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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCANNING RADIO WAVES

  • US 20080003961A1
  • Filed: 06/29/2006
  • Published: 01/03/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for scanning radio waves comprising:

  • a scanner in operable communication with a radio receiver, the scanner further comprisinga monitor module configured to scan a plurality of radio waves in real time, the monitor module configured to extract audio samples containing information therein representing one or more of;

    the originating radio station, genre, song, and next song transmitted from each of the plurality of radio waves;

    a memory module in communication with the monitor module, the memory module configured to receive the extracted audio sample data from the monitor module, the memory module further configured to store the extracted audio sample data;

    an audio analyzer module in communication with the memory module, the audio analyzer module configured to analyze the extracted audio sample data and classify the extracted audio sample data into a particular content category;

    a content aggregation module in communication with the audio analyzer module, the content aggregation module configured to build a multiple content stream of data based on user preferences, the content aggregation module further configured to generate a content guide from the sample data that correlates to the user established content preference data; and

    a second memory module in communication with the content aggregation module, the second memory module configured to store the content guide generated by the content aggregation module such that the content guide can be activated for play at a later time period.

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