Dynamically programmable frequency scanning radio receiver and method of programming the same
First Claim
1. A programmable frequency scanning radio receiver comprising:
- a receiver that receives radio frequency transmissions at a plurality of discrete frequencies;
a database of frequency data including operating frequencies and geographic locations of a plurality of transmitting parties;
a position locator circuit that identifies the location of the receiver;
a compiler circuit that identifies transmitting parties of interest from the plurality of transmitting parties based upon the location of the receiver;
a memory that stores frequency data corresponding to the transmitting parties of interest; and
a processing circuit coupled to the receiver, the database, the position locator circuit, the compiler circuit and the memory that provides the location of the receiver to the compiler circuit, stores the frequency data in the memory and controls the receiver to monitor transmissions at the frequencies of the transmitting parties of interest.
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Abstract
A dynamically programmable frequency scanning radio receiver (30) is disclosed. The frequency scanning radio receiver (30) includes a compiler circuit (38) that identifies transmitting parties of interest from the plurality of transmitting parties stored in a frequency database (42). The compiler circuit (38) identifies the transmitting parties of interest based upon the location of the receiver (32) that is determined by a position locator circuit (44). Frequency data corresponding to the transmitting parties of interest is then stored in a memory (40) such that a processing circuit (36) can be used to control the receiver (32) to monitor transmissions at the frequencies of the transmitting parties of interest. When the frequency scanning radio receiver (30) is moved to a geographical area having different transmitting parties of interest, the frequency scanning radio receiver (30) may be dynamically reprogrammed based upon the new location.
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52 Claims
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1. A programmable frequency scanning radio receiver comprising:
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a receiver that receives radio frequency transmissions at a plurality of discrete frequencies;
a database of frequency data including operating frequencies and geographic locations of a plurality of transmitting parties;
a position locator circuit that identifies the location of the receiver;
a compiler circuit that identifies transmitting parties of interest from the plurality of transmitting parties based upon the location of the receiver;
a memory that stores frequency data corresponding to the transmitting parties of interest; and
a processing circuit coupled to the receiver, the database, the position locator circuit, the compiler circuit and the memory that provides the location of the receiver to the compiler circuit, stores the frequency data in the memory and controls the receiver to monitor transmissions at the frequencies of the transmitting parties of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A programmable frequency scanning radio receiver comprising:
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a receiver that receives radio frequency transmissions at a plurality of discrete frequencies;
a database of frequency data including operating frequencies and geographic locations of a plurality of transmitting parties;
a compiler circuit that identifies transmitting parties of interest from the plurality of transmitting parties based upon the location of the receiver;
a memory that stores frequency data corresponding to the transmitting parties of interest;
a communication device that communicates locally with a position locating device that identifies the location of the receiver; and
a processing circuit coupled to the receiver, the database, the communication device, the compiler circuit and the memory that provides the location of the receiver to the compiler circuit, stores the frequency data in the memory and controls the receiver to monitor transmissions at the frequencies of the transmitting parties of interest. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A programmable frequency scanning radio receiver comprising:
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a receiver that receives radio frequency transmissions at a plurality of discrete frequencies;
a communication device that communicates locally with a computing device that includes a position locator that identifies the location of the receiver, a database of frequency data including operating frequencies and geographic locations of a plurality of transmitting parties and a compiler circuit that identifies transmitting parties of interest from the plurality of transmitting parties based upon the location of the receiver, the communication device receiving frequency data relating to the transmitting parties of interest;
a memory that stores frequency data corresponding to the transmitting parties of interest; and
a processing circuit coupled to the receiver, the communication device and the memory that stores frequency data in the memory and controls the receiver to monitor transmissions at the frequencies of the transmitting parties of interest. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A programmable frequency scanning radio receiver comprising:
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a receiver that receives radio frequency transmissions at a plurality of discrete frequencies;
a position locator circuit that identifies the location of the receiver;
a communication device that communicates locally with a computing device including a database of frequency data including operating frequencies and geographic locations of a plurality of transmitting parties and a compiler circuit that identifies transmitting parties of interest from the plurality of transmitting parties based upon the location of the receiver, the communication device transmitting the location information to the computing device and receiving frequency data relating to the transmitting parties of interest from the computing device;
a memory that stores frequency data corresponding to the transmitting parties of interest; and
a processing circuit coupled to the receiver, the position locator circuit, the communication device and the memory that stores the frequency data in the memory and controls the receiver to monitor transmissions at the frequencies of the transmitting parties of interest. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method for programming a frequency scanning radio receiver to monitor frequencies of transmitting parties of interest comprising the steps of:
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maintaining a non remote database of frequency data including operating frequencies and geographic locations of a plurality of transmitting parties;
identifying the location of the frequency scanning radio receiver;
compiling frequency data for the transmitting parties of interest selected from the plurality of transmitting parties based upon the location of the frequency scanning radio receiver; and
programming the frequency scanning radio receiver to monitor transmissions at the frequencies of the transmitting parties of interest. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method for dynamically programming a frequency scanning radio receiver to monitor frequencies of transmitting parties of interest comprising the steps of:
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maintaining a non remote database of frequency data including operating frequencies and geographic locations of a plurality of transmitting parties;
identifying the location of the frequency scanning radio receiver;
compiling frequency data for the transmitting parties of interest selected from the plurality of transmitting parties based upon the location of the frequency scanning radio receiver;
programming the frequency scanning radio receiver to monitor transmissions at the frequencies of the transmitting parties of interest;
moving the frequency scanning radio receiver to a different location having different transmitting parties of interest; and
dynamically reprogramming the frequency scanning radio receiver to monitor transmissions at the frequencies of the different transmitting parties of interest by identifying the different location of the frequency scanning radio receiver and compiling frequency data for the different transmitting parties of interest selected from the plurality of transmitting parties based upon the different location of the frequency scanning radio receiver.
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