Satellite Radio Recorder Predictive Buffering
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1. A method for predictive buffering of radio content, the method comprising:
- learning user channel and content preferences based on observation of radio listening habits of a radio user, whereby a user channel preference list is created identifying a plurality of user-preferred channels;
monitoring one or more of the user-preferred channels, where a user is currently listening to radio content on a first radio channel that is not one of the one or more user-preferred channels being monitored; and
recording in a computer-readable memory an item of content from each of the monitored channels while the user continues to listen to the first channel.
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Abstract
Aspects of the invention buffer user preferred radio content on a radio system by monitoring the content on multiple channels in case a user desires to record one of the monitored channels. The content on the monitored channels is buffered from the start of the radio content (i.e. song, talk show, program etc.) playing on each channel. For example, aspects of the invention allow a user to record a song playing on another channel in its entirety if the user switches channels and hears a song that the user would like to record but is in the middle of the song.
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1. A method for predictive buffering of radio content, the method comprising:
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learning user channel and content preferences based on observation of radio listening habits of a radio user, whereby a user channel preference list is created identifying a plurality of user-preferred channels; monitoring one or more of the user-preferred channels, where a user is currently listening to radio content on a first radio channel that is not one of the one or more user-preferred channels being monitored; and recording in a computer-readable memory an item of content from each of the monitored channels while the user continues to listen to the first channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for predictive buffering of radio content, the system comprising:
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a telematics unit having associated therewith a radio receiver capable of downloading radio content; a preference learning module to learn user channel preferences; a preference learning module to monitor radio transmissions in keeping with the user channel preferences; and a recording module to record a plurality of items of radio content from the monitored radio transmissions. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of managing content for a user of a radio associated with a telematics unit, the method comprising:
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observing user listening habits displayed by the user while listing to the radio; creating a user content preference list based on the observed listening habits; monitoring a plurality of stations to identify the occurrence of a first item of radio content consistent with the user content preference list; and recording the first item of radio content while the user is listening to radio content other than the first item of radio content. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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