System and method for downloading music selections

Details System and method for downloading music selections System and method for downloading music selections

1998-09-14

2000-05-23

Harrell, Robert B.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Demand based messaging

G06F 1300

Patent

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060675624

ABSTRACT:
A digital radio broadcast station which includes a common digital database having stored therein a plurality of at least several hundred (preferably at least 1800) different selections of music to be played and broadcast by the radio station. A processor system is provided for programming the operation of the digital radio broadcast station with a sequence of music selections, which are subsequently retrieved in order from the common digital database and played over the digital radio broadcast station. The processor system preferably includes a main computer system for operating the radio station, and also a backup computer system for operating the radio station in the event of a failure of the main computer system. The processor system is preferably based upon reduced instruction set computing architecture, and preferably comprises an IBM RS/6000 system with an AIX operating system. The common digital database comprises a disk array storage, preferably a dual port RAID disk array. The digital radio broadcast station also includes a plurality of work station consoles for use by personnel responsible for operating the radio station such as disc jockeys and engineers.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5129036 (1992-07-01), Dean et al.
patent: 5168481 (1992-12-01), Culbertson et al.

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