Damon P Fasching

US Patent:

20230126270, Apr 27, 2023

Filed:

Oct 19, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/969407

Inventors:

- Emeryville CA, US
Damon P. Fasching - San Francisco CA, US
Hidenori Tanaka - San Francisco CA, US
Samit Raul - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

H04H 60/73
H04H 40/18
H04H 60/41

Abstract:

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) encountering, by a media playback device of a vehicle, a trigger to update a list of currently tunable radio stations; (ii) based on encountering the trigger to update the list of currently tunable radio stations, updating, by the media playback device, the list of currently tunable radio stations using a location of the vehicle and radio station contour data stored in a local database of the media playback device; and (iii) displaying, by the media playback device, a station list using the list of currently tunable radio stations.

US Patent:

20200218247, Jul 9, 2020

Filed:

Dec 30, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/729947

Inventors:

- Emeryville CA, US
Suresh Jeyachandran - Alameda CA, US
Damon P. Fasching - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G05B 19/42
H04N 5/50
G06F 3/0481

Abstract:

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, generating, by the media playback device, a query fingerprint using second content received on a second channel; (ii) sending, by the media playback device, the query fingerprint to a server that maintains a reference database containing a plurality of reference fingerprints; (iii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, identifying information corresponding to a reference fingerprint of the plurality of reference fingerprints that matches the query fingerprint; and (iv) while the media playback device is playing back the first content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information.

US Patent:

20200221171, Jul 9, 2020

Filed:

Dec 17, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/718087

Inventors:

- Emeryville CA, US
Suresh Jeyachandran - Alameda CA, US
Damon P. Fasching - San Francisco CA, US
Mark W. Sherman - San Leandro CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/44
H04N 21/472
H04N 21/2387
H04N 21/439
H04N 21/45
H04N 21/81
H04N 21/278

Abstract:

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, sending, by the media playback device to a server, a preview request, the preview request identifying a second channel that is different from the first channel; (ii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, a response to the preview request, the response including identifying information corresponding to content being provided on the second channel; and (iii) while the media playback device is playing back the content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information corresponding to content being provided on the second channel.