Obtaining stored music track information for a music track playing on a radio broadcast signal

摘要

The method and system comprises storing music track information received from a music information service 108 in a data storage module 110. When an intermediary server 106 receives a request from an end-user device 104 for music track information for a particular music track playing on a particular radio broadcast signal 103, the intermediary server first checks the data storage module to determine if it already has music track information for the particular music track. If it does, the intermediary server provides the music track information from the data storage module to the end-user device. In response to the user request, a sample of the broadcast signal may be obtained. In some cases the intermediary server may be configured to automatically and pre-emptively request information from the music information service each time a new music track is played on a radio broadcast signal. In other cases the intermediary server may be configured to request information from the music information service the first time it receives a request for that particular music track. New music tracks being played may be identified by metadata embedded in the broadcast signal.