System and method for providing an interactive, visual complement to an audio program

摘要

A system and method for providing an interactive, visual complement to one or more audio programs. In one aspect, the system comprises an audio subsystem for generating an audio signal corresponding to a sound recording. The system also comprises a video subsystem for generating a video image specification based, at least in part, on the sound recording. In one aspect, the audio signal and video image specification are transmitted to an audio/video signal transmission system. The transmission system receives the video image specification and generates a video signal that conforms to the video image specification. The video signal and the audio signal are transmitted to at least one consumer receiver. In this way, the system provides a visual complement to an audio program.

主权项

1. A method for providing a visual complement to an audio stream, comprising:
transmitting audio data corresponding to a selected song; and transmitting a data packet that was generated using an identifier identifying the selected song, wherein the data packet includes a media asset identifier identifying a media asset and further includes song information associated with the selected song, the song information comprising the title of the selected song and the name of the artist who recorded the selected song, wherein the step of transmitting the data packet comprises transmitting the data packet to a receiving system that is configured such that, in response to receiving the data packet, the receiving system automatically generates a video image using the information included in the data packet and automatically outputs the generated video image to a display device, which is operable to display the video image to a user of the device, without the user having to select a menu item, and the generated video image includes the song information comprising the title of the song and the name of the artist.