APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCANNING RADIO WAVES
First Claim
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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Abstract
An apparatus for scanning radio waves including a scanner in operable communication with a radio receiver, the scanner further including a monitor module configured to scan a plurality of radio waves in real time. The monitor module is further configured to extract audio samples containing information. The scanner further includes a memory module in communication with the monitor module. The memory module is configured to receive the extracted audio sample data from the monitor module. The memory module is further configured to store the extracted audio sample data. The scanner further includes an audio analyzer module in communication with the memory module. The audio analyzer module is configured to analyze the extracted audio sample data and classify the extracted audio sample data into a particular content category. The scanner further includes a content aggregation module and a second memory module communicating with the content aggregation module.
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13 Claims
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1. An apparatus for scanning radio waves comprising:
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a scanner in operable communication with a radio receiver, the scanner further comprising a 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for scanning radio waves, comprising:
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scanning a plurality of radio waves in real time; extracting audio samples from the scanned radio waves, the audio samples containing information representing one or more of;
the originating radio station, genre, song, next song and other data transmitted by each of the plurality of radio waves;storing the extracted audio sample data in memory; analyzing the extracted audio sample data and classifying the extracted audio sample data into a particular content category; building a multiple content stream of data and using the multiple content stream of data to generate a content guide; and storing the generated content guide in memory so as to render the content guide available for play at a later time period. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product for scanning radio waves, the computer program product comprising:
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a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising; scanning a plurality of radio waves in real time; extracting audio samples from the scanned radio waves, the audio samples containing information representing one or more of;
the originating radio station, genre, song, next song and other data transmitted by each of the plurality of radio waves;storing the extracted audio sample data in memory; analyzing the extracted audio sample data and classifying the extracted audio sample data into a particular content category; building a multiple content stream of data and using the multiple content stream of data to generate a content guide; and storing the generated content guide in memory so as to render the content guide available for play at a later time period.
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