Patent ID: 8255378
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a networked mobile computing device with access to a network-based directory service for terrestrial broadcasts, the method comprising: providing, by a computing system, the networked-based directory service, the network-based directory service including at least (i) broadcasting data for one or more broadcasting stations, the broadcasting data comprising tuning information that enables receivers to tune to one or more terrestrial broadcasts transmitted by the one or more broadcasting stations, and (ii) correlation data that correlates the one or more broadcasting stations to geographic locations; receiving, by the computing system and from a networked mobile computing device, a request to obtain information about an availability of terrestrial broadcasts at a present geographic location of the networked mobile computing device; querying, by the computing system, the directory service using sent geographic location as a query parameter; transmitting, by the computing system and to the networked mobile computing device, a response that includes tuning information that enables a receiver to automatically tune to at least one terrestrial broadcast associated with sent geographic location of the networked mobile computing device; receiving, by the computing system and from the networked mobile computing device, data that identifies (i) a plurality of geographic locations, and (ii) a plurality of broadcasting stations from which the networked mobile computing device received terrestrial broadcasts while traveling along a path that includes the plurality of geographic locations; and updating, by the computing system, the correlation data based on the data received from the networked mobile computing device that identifies the plurality of geographic locations and the plurality of broadcasting stations.