CONTENT REPLACEMENT IN DOWNSTREAM STREAM PLAYER

摘要

When a downstream stream player is streaming content being played on a main radio station, the streaming content can be altered to substitute a different song than the one being played on the main radio station, even if there is a significant difference between the length of the song being played on the main radio station and the substituted song being played on the downstream stream player. After the substituted song has been played, the downstream stream player can resume streaming content from the main radio station. Substitution of the song on the downstream stream player can be performed by using a variable buffer delay, which essentially allows the downstream stream player to substitute different length songs by increasing or decreasing a delay between the play-out of the main station and the play-out of the downstream station.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a main radio station configured to play a sequence of media items; a downstream stream player configured to receive and play-out at least a portion of the sequence of media items played on the main radio station; the main radio station further configured to:
determine whether a particular song played on the main radio station is a candidate for replacement at the downstream stream player;determine whether the particular song is played adjacent to an interstitial audio item on the main radio station;at least partially in response to determining that the particular song is not played adjacent to the interstitial audio item, generate a replacement notification to the downstream stream player, the replacement notification indicating to the downstream stream player that the particular song is to be replaced; andin response to determining that the particular song is played adjacent to the interstitial audio item, suppressing replacement of the particular song in the downstream stream player.