most recently played audio element.