Intelligent receiver using GPS

• US 20030054831A1
• Filed: 09/18/2001
• Published: 03/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Julia Bardmesser
• Original Assignee: Julia Bardmesser
• Inventors: Bardmesser, Julia
• Application Number:
  US09/953,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20030054831A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 2200/12 Radio receiver combined with a GPS receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3805 with built-in auxiliary receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/28 Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42676 for modulating an analogue carrier signal to encode digital information or demodulating it to decode digital information, e.g. ADSL or cable modem
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4332 by placing content in organized collections, e.g. local EPG data repository interfaces, Database management systems or updating for information retrieval G06F16/23; details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video database G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4383 Accessing a communication channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence

Abstract

A radio receiver unit includes a GPS receiver, a processor for controlling a radio receiver and connected to the GPS receiver, wherein the processor tunes the radio receiver to a particular radio station based on positional information from the GPS receiver.

Claims

1. A radio receiver unit comprising:

a GPS receiver;

a processor for controlling a radio receiver and connected to the GPS receiver;

wherein the processor tunes the radio receiver to a particular radio station based on positional information from the GPS receiver.

2. The radio receiver unit of claim 1, further including a database of radio stations, identifying broadcast frequencies and types of the radio stations by geographic region.

3. The radio receiver unit of claim 2, wherein the processor tunes the radio receiver to a station based on the types of the radio stations information in the database.

4. The radio receiver unit of claim 2, wherein the database is updated over a cellular modem link.

5. The radio receiver unit of claim 2, wherein the database is updated by receiving broadcast information.

6. The radio receiver unit of claim 1, wherein the radio receiver is mounted in a car.

7. The radio receiver unit of claim 1, wherein the radio receiver is portable.

8. A mobile television comprising:

a GPS receiver;

a processor for controlling a television receiver and connected to the GPS receiver;

wherein the processor tunes the television receiver to a particular radio station based on positional information from the GPS receiver.

9. The television receiver of claim 8, further including a database of television stations, identifying broadcast frequencies and types of the television stations by geographic region.

10. The television receiver of claim 9, wherein the processor tunes the television receiver to a station based on the types of the television stations information in the database.

11. The television receiver of claim 9, wherein the database is updated over a cellular modem link.

12. The television receiver of claim 9, wherein the database is updated by receiving broadcast information.

13. The television receiver of claim 8, wherein the radio receiver is mounted in a car.

14. The television receiver of claim 8, wherein the radio receiver is portable.

15. A radio receiver unit comprising:

a processor for controlling a radio receiver;

a database of radio stations, identifying broadcast frequencies and types of the radio stations by geographic region;

wherein the processor tunes the radio receiver to a particular radio station based on current geographic position of the radio receiver and the database.

16. The radio receiver unit of claim 15, wherein the database is updated over a cellular modem link.

17. The radio receiver unit of claim 15, wherein the database is updated by receiving broadcast information.

18. The radio receiver unit of claim 15, wherein the radio receiver is mounted in a car.

19. The radio receiver unit of claim 15, wherein the radio receiver is portable.

20. The radio receiver unit of claim 15, wherein the processor receives the current geographic position from GPS receiver.