Receiver and associated printing apparatus
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1. An information retrieval system for retrieving information relating to a broadcast received by a receiver, the system including:
- a radio frequency receiver;
a detecting means for detecting identifying data relating to a particular broadcast received by the receiver, the identifying data being transmitted in association with the broadcast;
a processing means, in communication with said detecting means, for processing said identifying data to provide formatted data suitable for printing and for compressing said formatted data; and
a printing unit associated with said receiver the printing unit includes a printer controller, for receiving the compressed formatted data to be printed and decompressing the received data, and a printer for printing said formatted data to provide information relating to said broadcast.
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Abstract
An information retrieval system for retrieving information relating to a broadcast includes a radio frequency receiver and a detector for detecting identifying data relating to a particular broadcast received by the receiver, the identifying data being transmitted in association with the broadcast. A processor is in communication with the detector and processes the identifying data to provide formatted data suitable for printing. A printing unit is associated with the receiver for printing the formatted data to provide information relating to the broadcast.
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32 Claims
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1. An information retrieval system for retrieving information relating to a broadcast received by a receiver, the system including:
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a radio frequency receiver;
a detecting means for detecting identifying data relating to a particular broadcast received by the receiver, the identifying data being transmitted in association with the broadcast;
a processing means, in communication with said detecting means, for processing said identifying data to provide formatted data suitable for printing and for compressing said formatted data; and
a printing unit associated with said receiver the printing unit includes a printer controller, for receiving the compressed formatted data to be printed and decompressing the received data, and a printer for printing said formatted data to provide information relating to said broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of retrieving information relating to a broadcast received by a receiver, the method including the steps of:
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receiving a broadcast on a radio frequency receiver;
detecting identifying data relating to a particular broadcast received by the receiver, the identifying data being transmitted in association with the broadcast;
processing said identifying data to provide formatted data suitable for printing;
compressing said formatted data;
transferring said formatted data to a printer;
decompressing said compressed formatted data;
printing said formatted data to provide information relating to said broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An information retrieval system for retrieving information relating to a broadcast received by a receiver installed in a vehicle, the system including:
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a radio frequency receiver;
an onboard detecting means for detecting identifying data relating to a particular broadcast received by the receiver, the identifying data being transmitted in association with the broadcast;
a processing means, in communication with said detecting means, for processing said identifying data to provide formatted data suitable for printing and compressing said formatted data; and
an onboard printing unit the printing unit includes a printer controller, for receiving the compressed formatted data to be printed and decompressing the received data, and a printer for decompress and printing said formatted data to provide information relating to said broadcast.
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30. A method of retrieving information relating to a broadcast received by a receiver installed in a vehicle, the method including the steps of:
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receiving a broadcast on a radio frequency receiver;
detecting identifying data relating to a particular broadcast received by the receiver, the identifying data being transmitted in association with the broadcast;
processing said identifying data to provide formatted data suitable for printing;
compressing said formatted data;
transferring said formatted data to a printer;
decompressing said compressed formatted data;
printing said formatted data on an onboard printing unit.
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31. An information retrieval system for retrieving information relating to a broadcast received by a receiver installed in a vehicle, the system including:
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a radio frequency receiver;
a tag identifying means for detecting and identifying an identifying tag transmitted in association with a particular broadcast received by the receiver;
an activating means, connected to the tag identifying means, operable by a user to activate the tag identifying means when the user wishes to obtain information relating to said broadcast;
a layout engine responsive to the tag identifying means for processing identifying data generated by the tag identifying means at least into textual data;
a pre-printing processing means which is connected to the layout engine and which processes the data to provide formatted data which is in a format which is suitable for printing and which compresses said formatted data; and
an onboard printer for decompressing and printing the formatted data, on demand, to provide a hard copy of the information relating to said broadcast.
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32. A method of retrieving information relating to a broadcast received by a receiver installed in a vehicle, the method including:
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receiving a particular broadcast on a radio frequency receiver;
detecting and identifying, by way of a tag identifying means, an identifying tag transmitted in association with said broadcast;
activating the tag identifying means when the user wishes to obtain information relating to the broadcast;
processing identifying data generated by the tag identifying means at least into textual data;
processing the textual data to provide formatted data which is in a format which is suitable for printing;
compressing said formatted data;
transferring said formatted data to a printer;
decompressing said compressed formatted data;
printing the formatted data, on demand, via an onboard printer contained in the vehicle, to provide a hard copy of information relating to said broadcast.
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