iPod Moves Closer To SatRad Intergration

Apple calls this patent an "Audio Sampling and Acquisition Service". Clever of them to realize that sampling music via satellite radio is more effecient than listening to commercial-loaded, jack-formated terrestrial radio (besides, unless you have HD, there is no easy way to know the name of the song), or sitting at your computer sorting through zillions of song samples. Perhaps Apple realizes that the easier it is for consumers to sample music, the more they will buy from their iTunes store.

Thursday, October 19, 2006, Satellite Radio TechWorld and Orbitcast posted the following:

From Satellite Radio TechWorld:
Apple: Audio Sampling and Acquisition System Patent Application
Apple had a patent application published today for the purchase of media items. Identifying information is recorded from a broadcast such as from "FM, AM or XM" to facilitate a later purchase.
Abstract
Techniques for facilitating purchase of media items, such as digital media assets, are disclosed. A computing device, e.g., a portable media device, can save media indicia pertaining to one or media items of interest to a user. The media indicia can thereafter be use to purchase the one or more media items or other products associated therewith....read more: here

Expanded upon by Orbitcast:
The Satellite iPod Returns (Apple Patent)
Perhaps this explains yesterday's rumor - today Apple filed for a patent application (PDF) for a method of saving media from various sources for later purchase. It's an ingenious method of grabbing snippets of audio, identifying the song and allowing the user the option to purchase that song.
This patent is to date the most solid information yet that Apple actually might be considering integration with satellite radio. This is not an exclusive relationship with satrad, but rather a method for Apple to get around the "discovery" roadblock that is inherently wrong with the iPod....read more: here

10/19/2006 04:09:00 PM

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