Patent ID: 9167301
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a vehicle radio, an advertisement and supplementary information associated with the advertisement; receiving, by the vehicle radio, from a radio broadcast host system, a content identifier exclusively associated with the advertisement, the content identifier comprising an alphanumeric identification that distinguishes the advertisement from other advertisements having other content identifiers; wherein both the advertisement and the content identifier exclusively associated with the advertisement are received together from the radio broadcast host system; wherein the supplementary information includes: wherein the content identifier is distinct and different from the supplementary information; presenting, by the vehicle radio, an audio prompt to a user as one option to initiate a request from the user to execute the secondary activity in response to detecting the activity identifier included in the supplementary information, the request comprising the content identifier and the activity identifier; transmitting, by the vehicle radio, to an external server, the request comprising the content identifier and the activity identifier, wherein the external server can implement the request for the activity identifier upon selection to execute the secondary activity on the vehicle radio; storing, by the vehicle radio, a calendar; if the secondary activity is related to a reminder, obtaining, by the vehicle radio, a calendar event as the reminder for an upcoming music release and for tuning into a show, and presenting, by the vehicle radio, an option to add the calendar event as the reminder in the calendar stored in the vehicle radio; if the secondary activity is related to a download, in response to presenting to the user an audible program guide of an upcoming broadcast content, initiating a download request before the upcoming broadcast content is actually broadcast; and performing, by the vehicle radio, the secondary activity according to the request from the user, wherein performing the secondary activity comprises: