Systems and methods for implementing a metadata station for an internet radio service

摘要

Systems and methods for implementing a metadata station for an internet radio service are disclosed. An exemplary method involves exposing a plurality of Internet radio stations and a metadata station. Requests are received for the metadata station. The Internet radio stations that will have metadata information included in the metadata station are selected. The metadata information for the selected Internet radio stations is obtained, and the metadata information for the selected Internet radio stations is sent on the metadata station.