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GPS assisted, radio-device communication apparatus and methods

  • US 10,433,152 B1
  • Filed: 04/06/2019
  • Issued: 10/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. For use with a vehicle having a location which changes from time to time, a GPS-based navigation system with a moving map display showing the location of the vehicle as the vehicle moves, the vehicle having a radio capable of wirelessly receiving selected radio stations which are within range, the system comprising:

  • a) a GPS-based navigation system providing navigation information and GPS location data for a vehicle as the vehicle moves and displaying the vehicle location on a moving map display, the vehicle having a radio, which may be part of the navigation system or separate, for receiving selected radio stations;

    b) a database of radio station information for one or more radio stations, the database information being accessible by one or more processors;

    c) the one or more processors operating in response to the vehicle'"'"'s GPS location data and the database information to identify one or more radio stations, if any, which is likely within range of the vehicle radio, the radio station identification being updated from time to time as the vehicle moves;

    d) the one or more processors operating to enable the moving map display to visually display information from the database for the one or more radio stations likely to be within range of the vehicle radio.

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