Radio system that simultaneously displays preset channels from multiple bands

• US 20050227649A1
• Filed: 04/05/2004
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations Incorporated (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations Incorporated (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Chestnut, Jacqueline A., Massol, Charles A.
• Application Number:
  US10/818,467
• Publication Number:
  US 20050227649A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/154.100
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 1/0075 where the receiving frequencies of the stations are stored in a permanent memory, e.g. ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H03J 2200/20 Radio receiver with possibility to choose a station with a certain program style
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/205 with control bus for exchanging commands between units

Abstract

A radio system operable to receive signals in a plurality of frequency bands includes a control module and an interface module whereby a user may store a plurality of presets from the bands. The interface module displays to the user a page of the presets for selection of a play frequency therefrom. The page includes frequencies from more than one band.

Claims

1. A radio system that receives signals in multiple frequency bands, the system comprising:

a control module; and

an interface module that communicates with the control module and that provides at least one of a user interface and a display;

wherein the interface module and the control module allow a user to store frequencies as preset frequencies from more than one frequency band;

wherein the control module and the interface module present the preset frequencies for selection; and

wherein at least two of the preset frequencies that are simultaneously presented are from different frequency bands.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the interface module displays a page in which frequencies from more than one band are displayed.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the page comprises a name modifiable by the user.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the interface module presents the preset frequencies in a plurality of pages presentable sequentially to the user.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the pages may be reordered by the user.

6. The system of claim 4 wherein one of the pages is renamed by the user.

7. A radio system operable to receive signals at a plurality of frequencies selected by a user, the system comprising:

a control module; and

an interface module that communicates with the control module to present a subset of the selected frequencies, to allow the user to choose a frequency from the subset for reception by the radio system,

wherein the presented subset comprises frequencies in a plurality of frequency bands that are presented simultaneously.

8. The radio system of claim 7 wherein the plurality of frequencies selected by the user are selected by the user via the interface module.

9. The radio system of claim 7 wherein the interface module presents a plurality of subsets of the selected frequencies in a plurality of pages, and wherein each page includes a subset.

10. The radio system of claim 9 wherein one of the pages comprises a plurality of activation areas for paging through the plurality of pages.

11. The radio system of claim 7 wherein the interface module presents the subset on a single page, the page comprising activation areas whereby the user may choose one of the selected frequencies.

12. A method of providing signal selection to a user of a radio system that receives signals from a plurality of frequency bands, the method comprising:

presenting to the user a page having a plurality of presets; and

allowing the user to set the presets to a plurality of frequencies from more than one of the bands.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising allowing the user to select from the page one of the preset frequencies for reception by the system.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising storing the page in a control module of the system.

15. The method of claim 12 further comprising allowing the user to name the page.

16. The method of claim 12 further comprising allowing the user to select a preset frequency from one of a plurality of pages.

17. The method of claim 12 further comprising allowing the user to remove the page.

18. The method of claim 12 further comprising selecting a band in response to the user selecting a preset frequency.