Patent ID: 7231176
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: H04H,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for providing notification about music information associated with songs that are in cue to be played to radio or television station listeners through a wireless mobile device capable of receiving text message, wherein the music is to be broadcasted by the station in a specified time period, the method comprising: receiving and storing a plurality of requests for alert messages regarding future music broadcasting, the requests including a plurality of identifiers associated with persons to whom an alert message is to be communicated prior to the broadcasting; formulating a plurality of queries based on the plurality of received requests; instantaneously retrieving from a plurality of radio and television station databases real-time cueing music information associated with songs that are in cue to be played at each of the plurality of radio and television station and storing the real-time cueing music information in a central database; in response to the plurality of formulated queries, retrieving from the central database, the real-time cueing music information associated with songs that are in cue to be played; formulating text-based alert messages; and communicating the text-based alert messages to one or more radio or television station listeners through wireless communication devices capable of receiving text messages using individual identifiers to identify persons to whom said alert message is to be communicated.